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.
418 boats
Compare two boats| 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.