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.
By builder
All
Glen-L Marine 287
Benford Design Group 147
Devlin 142
Bateau 141
Chesapeake Light Craft 121
Dudley Dix Yacht Design 90
BCA Demco 64
Grandpa's Archive 54
Woods Designs 46
Boatkits 41
John Welsford 36
B&B Yacht Designs 35
Newfound Woodworks 32
Båtritningar 32
Modern Wooden Boat 21
Bowdidge Marine Designs 21
Duck Trap Woodworking 20
Geodesic Airolite Boats 19
Butler Projects 18
Stevenson Projects 16
Spirited Designs 16
Ashes Still Water Boats 15
White Salmon Boat Works 14
Vintage Projects 13
Bartender Boats 13
Woodenwidget 13
Bruce Roberts 12
Arch Davis Design 12
Plyboat 11
Response Marine 11
B&G Yacht Design 10
Salt Boatworks 9
Andrew Walters Design 9
Steve Killing 9
Dillon Racing 8
Bedard Yacht Design 8
Long Lake Wooden Boats 6
Unik Yachts 5
James Bosman 5
Iain Oughtred 4
Selway Fisher Design 3
Manta Marine Design 3
John Spencer 2
William D. Jackson 2
John Farlow 2
Roger Fletcher 1
Nexus Marine 1
Sande 1
Laurent Giles 1
U-Fab Boats 1
Forest and Stream 1
Build-A-Boat 1
The Cardboard Boat Book 1
Echo-Craft 1
Phil Bolger 1
Pygmy Boats 1
Jim Michalak 1
Spira International 1
Ray Speck 1
Albert Strange 1
Yannick Maignien 1
Niel Shelton 1
David Rogers 1
Iver Franzen 1
Jim Norman 1
Daniel Berg 1
Gary Dierking 1
P&F Yacht Design 1
Philip Rhodes 1
Jack Holt 1
Ron Given 1
Ian Proctor 1
George Cockshott 1
By construction
418 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter 16 | Bateau | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Outrigger Junior | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| OzonaX Nesting Pram | Bedard Yacht Design | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Paloma Cabinata | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Paloma Daysailer | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Pantanal 25 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.65 m (25′ 1″) | composite | 0 |
| Pathfinder | John Welsford | Sail | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Pelegrin | John Welsford | Sail | 5.15 m (16′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin | John Welsford | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin Class Dinghy | Philip Rhodes | Sail | 11′ 5″ (3.48 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Penobscot 13 | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Penobscot 14 | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Penobscot 17 | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Peregrine 36 | Devlin | Sail | 35′ 10″ (10.92 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Petrel 28 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 8.23 m (27′ 0″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Petrel 33 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 9.9 m (32′ 6″) | plywood on frame | 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 |
| Ply-Flier | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pocket Cruiser | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | plywood | 0 |
| PocketShip | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Polly | BCA Demco | Sail | 2.93 m (9′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pop 20 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 6.2 m (20′ 4″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Pop 25 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.54 m (24′ 9″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Pratique 35 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 34′ 5″ (10.5 m) | multi chine steel | 0 |
| Princess Sharpie 22 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Princess Sharpie 26 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| PUCK 550 | BCA Demco | Sail | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Reliant | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 49′ 0″ (14.94 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Rhodes Wherry | Duck Trap Woodworking | Sail | 10′ 7″ (3.23 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Roberts 15 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.58 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Roberts 19 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 19′ 3″ (5.86 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Roberts 25 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) | n/a | 0 |
| RoG 15 Micro-cruiser | Bedard Yacht Design | Sail | 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Rogue | John Welsford | Sail | 4.45 m (14′ 7″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Rundgatting no. 15 | Båtritningar | Sail | 4.45 m (14′ 7″) | n/a | 0 |
| Sabbatical | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 50′ 0″ (15.24 m) | round bilge aluminum | 0 |
| Saboteer | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Sabotina | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Sailing Canoe | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Salmon Wherry 15.5 | Bartender Boats | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | n/a | 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 |
| Saltaspiaggia | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 6.1 m (20′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| SAM | BCA Demco | Sail | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Samoa 28 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 8.8 m (28′ 10″) | composite | 0 |
| Samoa 34 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 10.4 m (34′ 1″) | n/a | 0 |
| Sand Dollar | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Sanderson 34 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 34′ 1″ (10.4 m) | fiberglass | 0 |
| Sanpiera | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.98 m (22′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Saturday Night Special | John Welsford | Sail | 4.47 m (14′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| SCAMP | John Welsford | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Scheggia | BCA Demco | Sail | 3.02 m (9′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Scud | Bartender Boats | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Scud II | Bartender Boats | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | n/a | 0 |
| SEI | John Welsford | Sail | 4.45 m (14′ 7″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Sentinel Challenger 13 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 13′ 1″ (4 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Sentinel Explorer 18 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Sharpie 14 | Bateau | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Shearwater 39 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 39′ 4″ (12 m) | fiberglass | 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.