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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
DH550 Charter Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) plywood 0
Diapason 750 BCA Demco Sail 7.5 m (24′ 7″) plywood 0
Dix 430 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 43′ 2″ (13.15 m) plywood 0
Dix 470 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 46′ 9″ (14.24 m) plywood 0
Dory Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood 0
Driftboat 16s Glen-L Marine Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Drifter Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
Duck Boat Butler Projects Row 11′ 10″ (3.61 m) plywood 0
Duckboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Eagle 24 Woods Designs Multihull 7.3 m (23′ 11″) plywood 0
EZ Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) plywood 0
FireBug John Spencer Sail 2.44 m (8′ 0″) plywood 0
Fish Hook John Welsford Power 3.05 m (10′ 0″) plywood 0
Fisherman 28 BCA Demco Power 8.34 m (27′ 4″) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 12 Salt Boatworks Power 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 14 Salt Boatworks Power 13′ 8″ (4.17 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 15 Salt Boatworks Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 16 Salt Boatworks Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 18 Salt Boatworks Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Flica 34 Woods Designs Multihull 10.4 m (34′ 1″) plywood 0
Fold Up Glen-L Marine Row 10′ 1″ (3.07 m) plywood 0
Glen-L 10 Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 11″ (3.02 m) plywood 0
Golden Bay Setnet John Welsford Sail 3.9 m (12′ 10″) plywood 0
Gun Dory Butler Projects Row 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) plywood 0
Gypsy Woods Designs Multihull 8.5 m (27′ 11″) plywood 0
Handy Andy Grandpa's Archive Row 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Houdini John Welsford Sail 4.1 m (13′ 5″) plywood 0
Huck Finn Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Huron Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood 0
Hydro-Cat Stevenson Projects Multihull n/a plywood 0
Imp Glen-L Marine Row 9′ 9″ (2.97 m) plywood 0
Janette John Welsford Sail 3.68 m (12′ 1″) plywood 0
Janus Woods Designs Multihull 6.65 m (21′ 10″) plywood 0
Jazz 30 Woods Designs Multihull 9.15 m (30′ 0″) plywood 0
Jiffy 22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood 0
Jiffy 9-7 Arch Davis Design Power 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) plywood 0
Joansa John Welsford Row 4.6 m (15′ 1″) plywood 0
Johnboat Butler Projects Power 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Kayak Stevenson Projects Paddle 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood 0
Kiwi PDR John Welsford Sail 2.44 m (8′ 0″) plywood 0
Laker 14 Dillon Racing Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood 0
Laker SC12 Dillon Racing Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood 0
Light Dory John Welsford Row 5.14 m (16′ 10″) plywood 0
Lion 1050 Unik Yachts Sail 10.5 m (34′ 5″) plywood 0
Lion 450 Unik Yachts Sail 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Lion 550 Unik Yachts Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) plywood 0
Lion 600 Unik Yachts Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) plywood 0
Lion 870 Unik Yachts Sail 8.7 m (28′ 7″) plywood 0
Long Steps John Welsford Sail n/a plywood 0
Lumberyard Punt Duck Trap Woodworking Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Maxi Mac Butler Projects Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
MI Bateau Multichine Bateau Row 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) plywood 0
Mini Mac Butler Projects Row n/a plywood 0
Mini Trimaran B&B Yacht Designs Multihull 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Mini Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 10′ 3″ (3.12 m) plywood 0
Mini Vee Dillon Racing Power 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood 0
Mini-Cat Stevenson Projects Multihull n/a plywood 0
Mini-Cup Stevenson Projects Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Minuetto 650 charter BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood 0
Minuetto 650 crociera BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) 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.