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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
Bartender 20.5 Bartender Boats Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 22 Bartender Boats Power 22′ 7″ (6.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 26 Cruising Bartender Boats Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 26 Sport Fishing Bartender Boats Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 29 Bartender Boats Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Bass Boat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Bass Boat Stevenson Projects Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Bay Pilot 18 Arch Davis Design Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Bayou Belle Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear Cat Cuddy Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 10″ (8.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear-Cat Sport Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) plywood on frame 0
Bebop Grandpa's Archive Power 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Belle Isle 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) cold molded wood 0
Big Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 7″ (8.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Bingo Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Biscayne 18 Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) cold molded wood 0
Biscayne 22 Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 10″ (6.66 m) cold molded wood 0
Black Brant II 14 Devlin Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III 15 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Crown 30 Devlin Power 30′ 6″ (9.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Blazer 25 Devlin Power 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Fin 48 Devlin Power 48′ 4″ (14.73 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Fin 54 Devlin Power 54′ 0″ (16.46 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Streak Grandpa's Archive Power n/a plywood on frame 0
Bluebill 12 Devlin Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluebill 12 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluefin Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) plywood on frame 0
Bo Jest Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 10″ (5.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Bolero Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 5″ (7.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Bon Voyage Glen-L Marine Power 44′ 9″ (13.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Bonanza Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Bravado Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Broadbill 11 Devlin Power 10′ 8″ (3.25 m) stitch and glue 0
Broadwater 5.1 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Budget Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) n/a 0
Bullet Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 3″ (3.43 m) plywood on frame 0
Bullfrog 20 Devlin Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Calypso Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Camarone 34 Devlin Power 33′ 5″ (10.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Camarone 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Devlin Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Devlin Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Casting Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 18 Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 18 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Cape Lookout 28 B&B Yacht Designs Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Capriccio BCA Demco Power 6.42 m (21′ 1″) strip planked 0
Carioca Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Carolina 25 Salt Boatworks Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood 0
Carolina Angler Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Carolina Bay 17 Salt Boatworks Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood 0
Carolina Express 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 23 Bateau Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 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.