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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
Mbuli - A Pacific Proa Chesapeake Light Craft Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Mia Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mia 15 Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Mickey Mouse Plyboat Row 2.4 m (7′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Micro Petrel Devlin Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) stitch and glue 0
Mighty Mouse Plyboat Row 2.4 m (7′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Millie Hill 20 Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Millie Hill 28 Devlin Power 28′ 5″ (8.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mini Maia 21 Bateau Power 21′ 2″ (6.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Mirror Dinghy Jack Holt Sail 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin Double Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Moon River 48 Devlin Power 47′ 10″ (14.58 m) stitch and glue 0
Moonfish 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Moschino BCA Demco Multihull 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Moth BCA Demco Sail 3.35 m (11′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Mouse Grande Plyboat Row 2.34 m (7′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Mud Dauber 22 H.B. Devlin Power 21′ 11″ (6.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Mud Dauber 23 Devlin Power 23′ 1″ (7.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Mud Peep 12 Devlin Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
MugWump 22 Devlin Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Naiade BCA Demco Paddle 5.35 m (17′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China DC 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Naskeag 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue 0
Nesting Dinghy 11 Bateau Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Nina 22 Bateau Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Ninfa BCA Demco Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
North Haven 24 Devlin Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage XL Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) stitch and glue 0
Novi 23 Bateau Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Nutshell 7 Bateau Row 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) stitch and glue 0
Oarling II 17 Devlin Row 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) stitch and glue 0
Ondina BCA Demco Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Onyx 28 Devlin Sail 27′ 7″ (8.41 m) stitch and glue 0
Oolichan 13 Devlin Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Open Classic 17 Bateau Power 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Open Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 17 Bateau Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 21 Bateau Paddle 20′ 9″ (6.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Oso Blanco 54 Devlin Power 57′ 3″ (17.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Otter 16 Bateau Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 16 Bateau Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 17 Bateau Power 16′ 11″ (5.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Outrigger Junior Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Oxford Shell II Chesapeake Light Craft Row 20′ 10″ (6.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 25 Devlin Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 28 Devlin Power 27′ 10″ (8.48 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 30 Devlin Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 42 Devlin Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) stitch and glue 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.