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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
Playboy Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Pontoon Boat Kit U-Fab Boats Power n/a aluminum 0
Pontoon Kit Build-A-Boat Power n/a aluminum 0
Pontooner Grandpa's Archive Power 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) plywood on frame 0
Pot Luck Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 3″ (10.14 m) strip planked 0
Power Skiff 12 Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Power Skiff 14 Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Pro Tournament 21 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) strip plank composite 0
Pro Tournament 24 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) strip plank composite 0
Pro Tournament 26 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power n/a n/a 0
Pro Tournament 32 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) strip plank composite 0
Pro Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) plywood 0
Pro Vee Dillon Racing Power 12′ 7″ (3.84 m) plywood 0
Pug Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Pyladian 31 Devlin Power 30′ 6″ (9.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Quest Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 4″ (7.11 m) plywood on frame 0
Rampage Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Raven Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Rebel Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) plywood on frame 0
Rebel Tug Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Red Salmon 33 Devlin Power 33′ 0″ (10.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Renegade Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) plywood on frame 0
Rhode Runner - The CLC Runabout Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 9″ (4.5 m) stitch and glue 0
Rifleman John Welsford Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
RipTide XR-457 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip plank composite 0
River Crawler 22 Devlin Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) stitch and glue 0
River Jon Niel Shelton Power n/a n/a 0
River Rat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Riviera Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) cold molded wood 0
Rogue Runner Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) plywood on frame 0
Roustabout Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Rover 29 Cruiser Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Rover 29 Halibut Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Rover 29 Troller Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Run Riot 24 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Runabout 12 Bateau Power 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) composite 0
Runabout 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) composite 0
Runabout 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) composite 0
Runabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) composite 0
Rustica 570 BCA Demco Power 5.7 m (18′ 8″) plywood 0
Sande Ace Sande Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) plywood 0
Scarlet Macaw 33 Devlin Power 32′ 11″ (10.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Scaup 16 Devlin Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Scaup 18 Devlin Power 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Schizzo BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Scooter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Scout 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Scrambler Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Sculldugery 15 Devlin Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculldugery II 17 Devlin Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Angler Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 3″ (10.74 m) cold molded wood 0
Sea Craft 25 Cabin Cruiser Vintage Projects Power 24′ 7″ (7.49 m) n/a 0
Sea Knight Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Skiff 17 Vintage Projects Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Sea Strike 18 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Seabright Tunnel 21 Bateau Power 21′ 8″ (6.6 m) composite 0
Shangri-La Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Sherwood Queen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Silver 333 BCA Demco Power 3.33 m (10′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Silver 45 BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) 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.