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.
199 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minuetto 650 SPRINT | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Mira | Woods Designs | Multihull | 10.65 m (34′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Mirage | Woods Designs | Multihull | 11 m (36′ 1″) | plywood | 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 |
| Motor Canoe | Butler Projects | Power | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Nesting Expedition Dinghy | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Norwegian Gunning Dory | Butler Projects | Row | 15′ 9″ (4.8 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 |
| Origami | Woodenwidget | Row | 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pacific Troller Dory | Butler Projects | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Paper Tiger | Ron Given | Multihull | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pathfinder | John Welsford | Sail | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Peace Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pelegrin | John Welsford | Sail | 5.15 m (16′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin | John Welsford | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin Class Dinghy | Philip Rhodes | Sail | 11′ 5″ (3.48 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pilgrim | John Welsford | Sail | 5 m (16′ 5″) | plywood | 0 |
| Ply-Flier | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Plywood Dory | Butler Projects | Row | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Pocket Cruiser | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | plywood | 0 |
| POD Dory | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Power Drifter | Glen-L Marine | Row | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Pro Tunnel | Dillon Racing | Power | 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pro Vee | Dillon Racing | Power | 12′ 7″ (3.84 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Rock Creek Drifter | Butler Projects | Row | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Romany | Woods Designs | Multihull | 10.4 m (34′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Roof Rack | John Welsford | Row | 2.18 m (7′ 2″) | plywood | 0 |
| Rustica 570 | BCA Demco | Power | 5.7 m (18′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| Salish 28 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.5 m (27′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sande Ace | Sande | Power | 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Saturday Night Special | John Welsford | Sail | 4.47 m (14′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| Saylon 20 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.1 m (20′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| SCAMP | John Welsford | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Schizzo | BCA Demco | Power | 4.5 m (14′ 9″) | plywood | 0 |
| Scraps | John Welsford | Row | 1.89 m (6′ 2″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sherpa | John Welsford | Row | 2.75 m (9′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Silver 45 | BCA Demco | Power | 4.5 m (14′ 9″) | plywood | 0 |
| Silver 55 | BCA Demco | Power | 5.55 m (18′ 3″) | plywood | 0 |
| Skoota 28 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.5 m (27′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Skoota 36 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 11 m (36′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sphera | BCA Demco | Sail | 9.94 m (32′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sport C Tunnel | Dillon Racing | Power | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Sportfish 570 | BCA Demco | Power | 5.7 m (18′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sportfoil | Stevenson Projects | Power | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Spray 22 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 24′ 0″ (7.31 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Strike 16 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 4.75 m (15′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Strike 18 | Bateau | Multihull | 18′ 1″ (5.5 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Strike 18 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Strike 20 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.1 m (20′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sundowner | John Welsford | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Super Huck | Glen-L Marine | Power | 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Super Skipjack | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Surfsong | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.4 m (27′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Swaggie | John Welsford | Sail | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sweet Pea | John Welsford | Sail | 5.3 m (17′ 5″) | plywood | 0 |
| T-Cat | Stevenson Projects | Multihull | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Tamar 31 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 9.5 m (31′ 2″) | plywood | 0 |
| Tender Behind | John Welsford | Row | 2.22 m (7′ 3″) | 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.