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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
Raven Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Rebel Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) plywood on frame 0
Rebel Tug Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Renegade Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) plywood on frame 0
River Rat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Rogue Runner Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) plywood on frame 0
Roustabout Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Saboteer Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) plywood on frame 0
Saturn Woods Designs Multihull 8.8 m (28′ 10″) plywood on frame 0
Saylon 20 Bateau Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Scooter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Scrambler Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Scull Boat Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Knight Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Midge Grandpa's Archive Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Shangri-La Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Sherwood Queen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Sirocco Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Sissy Do Glen-L Marine Row 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski Bass Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski King Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski Tow Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 8″ (4.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 20 Bateau Multihull 19′ 4″ (5.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 20 Woods Designs Multihull 5.9 m (19′ 4″) 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
Skoota 28 Bateau Multihull 27′ 11″ (8.5 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 36 Bateau Multihull 36′ 1″ (11 m) plywood on frame 0
Slither Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Snake Shooter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Sneak Box Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 5″ (3.79 m) plywood on frame 0
Solution Grandpa's Archive Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Sorrento Glen-L Marine Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) plywood on frame 0
Stiletto Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Super Spartan Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Sweet Caroline Glen-L Marine Row 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Sweet Sixteen Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Swift Swoose Grandpa's Archive Multihull 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 0
Swish Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Tango Glen-L Marine Sail 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Thunderbolt Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
Tiny Might Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Titan Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
TNT Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) plywood on frame 0
Tornado Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Tramp Grandpa's Archive Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
True Grit Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Tuffy Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Tunnel Mite Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 0
Two Plus Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Ultra Pierre Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Utility Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) plywood on frame 0
V-Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Vandal Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Variant Glen-L Marine Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Vee Gull Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Vera Cruise Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) plywood on frame 0
Wanderlust Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) plywood on frame 0
Wildcat E_X_T Cuddy Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Wildcat E_X_T Sport Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) plywood on frame 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.