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.
418 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay River Skiff | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Belhaven 19 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Benford 30 | Benford Design Group | Sail | 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked or steel chine | 0 |
| Biloxi Dinghy | Vintage Projects | Sail | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Blivit 13 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Blue Moon | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bora Bora 28 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 8.53 m (28′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Breeze Baby | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| BRIO 555 | BCA Demco | Sail | 5.55 m (18′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Buckboard | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bull's Eye | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Caledonia Yawl | Iain Oughtred | Sail | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Canso 23 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 22′ 5″ (6.84 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Charles 32 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Charles 32TC | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Deseada 36TC | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 36′ 1″ (11 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Henry 21 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape May 25 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 25′ 4″ (7.73 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Caravelle 16 | Bateau | Sail | 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cargo 50 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 52′ 3″ (15.92 m) | multi chine steel | 0 |
| Caribbea 30 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) | multi chine plywood | 0 |
| Cat Boat 12 | Bateau | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cat Ketch 17 | Bateau | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Catboat | Andrew Walters Design | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | n/a | 0 |
| CC19 Dayboat | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cherub | John Spencer | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Chessie Flyer | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Christmas Wherry | Duck Trap Woodworking | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Classic 12 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Classic 14 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Coaster | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Coquette 39 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 39′ 4″ (12 m) | multi chine plywood | 0 |
| Core Sound 15 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 2″ (4.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 20 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 20 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Corsair 11 | Bateau | Sail | 10′ 9″ (3.28 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Corsair 13 | Bateau | Sail | 12′ 10″ (3.91 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Crescent | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Cruising Sloop | Butler Projects | Sail | 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) | plywood | 0 |
| CW 975 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) | multi chine plywood | 0 |
| Daniels Boat | John Welsford | Sail | 3.2 m (10′ 6″) | plywood | 0 |
| Daysailer 24 | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.31 m (24′ 0″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Daysailer 30 | BCA Demco | Sail | 9 m (29′ 6″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Diapason 750 | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Didi 120 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 39′ 4″ (12 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 23 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 27 Retro | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 27′ 5″ (8.35 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 28 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 27′ 7″ (8.4 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 29 Retro | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 29′ 4″ (8.95 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 34 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 34′ 5″ (10.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 38/40 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 37′ 9″ (11.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 40cr | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 39′ 7″ (12.07 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi 950 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 2″ (9.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Cruise-Mini | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Cruise-Mini Mk3 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi MG30 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 6″ (9.6 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Mini | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 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.