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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
Duck Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Duckling 14 Rower Devlin Row 14′ 5″ (4.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Duckling 14 Sail Devlin Sail 14′ 5″ (4.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Egret 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
F1430 Sit-On-Top Kayak Bedard Yacht Design Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Low Sheer Bateau Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) stitch and glue 0
Fife Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Fisher Prospector Selway Fisher Design Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.76 m) stitch and glue 0
Flat Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Flyfisher 13 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 14 Bateau Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker 15 Bateau Row 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) stitch and glue 0
Indian River Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 12 B&B Yacht Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 15 B&B Yacht Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) stitch and glue 0
Jimbo Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 13 Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 16 Bateau Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 12-6 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kalostyn Andrew Walters Design Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kastri Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.0 BCA Demco Sail 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.2S BCA Demco Sail 4.23 m (13′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.7 BCA Demco Sail 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Lo Voltage Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe Dudley Dix Yacht Design Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Mallard 13 Devlin Row 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Mariposa 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Mia Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mia 15 Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin Double Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Moonfish 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China DC 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Ninfa BCA Demco Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Oolichan 13 Devlin Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Otter 16 Bateau Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Outrigger Junior Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Peeler Skiff Chesapeake Light Craft Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Petrel Scout SG Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Pirogue Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Pixie 14 Bateau Multihull 14′ 1″ (4.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Pixie 14 Woods Designs Multihull 4.27 m (14′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Plyak 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) stitch and glue 0
PocketShip Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) stitch and glue 0
Poleboat 13 Devlin Row 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Pond Skipper 14 Devlin Paddle 13′ 10″ (4.2 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.