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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 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.

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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Bon Voyage Glen-L Marine Power 44′ 9″ (13.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Bonanza Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Bora Bora 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) plywood 0
Bravado Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Breeze Plyboat Paddle 3 m (9′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Breeze Baby Grandpa's Archive Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
BRIO 555 BCA Demco Sail 5.55 m (18′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
Broadbill 11 Devlin Power 10′ 8″ (3.25 m) stitch and glue 0
Broadwater 5.1 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Buckboard Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood on frame 0
Budget Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) n/a 0
Bull's Eye Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Bullet Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 3″ (3.43 m) plywood on frame 0
Bullfrog 20 Devlin Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Caledonia Yawl Iain Oughtred Sail 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Calypso Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Camarone 34 Devlin Power 33′ 5″ (10.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Camarone 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Can-Yak Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Candlefish 13 Devlin Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Devlin Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 16 Casting Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 18 Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 18 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Cape Canso 23 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 22′ 5″ (6.84 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Charles 32 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Charles 32TC Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Deseada 36TC Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 36′ 1″ (11 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Henry 21 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Lookout 28 B&B Yacht Designs Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Cape May 25 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 25′ 4″ (7.73 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Capriccio BCA Demco Power 6.42 m (21′ 1″) strip planked 0
Car Top Boat Grandpa's Archive Row n/a n/a 0
Caravelle 16 Bateau Sail 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) stitch and glue 0
Cardboard Boat The Cardboard Boat Book Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) n/a 0
Cargo 50 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 52′ 3″ (15.92 m) multi chine steel 0
Caribbea 30 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) multi chine plywood 0
Carioca Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Carolina 25 Salt Boatworks Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood 0
Carolina Angler Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) cold molded wood 0
Carolina Bay 17 Salt Boatworks Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood 0
Carolina Express 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 23 Bateau Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Cat 22 Bateau Multihull 21′ 6″ (6.55 m) stitch and glue 0
Cat Boat 12 Bateau Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Cat Ketch 17 Bateau Sail 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Catalina Express Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Catboat Andrew Walters Design Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
Catspaw Pram B&B Yacht Designs Row 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) n/a 0
CC19 Dayboat Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Celerity Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Centerfold Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood 0
Chat 18 Bateau Multihull 18′ 4″ (5.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Chat 18 Woods Designs Multihull 5.6 m (18′ 4″) plywood 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.