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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
Mighty Mouse Plyboat Row 2.4 m (7′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Mini Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 10′ 3″ (3.12 m) plywood 0
Mini Vee Dillon Racing Power 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood 0
Mirror Dinghy Jack Holt Sail 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) stitch and glue 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
Moth BCA Demco Sail 3.35 m (11′ 0″) stitch and glue 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
Mud Peep 12 Devlin Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 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
Norwegian Pram 10 Butler Projects Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Norwegian Pram 8 Butler Projects Sail 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Nutshell 7 Bateau Row 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) stitch and glue 0
Nymph 10 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
Oppikat Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 9′ 0″ (2.75 m) strip planked 0
Origami Woodenwidget Row 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) plywood 0
OzonaX Nesting Pram Bedard Yacht Design Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Paddleboard Glen-L Marine Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Paddlewheeler Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Passagemaker Standard Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Pedal-It Glen-L Marine Paddle 9′ 4″ (2.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Pee Wee Glen-L Marine Power 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) plywood on frame 0
Peeper 12 Devlin Row 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Penguin Class Dinghy Philip Rhodes Sail 11′ 5″ (3.48 m) plywood 0
Picklefork Glen-L Marine Power 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Pinocchio Plyboat Paddle 2.34 m (7′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Pintail Duck Boat Grandpa's Archive Row 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 0
Plywood Rowboat Vintage Projects Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) n/a 0
Polly BCA Demco Sail 2.93 m (9′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Pontooner Grandpa's Archive Power 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) plywood on frame 0
Power-Row Skiff 11.5 Glen-L Marine Row 11′ 6″ (3.51 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
Pro Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) plywood 0
PT Eleven Nesting Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
PT Spear Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Rhodes Wherry Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 10′ 7″ (3.23 m) lapstrake 0
Roof Rack John Welsford Row 2.18 m (7′ 2″) plywood 0
Saboteer Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) plywood on frame 0
Sabotina Glen-L Marine Sail 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Sand Dollar Arch Davis Design Sail 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Sanddab 6 Devlin Row 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Sandpiper 8 Devlin Row 8′ 2″ (2.49 m) stitch and glue 0
SCAMP John Welsford Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood 0
Scheggia BCA Demco Sail 3.02 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Scraps John Welsford Row 1.89 m (6′ 2″) plywood 0
Sea Midge Grandpa's Archive Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Semi Dory 11 Bateau Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Sherpa John Welsford Row 2.75 m (9′ 0″) plywood 0
Silver 333 BCA Demco Power 3.33 m (10′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Sirenetta BCA Demco Paddle 3.01 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Small Fry White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) strip planked 0
Solo Packette Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) strip planked 0
Spindrift Dinghy B&B Yacht Designs Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Sport C Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) plywood 0
Spritz! BCA Demco Sail 2.95 m (9′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Stasha Woodenwidget Row 7′ 3″ (2.2 m) skin on frame 0
Sunshine Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) lapstrake 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.