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Boat designs

Wooden boat plans and kits, with the build logs attached

Boats built from plans or a kit, by the people building them. Pick one to see every build log of it, how long they actually took, and where the hours went.

1,600+ boat plans and kits from 94 designers are listed here in one place: Glen-L Marine, Chesapeake Light Craft, Devlin, Dudley Dix, John Welsford, Iain Oughtred, Bateau, Benford and the rest. Every design page carries the specs, where the plans or the kit come from, and every build log anyone here has kept of that boat, so you can see what it actually took before you buy the drawings.

Filter by who drew it, by what it is (kayaks, canoes, skiffs, dories, dinghies, sailboats, runabouts and cruisers), by length, or by how it goes together: stitch and glue, glued lapstrake, strip plank, plywood on frame, skin on frame. Most of the catalog is plywood, which is also where a first boat should start.

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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Flats Stalker 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 17 Bateau Power 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 18 Bateau Power 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) stitch and glue 0
Gentry Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) cold molded wood 0
Geronimo Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Godzilli 16 Devlin Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Goliath Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Gulf Explorer 16 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Harbor Master 19 Bateau Power 18′ 9″ (5.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Harbor Master Displacement 19 Bateau Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker 18 Devlin Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Inlet Runner 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood garvey 0
Inlet Runner 18 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) plywood garvey 0
Jessy 17 B&B Yacht Designs Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Jetabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Key Largo Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) cold molded wood 0
Kingfisher Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
L Capitan Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
Laguna Madre 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) plywood on frame 0
Mangusta 20 Bateau Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Marissa 18 B&B Yacht Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Mist Miss Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Monaco Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 4″ (5.89 m) cold molded wood 0
Motorsnipa no. 11 Båtritningar Power 5.72 m (18′ 9″) n/a 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Nomad Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Open Classic 17 Bateau Power 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 16 Bateau Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 17 Bateau Power 16′ 11″ (5.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Outrage Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 5″ (5 m) plywood on frame 0
Pacific Troller Dory Butler Projects Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Pelicano 18 Bassboat Devlin Power 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Center Console Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Shrimper Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Sportster Devlin Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Pilot 19 Bateau Power 18′ 11″ (5.77 m) stitch and glue 0
Rampage Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Rebel Tug Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Rogue Runner Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) plywood on frame 0
Roustabout Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Runabout 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) composite 0
Runabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) composite 0
Rustica 570 BCA Demco Power 5.7 m (18′ 8″) plywood 0
Scaup 18 Devlin Power 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculldugery II 17 Devlin Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Knight Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Skiff 17 Vintage Projects Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Sea Strike 18 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Silver 55 BCA Demco Power 5.55 m (18′ 3″) plywood 0
Skånesnipa TG 24 no. 18 Båtritningar Power 5.95 m (19′ 6″) n/a 0
Ski Bass Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Slither Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0

Boat not listed? Start your log and type its name and it gets added to the catalog. Specs here are community-maintained; check them against the designer’s own drawings before you cut anything.