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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
Crackerbox Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Crescent Grandpa's Archive Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 440 Modern Wooden Boat Power 4.4 m (14′ 5″) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 520 Modern Wooden Boat Power 5.2 m (17′ 1″) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 650 Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 660 Cabin Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.6 m (21′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Cruisette Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Cuddy Sport Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Delta King Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Delta Q Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Desperado Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Double Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Dragster Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Eight Ball Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood on frame 0
Ensenada 25 Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Escapade Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Escapist 24 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 7.5 m (24′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Escort Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) plywood on frame 0
Falcon Grandpa's Archive Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Fancy Free Glen-L Marine Sail 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Fisherman Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Vintage Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flats Flyer Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Fred Murphy Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Geronimo Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 12 Glen-L Marine Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 13 Glen-L Marine Sail 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 14 Glen-L Marine Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 15 Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 17 Glen-L Marine Sail 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 19 Glen-L Marine Sail 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 21CB Glen-L Marine Sail 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 25 - Plywood Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Goliath Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Grace's Tender Arch Davis Design Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Gung Ho Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) plywood on frame 0
Gypsy Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Hell Cat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 0
Hercules Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Hi Rider Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Hirundo 750 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 7.5 m (24′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Honker Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Hunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Islander Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Jack Tar Glen-L Marine Power 31′ 1″ (9.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Jack Tar Arch Davis Design Row 26′ 1″ (7.95 m) plywood on frame 0
Jackknife Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Jean Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Jet Cat Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 2″ (4.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Jet Setter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) plywood on frame 0
Jiffy V-22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood on frame 0
Jolly Roger Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 9″ (8.46 m) plywood on frame 0
Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Jubilee Glen-L Marine Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Ke-Pau Glen-L Marine Row 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) plywood on frame 0
Key West Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingfisher Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingfisher Grandpa's Archive Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) plywood on frame 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.