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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
Gypsy Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Harbor Master 19 Bateau Power 18′ 9″ (5.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Harbor Master Displacement 19 Bateau Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Harbormaster Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) strip planked 0
Hell Cat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 0
Hercules Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Hi Rider Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Hideaway 22 Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Honker 18 Devlin Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker H.B. 20 Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 20 Bateau Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Huck Finn Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Hunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Indian River Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Inlet Runner 14 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 13′ 11″ (4.24 m) plywood garvey 0
Inlet Runner 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood garvey 0
Inlet Runner 18 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) plywood garvey 0
Island Time 33 Devlin Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Islander Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Jack Tar Glen-L Marine Power 31′ 1″ (9.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Jackknife Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Jean Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Jessy 12 B&B Yacht Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 15 B&B Yacht Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 17 B&B Yacht Designs Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Jet Cat Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 2″ (4.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Jet Setter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) plywood on frame 0
Jetabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Jiffy 22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood 0
Jiffy 9-7 Arch Davis Design Power 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) plywood 0
Jiffy V-22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood on frame 0
Jimbo Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Johnboat Butler Projects Power 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Jolly Roger Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 9″ (8.46 m) plywood on frame 0
Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 11 Bateau Power 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 13 Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 16 Bateau Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Josephine 40 Devlin Power 40′ 9″ (12.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Josephine 47 Devlin Power 46′ 8″ (14.22 m) stitch and glue 0
Jubilee Glen-L Marine Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Kalostyn Andrew Walters Design Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kastri Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Key Largo Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) cold molded wood 0
Key West Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingfisher Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingfisher 26 Devlin Power 26′ 4″ (8.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 28 Devlin Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 30 Devlin Power 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 32 Cruiser Devlin Power 32′ 9″ (9.98 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 32 Troller Devlin Power 32′ 9″ (9.98 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 33 Devlin Power 32′ 10″ (10.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingfisher 36 Devlin Power 36′ 6″ (11.13 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingpin Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 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.