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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 95 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
Dynamo Too 45 Devlin Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Dyno Jet Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Dyno Mite Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Echo 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) steel, aluminum or wood 0
EdgeTracker 365 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
EdgeTracker 426 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
EdgeTracker 487 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood composite 0
Electric Philosophy 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Escapade Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Escort Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) plywood on frame 0
Eureka Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) fiberglass 0
Extreme Flats 20 Bateau Power 20′ 4″ (6.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Extreme Flats 22 Bateau Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) stitch and glue 0
EZ Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) plywood 0
Fast Garvey 10 Bateau Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Launch 26 Bateau Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Low Sheer Bateau Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 17 Bateau Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Fish Hook John Welsford Power 3.05 m (10′ 0″) plywood 0
Fisherman Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Fisherman 28 BCA Demco Power 8.34 m (27′ 4″) plywood 0
Fishing 20 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 20′ 9″ (6.33 m) steel or aluminum 0
Fishing 30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 29′ 6″ (9 m) steel 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Vintage Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Chat 16 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood composite 0
Flat Skiff 12 Bateau Power 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Flat Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Flats Flyer Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Flats River Skiff 12 Salt Boatworks Power 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 14 Salt Boatworks Power 13′ 8″ (4.17 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 15 Salt Boatworks Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 16 Salt Boatworks Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 18 Salt Boatworks Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Flats Stalker 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Float a Home Grandpa's Archive Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) n/a 0
Float Boat Grandpa's Archive Power n/a n/a 0
Fred Murphy Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Gannet 25 Devlin Power 24′ 9″ (7.54 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 17 Bateau Power 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 18 Bateau Power 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) stitch and glue 0
General Purpose 21 Bateau Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Gentry Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) cold molded wood 0
Geronimo Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Godzilla 22 Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilla 25 Devlin Power 24′ 8″ (7.52 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilli 16 Devlin Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Goliath Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Gollywobbler 38 Devlin Power 38′ 6″ (11.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Gollywobbler 43 Devlin Power 42′ 8″ (13.01 m) stitch and glue 0
GT Cruiser 23 Bateau Power 23′ 6″ (7.16 m) stitch and glue 0
GT Cruiser 27 Bateau Power 27′ 6″ (8.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Gulf Explorer 16 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
GulfStream 28 Bateau Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Gulfstream 28 X Bateau Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Gung Ho Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 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.