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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
Gozzo 4m BCA Demco Row 4 m (13′ 1″) strip planked 0
Gozzo 5.20m BCA Demco Row 5.2 m (17′ 1″) strip planked 0
Gozzo 6.50m BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Great Auk 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Great Auk Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) strip planked 0
Greenland Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "L" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "S" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
Harbormaster Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) strip planked 0
High-Capacity Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Idea 19 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) strip planked 0
Idea 850 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) strip planked 0
Kenosha White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Kokanee White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Mandolin Cruise BCA Demco Sail 7.43 m (24′ 5″) strip planked 0
Merlin Woods Designs Multihull 7.65 m (25′ 1″) strip planked 0
MI Bateau Round Chine Bateau Row 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Solo Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Sport Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
Mystery Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Nereide BCA Demco Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) strip planked 0
Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Night Heron - High Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Noank Pulling Boat Chesapeake Light Craft Row 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Nymph 10 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
Nymph 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) strip planked 0
Old Baggie BCA Demco Sail 4.6 m (15′ 1″) strip planked 0
Oppikat Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 9′ 0″ (2.75 m) strip planked 0
Paloma 650 open BCA Demco Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Cabinata BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Daysailer BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Petrel Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Petrel Play Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
Play Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Polar Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Pot Luck Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 3″ (10.14 m) strip planked 0
Razor-Billed Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip planked 0
Redwood Canoe Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Reliance Tandem Steve Killing Paddle 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) strip planked 0
Resolute Steve Killing Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Runner Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Sagitta Woods Designs Multihull 9.14 m (30′ 0″) strip planked 0
SAM BCA Demco Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) strip planked 0
Sango Woods Designs Multihull 7.7 m (25′ 3″) strip planked 0
Shell Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Skua Woods Designs Multihull 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Small Fry White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) strip planked 0
Solo Day Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Solo Day Tripper Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Solo Pack Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Solo Packette Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) strip planked 0
Solo Quick Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Solo Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Stripper Glen-L Marine Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Takalak White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 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.