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.
357 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelie 16 | Bateau | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| AF4 | Jim Michalak | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Alenu 540 | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5.4 m (17′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Aleutesque | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| All Water Seventeen | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Alpha 2 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Angler's Big Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Angler's Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Angus Expedition Rowboat | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Angus RowCruiser | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Annapolis Wherry | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 17′ 8″ (5.39 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Annapolis Wherry Tandem | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Aqua Cat | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Athelas | Long Lake Wooden Boats | Row | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Audeen | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | plywood | 0 |
| AWOL | John Welsford | Sail | 5.05 m (16′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Barrelback 19 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Bartender 19 | Bartender Boats | Power | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bay Pilot 18 | Arch Davis Design | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bay Skipper 18 | Devlin | Row | 18′ 1″ (5.52 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bee 16 | Woods Designs | Row | 4.88 m (16′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Belhaven 19 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bette 500 HV | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bette 500 LV | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Biscayne 18 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Blekingseka no. 2 | Båtritningar | Row | 4.91 m (16′ 1″) | n/a | 0 |
| Blue Moon | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bluefin | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bo Jest | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 10″ (5.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bonanza | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bravado | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| BRIO 555 | BCA Demco | Sail | 5.55 m (18′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Broadwater 5.1 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) | epoxy fiberglass plywood composite | 0 |
| Caledonia Yawl | Iain Oughtred | Sail | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Devlin | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 Casting Deck | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Carioca | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Carolina Bay 17 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Cat Ketch 17 | Bateau | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| CC19 Dayboat | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Chat 18 | Bateau | Multihull | 18′ 4″ (5.6 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chat 18 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 5.6 m (18′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Chesapeake 17 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chesapeake 17LT | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 11″ (5.15 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chesapeake 18 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chinook | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Clarence River Dory | John Welsford | Power | 6.04 m (19′ 10″) | plywood | 0 |
| Classic 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 Express | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Coho | Pygmy Boats | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Columbia Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Colvos Passage | Long Lake Wooden Boats | Paddle | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 18 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 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.