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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
Saturday Night Special John Welsford Sail 4.47 m (14′ 8″) plywood 0
Scaup 16 Devlin Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Schizzo BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Scilly Gig 15 Bateau Row 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Scooter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Scrambler Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Scud Bartender Boats Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
Scull Boat Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Sculldugery 15 Devlin Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Seagull John Welsford Row 4.64 m (15′ 3″) stitch and glue plywood 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
Sharpie 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 14 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.43 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater Sport Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Sherwood Queen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Silver 45 BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Sissy Do Glen-L Marine Row 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) plywood on frame 0
Skerry Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Skerry Raid (Expedition Skerry) Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 14′ 11″ (4.55 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Ski King Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski Tow Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 8″ (4.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Sneak Box Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 5″ (3.79 m) plywood on frame 0
Snipa no. 8 Båtritningar Sail 4.88 m (16′ 0″) n/a 0
Snow Goose 16 Devlin Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
SnowShoe 12 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
SnowShoe 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Snowshoe Explorer 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Solo Day Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Solo Flats Skiff (FS13) Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Solo Pack Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Solo Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 13 Bedard Yacht Design Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 16 Bedard Yacht Design Power 15′ 10″ (4.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Strike 15 Woods Designs Multihull 4.5 m (14′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Strike 16 Woods Designs Multihull 4.75 m (15′ 7″) plywood 0
Swift Canoe 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Swish Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Takalak White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Techně BCA Demco Sail 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Tenas Tiama Bartender Boats Sail 13′ 8″ (4.16 m) n/a 0
Thalas 13 BCA Demco Row 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Tiny Might Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Tramp Grandpa's Archive Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Tramp Vintage Projects Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) n/a 0
Tread Lightly John Welsford Sail 4 m (13′ 1″) plywood 0
Tres Hombres Sloep Manta Marine Design Row 4.45 m (14′ 7″) n/a 0
Triad Stevenson Projects Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Tropic 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Tropic 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Trover John Welsford Power 4.4 m (14′ 5″) plywood 0
Tuffy Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
V-Bottom Dinghy 12 Bateau Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Venture Steve Killing Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
Volare Console Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Volare Utility Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Waterman 12 Selway Fisher Design Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Wayfarer Ian Proctor Sail 15′ 10″ (4.83 m) plywood 0
Weekender 12 Bateau Row 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) stitch and glue 0
Wherry 14 White Salmon Boat Works Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 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.