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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
Float a Home Grandpa's Archive Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) n/a 0
Gannet 25 Devlin Power 24′ 9″ (7.54 m) stitch and glue 0
General Purpose 21 Bateau Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilla 22 Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilla 25 Devlin Power 24′ 8″ (7.52 m) stitch and glue 0
GT Cruiser 23 Bateau Power 23′ 6″ (7.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Gypsy Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Harbormaster Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) strip planked 0
Hercules Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Hi Rider Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Hideaway 22 Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker H.B. 20 Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 20 Bateau Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Hunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Islander Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Jet Setter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) plywood on frame 0
Jiffy 22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood 0
Jiffy V-22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood on frame 0
Key West Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingpin Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) plywood on frame 0
Kokanee Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Kona Kai Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) plywood on frame 0
La Paz 22 Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) plywood on frame 0
Lazy Daze Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Lingcod 24 Devlin Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Cod 21 Devlin Power 21′ 5″ (6.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Lucky Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Mackinaw Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Mai Tai Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Maia 24 Bateau Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
MASH 24 Family Cruiser Bedard Yacht Design Power 24′ 4″ (7.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Millie Hill 20 Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Mini Maia 21 Bateau Power 21′ 2″ (6.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Monsoon Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Monte Carlo Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) cold molded wood 0
Mud Dauber 22 H.B. Devlin Power 21′ 11″ (6.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Mud Dauber 23 Devlin Power 23′ 1″ (7.05 m) stitch and glue 0
MugWump 22 Devlin Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Nina 22 Bateau Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Nor'wester Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
North Haven 24 Devlin Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) stitch and glue 0
Novi 23 Bateau Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Noyo Trawler Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Ocracoke 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 20-B B&B Yacht Designs Power 22′ 5″ (6.83 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) cold molded wood 0
Olympian 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Open Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Outer Banks 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Oysta 25 Devlin Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Paloma 650 open BCA Demco Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Panga 20 Bateau Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 22 Bateau Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Cabin Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) composite 0
Party Boat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Pelicano 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Bassboat Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Center Console Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 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.