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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 type
All Paddle  227 Row  229 Sail  418 Power  616 Multihull  108 Other  20
By length
Any Under 12′ 12–16′ 16–20′ 20–26′ Over 26′
By construction
Any stitch and glue  510 plywood on frame  243 plywood  199 strip planked  135 cold molded wood  42 composite  31 lapstrake plywood  30 skin on frame  23 glued lapstrake plywood  20 fiberglass  20 radius chine plywood  17 steel chine  16
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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Argosy Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Aurora Glen-L Marine Sail 31′ 0″ (9.45 m) steel 0
Backpack 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) demountable plywood 0
Bandido Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) cold molded wood 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
Bear Cat Cuddy Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 10″ (8.48 m) plywood on frame 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
Big Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 7″ (8.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Black Crown 30 Devlin Power 30′ 6″ (9.3 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
Bon Voyage Glen-L Marine Power 44′ 9″ (13.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Bora Bora 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) plywood 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
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 Lookout 28 B&B Yacht Designs Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 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
Carolina Angler Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Catalina Express Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Chessie Flyer Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Classic Delta 29 P&F Yacht Design Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Coaster TY 28 Bruce Roberts Power 28′ 11″ (8.82 m) n/a 0
Coastworker 28 Bruce Roberts Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) n/a 0
Coquette 39 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 4″ (12 m) multi chine plywood 0
Corinthian Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) cold molded wood 0
Crossover Spirited Designs Multihull 14.74 m (48′ 4″) composite 0
Cruise Missle Glen-L Marine Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) fiberglass 0
CW 975 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) multi chine plywood 0
Czarinna 30 Devlin Power 29′ 10″ (9.09 m) stitch and glue 0
Czarinna 35 Devlin Power 35′ 2″ (10.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Czarinna 43 Devlin Power 42′ 3″ (12.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Dauntless Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 8″ (10.87 m) cold molded wood 0
Daysailer 30 BCA Demco Sail 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Dedication 27 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 27′ 2″ (8.27 m) wood and grp composite 0
Delta King Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Devlin 37 Devlin Power 37′ 4″ (11.38 m) stitch and glue 0
DH550 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) plywood 0
DH550 Charter Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) plywood 0
Didi 120 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 4″ (12 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 MG30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 6″ (9.6 m) radius chine plywood 0
Dix 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 38′ 5″ (11.7 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 38 Pilot Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 38′ 5″ (11.7 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 43 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 43 HD Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine aluminum 0
Dix 43 Pilot Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 43′ 10″ (13.35 m) radius chine steel 0
Dix 430 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 43′ 2″ (13.15 m) 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.