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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
Hout Bay 33 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 33′ 8″ (10.25 m) radius chine steel 0
Hout Bay 40 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 8″ (12.09 m) multi chine steel 0
Hout Bay 50 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 50′ 2″ (15.3 m) multi chine steel 0
Hout Bay 70 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 69′ 11″ (21.3 m) multi chine steel 0
Idea 19 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) strip planked 0
Idea 850 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) strip planked 0
International Twelve Foot Dinghy George Cockshott Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
James Cook Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) cold molded wood 0
Janette John Welsford Sail 3.68 m (12′ 1″) plywood 0
John's Sharpie Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) stitch and glue 0
Junior BCA Demco Sail 2.9 m (9′ 6″) stitch and glue 0
Kestrel 26 Devlin Sail 26′ 4″ (8.03 m) stitch and glue 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
Kiwi PDR John Welsford Sail 2.44 m (8′ 0″) plywood 0
Kodiak Glen-L Marine Sail 28′ 6″ (8.69 m) fiberglass 0
L Gato Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood on frame 0
La Chatte Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) plywood on frame 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
Liberte 65 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 64′ 10″ (19.76 m) multi chine steel 0
Lichen 20 Devlin Sail 19′ 7″ (5.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Lion 1050 Unik Yachts Sail 10.5 m (34′ 5″) plywood 0
Lion 450 Unik Yachts Sail 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Lion 550 Unik Yachts Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) plywood 0
Lion 600 Unik Yachts Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) plywood 0
Lion 870 Unik Yachts Sail 8.7 m (28′ 7″) 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 Creek 47 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 47′ 3″ (14.4 m) multi chine steel 0
Lodestar Glen-L Marine Sail 55′ 0″ (16.76 m) steel 0
Long Steps John Welsford Sail n/a plywood 0
Lord Nelson Glen-L Marine Sail 33′ 1″ (10.08 m) cold molded wood 0
Lotsbåt Skum no. 33 Båtritningar Sail 6.19 m (20′ 4″) n/a 0
Maimouna BCA Demco Sail 6.4 m (21′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Mandolin Cruise BCA Demco Sail 7.43 m (24′ 5″) strip planked 0
Marsh Wren 20 Devlin Sail 20′ 2″ (6.15 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
Minuetto 650 charter BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood 0
Minuetto 650 crociera BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood 0
Minuetto 650 SPRINT BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood 0
Mirror Dinghy Jack Holt Sail 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Missile Grandpa's Archive Sail 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) plywood on frame 0
Moonfish 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Moth BCA Demco Sail 3.35 m (11′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Mud Peep 12 Devlin Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Multichine 23 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.2 m (23′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 26C B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.74 m (28′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 9.2 m (30′ 2″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 31 B&G Yacht Design Sail 9.45 m (31′ 0″) plywood on frame 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
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
Norwegian Pram 10 Butler Projects Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Norwegian Pram 8 Butler Projects Sail 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Old Baggie BCA Demco Sail 4.6 m (15′ 1″) strip planked 0
Onyx 28 Devlin Sail 27′ 7″ (8.41 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.