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.
By builder
All
Glen-L Marine 287
Benford Design Group 147
Devlin 142
Bateau 141
Chesapeake Light Craft 121
Dudley Dix Yacht Design 90
BCA Demco 64
Grandpa's Archive 54
Woods Designs 46
Boatkits 41
John Welsford 36
B&B Yacht Designs 35
Newfound Woodworks 32
Båtritningar 32
Modern Wooden Boat 21
Bowdidge Marine Designs 21
Duck Trap Woodworking 20
Geodesic Airolite Boats 19
Butler Projects 18
Stevenson Projects 16
Spirited Designs 16
Ashes Still Water Boats 15
White Salmon Boat Works 14
Vintage Projects 13
Bartender Boats 13
Woodenwidget 13
Bruce Roberts 12
Arch Davis Design 12
Plyboat 11
Response Marine 11
B&G Yacht Design 10
Salt Boatworks 9
Andrew Walters Design 9
Steve Killing 9
Dillon Racing 8
Bedard Yacht Design 8
Long Lake Wooden Boats 6
Unik Yachts 5
James Bosman 5
Iain Oughtred 4
Selway Fisher Design 3
Manta Marine Design 3
John Spencer 2
William D. Jackson 2
John Farlow 2
Roger Fletcher 1
Nexus Marine 1
Sande 1
Laurent Giles 1
U-Fab Boats 1
Forest and Stream 1
Build-A-Boat 1
The Cardboard Boat Book 1
Echo-Craft 1
Phil Bolger 1
Pygmy Boats 1
Jim Michalak 1
Spira International 1
Ray Speck 1
Albert Strange 1
Yannick Maignien 1
Niel Shelton 1
David Rogers 1
Iver Franzen 1
Jim Norman 1
Daniel Berg 1
Gary Dierking 1
P&F Yacht Design 1
Philip Rhodes 1
Jack Holt 1
Ron Given 1
Ian Proctor 1
George Cockshott 1
By construction
274 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillemot Double | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Gypsy | Glen-L Marine | Power | 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Haiku 700 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 6.2 m (20′ 4″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Harbormaster | Glen-L Marine | Power | 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Hercules | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Hi Rider | Glen-L Marine | Power | 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Hideaway 22 | Devlin | Power | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Hirundo 750 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Honker H.B. 20 | Devlin | Power | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Houseboat 20 | Bateau | Power | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Hunky Dory | Glen-L Marine | Power | 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Islander | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Janus | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.65 m (21′ 10″) | plywood | 0 |
| Janus 22' Full | Bateau | Multihull | 21′ 10″ (6.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Jet Setter | Glen-L Marine | Power | 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Jiffy 22 | Arch Davis Design | Power | 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Jiffy V-22 | Arch Davis Design | Power | 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Key West | Glen-L Marine | Power | 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Kingpin | Glen-L Marine | Power | 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Kokanee | Glen-L Marine | Power | 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Kona Kai | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 6″ (7.47 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 |
| La Paz 22 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Lazy Daze | Glen-L Marine | Power | 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Lingcod 24 | Devlin | Power | 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Little Cod 21 | Devlin | Power | 21′ 5″ (6.53 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Long Lake | Long Lake Wooden Boats | Row | 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Lotsbåt Skum no. 33 | Båtritningar | Sail | 6.19 m (20′ 4″) | n/a | 0 |
| Lucky Pierre | Glen-L Marine | Power | 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Mackinaw | Glen-L Marine | Power | 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Mai Tai | Glen-L Marine | Power | 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Maia 24 | Bateau | Power | 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Maimouna | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mandolin Cruise | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.43 m (24′ 5″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Marsh Wren 20 | Devlin | Sail | 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| MASH 24 Family Cruiser | Bedard Yacht Design | Power | 24′ 4″ (7.42 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mbuli - A Pacific Proa | Chesapeake Light Craft | Multihull | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Merlin | Woods Designs | Multihull | 7.65 m (25′ 1″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Millie Hill 20 | Devlin | Power | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mini Maia 21 | Bateau | Power | 21′ 2″ (6.45 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 charter | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 crociera | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 SPRINT | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Monsoon | Glen-L Marine | Power | 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Monte Carlo | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Mud Dauber 22 H.B. | Devlin | Power | 21′ 11″ (6.67 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mud Dauber 23 | Devlin | Power | 23′ 1″ (7.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| MugWump 22 | Devlin | Power | 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Multichine 23 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.2 m (23′ 7″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Mystery | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Nina 22 | Bateau | Power | 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nor'wester | Glen-L Marine | Power | 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| North Haven 24 | Devlin | Power | 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Novi 23 | Bateau | Power | 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Noyo Trawler | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Ocracoke 20 | B&B Yacht Designs | Power | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Ocracoke 20-B | B&B Yacht Designs | Power | 22′ 5″ (6.83 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Ocracoke 24 | B&B Yacht Designs | Power | 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Olympian 23 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) | plywood on frame | 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.