boatbuildlog

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
Polly BCA Demco Sail 2.93 m (9′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Pram 220 BCA Demco Row 2.2 m (7′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
Prameke 7'-8' Bateau Row 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) stitch and glue 0
PT Eleven Nesting Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
PT Spear Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Sabotina Glen-L Marine Sail 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Sanddab 6 Devlin Row 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Sandpiper 8 Devlin Row 8′ 2″ (2.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Scheggia BCA Demco Sail 3.02 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Semi Dory 11 Bateau Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Silver 333 BCA Demco Power 3.33 m (10′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Sirenetta BCA Demco Paddle 3.01 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Spindrift Dinghy B&B Yacht Designs Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Spritz! BCA Demco Sail 2.95 m (9′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Trixie Andrew Walters Design Row 7′ 2″ (2.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Tryst 10 Woods Designs Multihull 3 m (9′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Tubby Tugboat Glen-L Marine Power 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Tweak Plyboat Row 2.2 m (7′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
V-Bottom Dinghy 10 Bateau Row 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Wild thing Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Wood Duck 10 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Wood Duckling 8 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) stitch and glue 0
Zen BCA Demco Sail 2.98 m (9′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Zipper Andrew Walters Design Power 11′ 0″ (3.35 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.