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.
151 boats
Compare two boats| 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.