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.
357 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crispy 520 | Modern Wooden Boat | Power | 5.2 m (17′ 1″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Cruise Control 5.2 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) | strip plank composite | 0 |
| Cruising Sloop | Butler Projects | Sail | 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) | plywood | 0 |
| CS-20 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Desperado | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Dipper 17 | Devlin | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Downeast Double Ender | Duck Trap Woodworking | n/a | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Dragonfly | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dragster | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Driftboat 16s | Glen-L Marine | Row | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Duck Trap Launch | Duck Trap Woodworking | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Duck Trap Wherry | Duck Trap Woodworking | Row | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Duckling 17 | Devlin | Row | 17′ 4″ (5.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duckling 17 Sailing Version | Devlin | Sail | 17′ 3″ (5.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| EdgeTracker 487 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood composite | 0 |
| Eider 17 | Devlin | Sail | 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Endeavour | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Expedition Sailing Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Expedition Single | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Expedition Wherry | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| F1830 Sit-On-Top Tandem Kayak | Bedard Yacht Design | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Flat Chat 16 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood composite | 0 |
| Flateka no. 16 | Båtritningar | Row | 4.98 m (16′ 4″) | n/a | 0 |
| Flateka no. 27 | Båtritningar | Row | 5.06 m (16′ 7″) | n/a | 0 |
| Flats Flyer | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Flats River Skiff 16 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Flats River Skiff 18 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Flats Stalker 18 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Freedom 17 | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Freedom 17-9 | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Garnpråm no. 29 | Båtritningar | Row | 5.87 m (19′ 3″) | n/a | 0 |
| Garvey 17 | Bateau | Power | 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Garvey 18 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Gentry | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Geronimo | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 17 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 19 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Godzilli 16 | Devlin | Power | 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Goliath | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Gozzo 5.20m | BCA Demco | Row | 5.2 m (17′ 1″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Grand Diva Kayak | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Great Auk 17 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Greenland Night Heron | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot "L" | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot "S" | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Gulf Explorer 16 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | epoxy fiberglass plywood composite | 0 |
| Gun Dory | Butler Projects | Row | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Hanzeyawl | Manta Marine Design | Sail | 5.9 m (19′ 4″) | n/a | 0 |
| Harbor Master 19 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 9″ (5.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Harbor Master Displacement 19 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| High-Capacity Great Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Hommebåt no. 22 | Båtritningar | Sail | 4.97 m (16′ 4″) | n/a | 0 |
| Hommebåt no. 25 | Båtritningar | Sail | 6.07 m (19′ 11″) | n/a | 0 |
| Honker 18 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Houseboat 16 | Bateau | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 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.