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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
Camarone 34 Devlin Power 33′ 5″ (10.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Camarone 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Cape Lookout 28 B&B Yacht Designs Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Carolina Angler Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Catalina Express Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Classic Delta 29 P&F Yacht Design Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Coaster TY 28 Bruce Roberts Power 28′ 11″ (8.82 m) n/a 0
Coastworker 28 Bruce Roberts Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) n/a 0
Corinthian Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) cold molded wood 0
Cruise Missle Glen-L Marine Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) fiberglass 0
Czarinna 30 Devlin Power 29′ 10″ (9.09 m) stitch and glue 0
Czarinna 35 Devlin Power 35′ 2″ (10.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Czarinna 43 Devlin Power 42′ 3″ (12.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Dauntless Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 8″ (10.87 m) cold molded wood 0
Dedication 27 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 27′ 2″ (8.27 m) wood and grp composite 0
Delta King Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Devlin 37 Devlin Power 37′ 4″ (11.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Dynamo Too 38 Devlin Power 38′ 9″ (11.81 m) stitch and glue 0
Dynamo Too 45 Devlin Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Echo 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) steel, aluminum or wood 0
Electric Philosophy 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Escapade Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Eureka Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) fiberglass 0
Fast Launch 26 Bateau Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Fisherman 28 BCA Demco Power 8.34 m (27′ 4″) plywood 0
Fishing 30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 29′ 6″ (9 m) steel 0
Fred Murphy Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Gollywobbler 38 Devlin Power 38′ 6″ (11.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Gollywobbler 43 Devlin Power 42′ 8″ (13.01 m) stitch and glue 0
GT Cruiser 27 Bateau Power 27′ 6″ (8.38 m) stitch and glue 0
GulfStream 28 Bateau Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Gulfstream 28 X Bateau Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Gung Ho Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) plywood on frame 0
Island Time 33 Devlin Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Jack Tar Glen-L Marine Power 31′ 1″ (9.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Jean Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Jolly Roger Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 9″ (8.46 m) plywood on frame 0
Josephine 40 Devlin Power 40′ 9″ (12.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Josephine 47 Devlin Power 46′ 8″ (14.22 m) stitch and glue 0
Jubilee Glen-L Marine Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingfisher 26 Devlin Power 26′ 4″ (8.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 28 Devlin Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 30 Devlin Power 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 32 Cruiser Devlin Power 32′ 9″ (9.98 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 32 Troller Devlin Power 32′ 9″ (9.98 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 33 Devlin Power 32′ 10″ (10.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 36 Devlin Power 36′ 6″ (11.13 m) stitch and glue 0
Klondike Glen-L Marine Power 49′ 0″ (14.94 m) cold molded wood 0
Kokanee 36 Devlin Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 38 Devlin Power 38′ 8″ (11.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 43 Devlin Power 43′ 4″ (13.21 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 27 Devlin Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 29 Houseboat Devlin Power 29′ 8″ (9.04 m) stitch and glue 0
Lobster Boat 26 Bateau Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) composite 0
Marauder Glen-L Marine Power 43′ 9″ (13.34 m) cold molded wood 0
Mark Twain Series Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) plywood on frame 0
Millie Hill 28 Devlin Power 28′ 5″ (8.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mirage Glen-L Marine Power 43′ 11″ (13.39 m) cold molded wood 0
Miss Chris Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) cold molded wood 0
Moon River 48 Devlin Power 47′ 10″ (14.58 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.