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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
North Haven 24 Devlin Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) stitch and glue 0
Novi 23 Bateau Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Noyo Trawler Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Ocracoke 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 20-B B&B Yacht Designs Power 22′ 5″ (6.83 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 256 B&B Yacht Designs Power 27′ 11″ (8.51 m) cold molded wood 0
Odyssea Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 8″ (10.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Olympian 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 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
Oso Blanco 54 Devlin Power 57′ 3″ (17.45 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
Outer Banks 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 26 B&B Yacht Designs Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Outrage Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 5″ (5 m) plywood on frame 0
Overniter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 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
Oysta 52 Devlin Power 52′ 0″ (15.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 62 Devlin Power 60′ 9″ (18.52 m) stitch and glue 0
Pacific Troller Dory Butler Projects Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Paloma 650 open BCA Demco Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Pamlico 32 Devlin Power 32′ 8″ (9.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 20 Bateau Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 22 Bateau Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Cabin Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) composite 0
Parti O Grandpa's Archive Power n/a plywood on frame 0
Party Boat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Pee Wee Glen-L Marine Power 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) plywood on frame 0
Peeler Skiff Chesapeake Light Craft Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Bassboat Devlin Power 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Center Console Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Shrimper Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Sportster Devlin Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Bassboat Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Center Console Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 23 Shrimper Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Phantom 15 Bateau Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) composite 0
Phantom 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 22 Bateau Power 21′ 10″ (6.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Picklefork Glen-L Marine Power 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Pilot 19 Bateau Power 18′ 11″ (5.77 m) stitch and glue 0
Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Platform Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power n/a plywood on frame 0
Play 'n Jane Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) plywood on frame 0
Play Pen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 5″ (4.7 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.