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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
Little Chief Canoe Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a n/a 0
Long Weekend Plyboat Paddle 3.65 m (12′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe Dudley Dix Yacht Design Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Mariposa 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Matunuck Surf Kayak Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 8′ 6″ (2.59 m) stitch and glue 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
Mill Creek 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin Double Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 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
Naiade BCA Demco Paddle 5.35 m (17′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Nereide BCA Demco Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) strip planked 0
Nice Canoe 16 Bateau Paddle n/a n/a 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
Nimrod 12 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
Ninfa BCA Demco Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage XL Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwind Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a plywood on frame 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
Ondina BCA Demco Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Orca 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 17 Bateau Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 21 Bateau Paddle 20′ 9″ (6.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Paddleboard Glen-L Marine Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Peace Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Pedal-It Glen-L Marine Paddle 9′ 4″ (2.85 m) stitch and glue 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
Petrel Scout SG Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Petrel Sport SG Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Pinocchio Plyboat Paddle 2.34 m (7′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Pirogue Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Play Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Plyak Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a plywood on frame 0
Plyak 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) stitch and glue 0
Plywood Kayak Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a n/a 0
Polar Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Pond Skipper 14 Devlin Paddle 13′ 10″ (4.2 m) stitch and glue 0
PowerYak - Electric Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 16′ 10″ (5.13 m) stitch and glue 0
Raju 500 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Ranger Selway Fisher Design Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 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
Rob Roy Glen-L Marine Paddle 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Rob Roy 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Runner Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Sassafras 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Sassafras 16 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 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.