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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
Jack Tar Arch Davis Design Row 26′ 1″ (7.95 m) plywood on frame 0
Joansa John Welsford Row 4.6 m (15′ 1″) plywood 0
Junior Dinghy Grandpa's Archive Row n/a n/a 0
Ke-Pau Glen-L Marine Row 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) plywood on frame 0
Kid-Row Glen-L Marine Row 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher Grandpa's Archive Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) plywood on frame 0
Krista-x Rower 24 Devlin Row 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Krokeka no. 21 Båtritningar Row 6.15 m (20′ 2″) n/a 0
Landgångspråm no. 20 Båtritningar Row 5.17 m (16′ 11″) n/a 0
Light Dory John Welsford Row 5.14 m (16′ 10″) plywood 0
Lighthouse Tender Peapod Chesapeake Light Craft Row 13′ 5″ (4.09 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Linach 15 Devlin Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Lincolnville Salmon Wherry Duck Trap Woodworking Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) lapstrake 0
Linnet 16 Woods Designs Row 4.88 m (16′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Lit'l Petrel 9 Devlin Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Lobsterman's Skiff Duck Trap Woodworking Row 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) lapstrake 0
Long Lake Long Lake Wooden Boats Row 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Lumberyard Punt Duck Trap Woodworking Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Maine Skiff Duck Trap Woodworking Row 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) lapstrake 0
Mallard 13 Devlin Row 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Matinicus Double Ender Duck Trap Woodworking Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) lapstrake 0
Maxi Mac Butler Projects Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
McDrift Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) aluminum 0
MI Bateau Multichine Bateau Row 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) plywood 0
MI Bateau Round Chine Bateau Row 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) strip planked 0
Mickey Mouse Plyboat Row 2.4 m (7′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Micro Petrel Devlin Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) stitch and glue 0
Mighty Mouse Plyboat Row 2.4 m (7′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Mini Mac Butler Projects Row n/a plywood 0
Mollyhawk John Welsford Row 5.34 m (17′ 6″) stitch and glue plywood 0
Montana Guide Boat Butler Projects Row 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) plywood 0
Montana Pram Butler Projects Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) plywood 0
Mouse Grande Plyboat Row 2.34 m (7′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Mr. John Glen-L Marine Row 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) plywood on frame 0
Nesting Dinghy 11 Bateau Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Nesting Expedition Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) plywood 0
Noank Pulling Boat Chesapeake Light Craft Row 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Norwegian Gunning Dory Butler Projects Row 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood 0
Nutshell 7 Bateau Row 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) stitch and glue 0
Oabåt no. 19 Båtritningar Row 5.18 m (17′ 0″) n/a 0
Oar Plans and Patterns Glen-L Marine Row n/a n/a 0
Oarling II 17 Devlin Row 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) stitch and glue 0
Origami Woodenwidget Row 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) plywood 0
Oxford Shell II Chesapeake Light Craft Row 20′ 10″ (6.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Paddlewheeler Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Pålpråm no. 28 Båtritningar Row 5.93 m (19′ 5″) n/a 0
Passagemaker Standard Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Peeper 12 Devlin Row 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Pintail Duck Boat Grandpa's Archive Row 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 0
Plywood Dory Butler Projects Row n/a plywood 0
Plywood Rowboat Vintage Projects Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) n/a 0
POD Dory Grandpa's Archive Row 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood 0
Poleboat 13 Devlin Row 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Power Drifter Glen-L Marine Row n/a plywood 0
Power-Row Skiff 11.5 Glen-L Marine Row 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) plywood on frame 0
Power-Row Skiff 13.5 Glen-L Marine Row 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Power-Row Skiff 15.5 Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Pram 220 BCA Demco Row 2.2 m (7′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
Prameke 7'-8' Bateau Row 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) stitch and glue 0
PT Eleven Nesting Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 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.