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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
Open Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 21 Bateau Paddle 20′ 9″ (6.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Outer Banks 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Oxford Shell II Chesapeake Light Craft Row 20′ 10″ (6.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 25 Devlin Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Paloma 650 open BCA Demco Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Cabinata BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Daysailer BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Panga 20 Bateau Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 22 Bateau Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Cabin Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) composite 0
Pantanal 25 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.65 m (25′ 1″) composite 0
Party Boat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Pelicano 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Bassboat Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Center Console Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Shrimper Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Penguin John Welsford Sail 6.4 m (21′ 0″) plywood 0
Phantom 22 Bateau Power 21′ 10″ (6.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Play 'n Jane Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) plywood on frame 0
Pontoon Cat (PC20) Bateau Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) composite 0
Pontoon Cat (PC22) Bateau Multihull 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) composite 0
Pontoon Cat (PC24) Bateau Multihull 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) composite 0
Pop 20 B&G Yacht Design Sail 6.2 m (20′ 4″) plywood on frame 0
Pop 25 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.54 m (24′ 9″) plywood on frame 0
Princess Sharpie 22 B&B Yacht Designs Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Pro Tournament 21 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) strip plank composite 0
Pro Tournament 24 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) strip plank composite 0
Quest Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 4″ (7.11 m) plywood on frame 0
Raven Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Reliance Tandem Steve Killing Paddle 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) strip planked 0
Renegade Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) plywood on frame 0
River Crawler 22 Devlin Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) stitch and glue 0
River Rat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Riviera Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) cold molded wood 0
Roberts 25 Bruce Roberts Sail 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) n/a 0
Run Riot 24 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Saltaspiaggia Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6.1 m (20′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Sango Woods Designs Multihull 7.7 m (25′ 3″) strip planked 0
Sanpiera BCA Demco Sail 6.98 m (22′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Saylon 20 Bateau Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Saylon 20 Woods Designs Multihull 6.1 m (20′ 0″) plywood 0
Scout 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Craft 25 Cabin Cruiser Vintage Projects Power 24′ 7″ (7.49 m) n/a 0
Seabright Tunnel 21 Bateau Power 21′ 8″ (6.6 m) composite 0
Shadow Woods Designs Multihull 7.3 m (23′ 11″) cold molded wood 0
Shangri-La Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Silver Star 26/32 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 25′ 7″ (7.8 m) fiberglass 0
Sirocco Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 24 Bateau Multihull 24′ 8″ (7.52 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 24 Woods Designs Multihull 7.52 m (24′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Snake Shooter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Spirited 230 Power Spirited Designs Multihull 7.9 m (25′ 11″) composite 0
Spirited 7000 Spirited Designs Multihull 7.1 m (23′ 4″) composite 0
Sport Fisherman 24 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) wood 0
Spray 22 Bruce Roberts Sail 24′ 0″ (7.31 m) plywood 0
St Ayles Skiff Iain Oughtred Row 22′ 0″ (6.7 m) glued lapstrake 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.