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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
Jackknife Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Jaktkanot no. 5 Båtritningar Paddle 4.05 m (13′ 3″) n/a 0
Janette John Welsford Sail 3.68 m (12′ 1″) plywood 0
Jessy 12 B&B Yacht Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 15 B&B Yacht Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) stitch and glue 0
Jet Cat Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 2″ (4.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Jimbo Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Joansa John Welsford Row 4.6 m (15′ 1″) plywood 0
Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 13 Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 16 Bateau Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 12-6 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kalostyn Andrew Walters Design Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kastri Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Kayak Stevenson Projects Paddle 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood 0
King Canvasback Grandpa's Archive Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) n/a 0
KIS 4.0 BCA Demco Sail 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.2S BCA Demco Sail 4.23 m (13′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.7 BCA Demco Sail 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
L Dorado Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
La Chatte Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Laker 14 Dillon Racing Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood 0
Laker SC12 Dillon Racing Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood 0
Lapwing 16 B&B Yacht Designs Sail 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Laughing Gull Arch Davis Design Sail 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Lighthouse Tender Peapod Chesapeake Light Craft Row 13′ 5″ (4.09 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Linach 15 Devlin Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Lincolnville Salmon Wherry Duck Trap Woodworking Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) lapstrake 0
Lion 450 Unik Yachts Sail 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Lo Voltage Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe Dudley Dix Yacht Design Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Magnum 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood epoxy composite 0
Mallard 13 Devlin Row 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Mariposa 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Maxi Mac Butler Projects Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
McDrift Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) aluminum 0
MI Bateau Multichine Bateau Row 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) plywood 0
MI Bateau Round Chine Bateau Row 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) strip planked 0
Mia Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mia 15 Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) stitch and glue 0
microBootlegger Solo Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Sport Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
Mill Creek 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Mini-Cup Stevenson Projects Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Minuet Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin Double Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Moonfish 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Motor Canoe Butler Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Motorsnipa no. 34 Båtritningar Power 4.32 m (14′ 2″) n/a 0
Mushulu 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood composite 0
Mushulu 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood composite 0
Nancy's China 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China DC 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 2″ (4.62 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.