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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
Pelicano 18 Bassboat Devlin Power 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Center Console Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Shrimper Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Sportster Devlin Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Penobscot 17 Arch Davis Design Sail 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Petrel Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Petrel Sport SG Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Piepowder 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 16′ 7″ (5.05 m) fiberglass 0
Pilgrim John Welsford Sail 5 m (16′ 5″) plywood 0
Pilot 19 Bateau Power 18′ 11″ (5.77 m) stitch and glue 0
Play Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Pocket Cruiser Stevenson Projects Sail 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) plywood 0
Polar Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
PowerYak - Electric Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 16′ 10″ (5.13 m) stitch and glue 0
PUCK 550 BCA Demco Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Quattro 16 Bateau Multihull 16′ 5″ (5 m) stitch and glue 0
Quattro 16 Woods Designs Multihull 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Raju 500 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Rampage Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Rapid 5000 Spirited Designs Multihull 5.3 m (17′ 5″) composite 0
Razor-Billed Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip planked 0
Rebel Tug Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Resolute Steve Killing Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Rio Drift Boat Glen-L Marine Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Roberts 19 Bruce Roberts Sail 19′ 3″ (5.86 m) cold molded wood 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
Runabout 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) composite 0
Runabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) composite 0
Runner Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Rustica 570 BCA Demco Power 5.7 m (18′ 8″) plywood 0
Salmon Wherry 17 Bartender Boats Sail 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Salmon Wherry 19 Bartender Boats Sail 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) n/a 0
SAM BCA Demco Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) strip planked 0
Scaup 18 Devlin Power 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Scud II Bartender Boats Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) n/a 0
Sculldugery II 17 Devlin Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculling Skiff Glen-L Marine Row 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Kayak Two Glen-L Marine Paddle 19′ 9″ (6.02 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Knight Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Skiff 17 Vintage Projects Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Sea Strike 18 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Seascape Spirited Designs Multihull 6 m (19′ 8″) composite 0
Sentinel Explorer 18 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Shearwater 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 16 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 17 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) stitch and glue 0
Shell Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Sid Skiff Ray Speck Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) n/a 0
Silver 55 BCA Demco Power 5.55 m (18′ 3″) plywood 0
Skånesnipa TG 24 no. 18 Båtritningar Power 5.95 m (19′ 6″) n/a 0
Ski Bass Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 18 Bateau Multihull 18′ 4″ (5.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Skoota 18 Woods Designs Multihull 5.6 m (18′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
Skoota 20 Bateau Multihull 19′ 4″ (5.9 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.