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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
Ady-J Grandpa's Archive Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Aegean 30 Woods Designs Multihull 9.2 m (30′ 2″) plywood 0
Aerowood 310 SUP Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 3.1 m (10′ 2″) plywood 0
AF4 Jim Michalak Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Airboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Albatros 26 BCA Demco Sail 8 m (26′ 3″) strip planked 0
Albatros 32 BCA Demco Sail 9.8 m (32′ 2″) strip planked 0
Albatros 36 BCA Demco Sail 11 m (36′ 1″) strip planked 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Alenu 540 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Aletheia BCA Demco Sail 7.8 m (25′ 7″) strip planked 0
Aleutesque Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Alexa’s Rocket 15 Bateau Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
All Water Fifteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
All Water Seventeen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
All Water Thirteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Allegro Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 3″ (10.14 m) plywood on frame 0
Alli8 Sailing Pram Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood 0
Alpha 2 Glen-L Marine Sail 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Amak 26 Tugboat Devlin Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 32 Devlin Power 32′ 4″ (9.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 38 Devlin Power 37′ 4″ (11.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 44 Devlin Power 43′ 10″ (13.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Amanda B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Amigo Glen-L Marine Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Amp Eater Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Amphora Stevenson Projects Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Ancilla II Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 60′ 0″ (18.3 m) steel and wood 0
Andante Glen-L Marine Power 38′ 5″ (11.71 m) steel 0
Angler's Big Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Day Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Pack Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Angus Expedition Rowboat Chesapeake Light Craft Row 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Angus Oxford Wherry Chesapeake Light Craft Row 15′ 10″ (4.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Angus RowCruiser Chesapeake Light Craft Row 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Ankon 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 37′ 9″ (11.5 m) round bilge steel 0
Ankon 40 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 8″ (12.1 m) round bilge steel 0
Annapolis Wherry Chesapeake Light Craft Row 17′ 8″ (5.39 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Annapolis Wherry Tandem Chesapeake Light Craft Row 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Aqua Cat Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Aquarian Glen-L Marine Sail 35′ 0″ (10.67 m) steel 0
Archimedes 22 Devlin Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Arctic Tern 23 Devlin Sail 22′ 8″ (6.91 m) stitch and glue 0
Argie 10 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Argie 15 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Argosy Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Arrow Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Arrow 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Athelas Long Lake Wooden Boats Row 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Athey Long Lake Wooden Boats Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Atlantic Skiff Glen-L Marine Power n/a n/a 0
Audeen Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) plywood on frame 0
Aurora Glen-L Marine Sail 31′ 0″ (9.45 m) steel 0
Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) plywood 0
AWOL John Welsford Sail 5.05 m (16′ 7″) plywood 0
Baby Baggie BCA Demco Sail 3.04 m (10′ 0″) strip planked 0
Baby Boat Cradle Manta Marine Design Other 1.2 m (3′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Backpack 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) demountable plywood 0
Backpack Boat Butler Projects Row 5′ 0″ (1.52 m) plywood 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.