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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.

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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
67 ft 6 in Pilothouse Ketch Saline Benford Design Group Sail 67′ 6″ (20.57 m) aluminium 0
67 ft Pilothouse Ketch Thumper Benford Design Group Sail 67′ 0″ (20.42 m) aluminium 0
Albatros 26 BCA Demco Sail 8 m (26′ 3″) strip planked 0
Albatros 32 BCA Demco Sail 9.8 m (32′ 2″) strip planked 0
Albatros 36 BCA Demco Sail 11 m (36′ 1″) strip planked 0
Ancilla II Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 60′ 0″ (18.3 m) steel and wood 0
Ankon 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 37′ 9″ (11.5 m) round bilge steel 0
Ankon 40 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 8″ (12.1 m) round bilge steel 0
Aquarian Glen-L Marine Sail 35′ 0″ (10.67 m) steel 0
Aurora Glen-L Marine Sail 31′ 0″ (9.45 m) steel 0
Benford 30 Benford Design Group Sail 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked or steel chine 0
Bora Bora 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) plywood 0
Cape Charles 32 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Charles 32TC Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Deseada 36TC Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 36′ 1″ (11 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cargo 50 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 52′ 3″ (15.92 m) multi chine steel 0
Caribbea 30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) multi chine plywood 0
Chessie Flyer Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Coquette 39 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 4″ (12 m) multi chine plywood 0
CW 975 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) multi chine plywood 0
Daysailer 30 BCA Demco Sail 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Didi 120 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 4″ (12 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 27 Retro Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 27′ 5″ (8.35 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 28 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 27′ 7″ (8.4 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 29 Retro Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 29′ 4″ (8.95 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 34 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 34′ 5″ (10.5 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 38/40 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 37′ 9″ (11.5 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 40cr Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 7″ (12.07 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi 950 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 2″ (9.5 m) radius chine plywood 0
Didi MG30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 6″ (9.6 m) radius chine plywood 0
Dix 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 38′ 5″ (11.7 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 38 Pilot Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 38′ 5″ (11.7 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 43 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 43 HD Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine aluminum 0
Dix 43 Pilot Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 57 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 57′ 0″ (17.37 m) radius chine steel or aluminum 0
Dix 59 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 59′ 0″ (17.98 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 61 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 60′ 8″ (18.5 m) fiberglass 0
Dix 64 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 64′ 0″ (19.51 m) multi chine steel 0
Dix 65 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 65′ 0″ (19.81 m) radius chine steel 0
Fast Eddy 35 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 35′ 4″ (10.76 m) lapstrake aluminum 0
Francis Drake Glen-L Marine Sail 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) cold molded wood 0
Full Moon 27 Iver Franzen Sail 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) carvel 0
Glen-L 30 Glen-L Marine Sail 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) cold molded wood 0
Glen-L 36 Series Glen-L Marine Sail 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) cold molded wood 0
Hope of Glory 38 Devlin Sail 38′ 4″ (11.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Hout Bay 30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) radius chine steel 0
Hout Bay 33 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 33′ 8″ (10.25 m) radius chine steel 0
Hout Bay 40 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 8″ (12.09 m) multi chine steel 0
Hout Bay 50 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 50′ 2″ (15.3 m) multi chine steel 0
Hout Bay 70 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 69′ 11″ (21.3 m) multi chine steel 0
Idea 850 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) strip planked 0
James Cook Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) cold molded wood 0
Kestrel 26 Devlin Sail 26′ 4″ (8.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Kodiak Glen-L Marine Sail 28′ 6″ (8.69 m) fiberglass 0
Liberte 65 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 64′ 10″ (19.76 m) multi chine steel 0
Lion 1050 Unik Yachts Sail 10.5 m (34′ 5″) plywood 0
Lion 870 Unik Yachts Sail 8.7 m (28′ 7″) plywood 0
Little Creek 47 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 47′ 3″ (14.4 m) multi chine steel 0
Lodestar Glen-L Marine Sail 55′ 0″ (16.76 m) steel 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.