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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
Houseboat 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Idea 19 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) strip planked 0
Inlet Runner 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood garvey 0
Inlet Runner 18 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) plywood garvey 0
Jessy 17 B&B Yacht Designs Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Jetabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
John's Sharpie Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) stitch and glue 0
Key Largo Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) cold molded wood 0
Kingfisher Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
L Capitan Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
Laguna Madre 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Landgångspråm no. 20 Båtritningar Row 5.17 m (16′ 11″) n/a 0
Lichen 20 Devlin Sail 19′ 7″ (5.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Light Dory John Welsford Row 5.14 m (16′ 10″) plywood 0
Linnet 16 Woods Designs Row 4.88 m (16′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Lion 550 Unik Yachts Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) plywood 0
Lion 600 Unik Yachts Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) plywood 0
Lit'l Coot 18 Bilge Keel Devlin Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Lit'l Coot 18 Full Keel Devlin Sail 17′ 10″ (5.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) plywood on frame 0
Mangusta 20 Bateau Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Marissa 18 B&B Yacht Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Matinicus Double Ender Duck Trap Woodworking Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) lapstrake 0
microBootlegger Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) strip planked 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Mini Trimaran B&B Yacht Designs Multihull 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Missile Grandpa's Archive Sail 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) plywood on frame 0
Mist Miss Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Mollyhawk John Welsford Row 5.34 m (17′ 6″) stitch and glue plywood 0
Monaco Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 4″ (5.89 m) cold molded wood 0
Moschino BCA Demco Multihull 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Motorsnipa no. 11 Båtritningar Power 5.72 m (18′ 9″) n/a 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Naiade BCA Demco Paddle 5.35 m (17′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Naskeag 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue 0
Newfoundland Trap Skiff Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) lapstrake 0
Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Night Heron - High Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Noank Pulling Boat Chesapeake Light Craft Row 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Nomad Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Northwest Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage XL Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) stitch and glue 0
Oabåt no. 19 Båtritningar Row 5.18 m (17′ 0″) n/a 0
Oarling II 17 Devlin Row 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) stitch and glue 0
Ondina BCA Demco Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Open Classic 17 Bateau Power 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 17 Bateau Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 16 Bateau Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 17 Bateau Power 16′ 11″ (5.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Outrage Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 5″ (5 m) plywood on frame 0
Pacific Troller Dory Butler Projects Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Pålpråm no. 28 Båtritningar Row 5.93 m (19′ 5″) n/a 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

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.