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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
Klondike Glen-L Marine Power 49′ 0″ (14.94 m) cold molded wood 0
Kokanee Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Kokanee 36 Devlin Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 38 Devlin Power 38′ 8″ (11.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 43 Devlin Power 43′ 4″ (13.21 m) stitch and glue 0
Kona Kai Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) plywood on frame 0
L Capitan Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
L Dorado Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
La Paz 22 Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) plywood on frame 0
Laguna Madre 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Lake Union Swift Chesapeake Light Craft Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Laker 14 Dillon Racing Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood 0
Laker SC12 Dillon Racing Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood 0
Lazy Daze Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Lingcod 24 Devlin Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 27 Devlin Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 29 Houseboat Devlin Power 29′ 8″ (9.04 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Cod 21 Devlin Power 21′ 5″ (6.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Fellow Vintage Projects Power 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) n/a 0
Little Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) plywood on frame 0
Lo Voltage Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Lobster Boat 26 Bateau Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) composite 0
Lucky Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Mackinaw Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Magnum 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood epoxy composite 0
Mai Tai Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Maia 24 Bateau Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Mangusta 20 Bateau Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Marauder Glen-L Marine Power 43′ 9″ (13.34 m) cold molded wood 0
Marissa 18 B&B Yacht Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Mark Twain Series Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) plywood on frame 0
MASH 24 Family Cruiser Bedard Yacht Design Power 24′ 4″ (7.42 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
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
Mini Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 10′ 3″ (3.12 m) plywood 0
Mini Vee Dillon Racing Power 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood 0
Mirage Glen-L Marine Power 43′ 11″ (13.39 m) cold molded wood 0
Miss Chris Glen-L Marine Power 28′ 0″ (8.53 m) cold molded wood 0
Mist Miss Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Monaco Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 4″ (5.89 m) cold molded wood 0
Monsoon Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Monte Carlo Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) cold molded wood 0
Moon River 48 Devlin Power 47′ 10″ (14.58 m) stitch and glue 0
Motor Canoe Butler Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Motorsnipa no. 11 Båtritningar Power 5.72 m (18′ 9″) n/a 0
Motorsnipa no. 34 Båtritningar Power 4.32 m (14′ 2″) n/a 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
MugWump 22 Devlin Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Mushulu 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood composite 0
Mushulu 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood composite 0
Nimrod Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Nina 22 Bateau Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Nomad Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Nor'wester Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Nordcoaster Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 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.