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.
227 boats
Compare two boats| 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.