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.
108 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 ft Trimaran | Grandpa's Archive | Multihull | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| 5m Raptor | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 5.1 m (16′ 9″) | n/a | 0 |
| Acorn | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Acorn 21 | Bateau | Multihull | 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Acquinus c57 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 57′ 0″ (17.37 m) | composite | 0 |
| Aegean 30 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 9.2 m (30′ 2″) | plywood | 0 |
| Backpack 38 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) | demountable plywood | 0 |
| Bigakat 12 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 12′ 2″ (3.72 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Cat 22 | Bateau | Multihull | 21′ 6″ (6.55 m) | stitch and glue | 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 |
| Crossover | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 14.74 m (48′ 4″) | composite | 0 |
| DH550 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) | plywood | 0 |
| DH550 Charter | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Dix 430 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 43′ 2″ (13.15 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Dix 470 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 46′ 9″ (14.24 m) | plywood | 0 |
| E-Cat 24 | Bateau | Multihull | 23′ 9″ (7.24 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Eagle 24 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 7.3 m (23′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Eclipse | Woods Designs | Multihull | 9.9 m (32′ 6″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Flica 34 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 10.4 m (34′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Gypsy | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.5 m (27′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Hydro-Cat | Stevenson Projects | Multihull | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Janus | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.65 m (21′ 10″) | plywood | 0 |
| Janus 22' Full | Bateau | Multihull | 21′ 10″ (6.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Jazz 30 | Bateau | Multihull | 30′ 0″ (9.15 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Jazz 30 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 9.15 m (30′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Kick Catamaran | Grandpa's Archive | Multihull | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Kick Power Catamaran | Vintage Projects | Multihull | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Madness 31-foot Pacific Proa | Chesapeake Light Craft | Multihull | 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mbuli - A Pacific Proa | Chesapeake Light Craft | Multihull | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Merlin | Woods Designs | Multihull | 7.65 m (25′ 1″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Mini Trimaran | B&B Yacht Designs | Multihull | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Mini-Cat | Stevenson Projects | Multihull | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Mira | Woods Designs | Multihull | 10.65 m (34′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Mirage | Woods Designs | Multihull | 11 m (36′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Moschino | BCA Demco | Multihull | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Oppikat | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Multihull | 9′ 0″ (2.75 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Paper Tiger | Ron Given | Multihull | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pixie 14 | Bateau | Multihull | 14′ 1″ (4.3 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pixie 14 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 4.27 m (14′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pontoon Cat (PC20) | Bateau | Multihull | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | composite | 0 |
| Pontoon Cat (PC22) | Bateau | Multihull | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | composite | 0 |
| Pontoon Cat (PC24) | Bateau | Multihull | 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) | composite | 0 |
| Quattro 14 | Bateau | Multihull | 14′ 1″ (4.3 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Quattro 14 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 4.27 m (14′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Quattro 16 | Bateau | Multihull | 16′ 5″ (5 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Quattro 16 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| RaceLine 380 | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 11.7 m (38′ 5″) | composite | 0 |
| Rapid 5000 | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 5.3 m (17′ 5″) | composite | 0 |
| Ripple 4.2 | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 4.2 m (13′ 9″) | composite | 0 |
| Romany | Woods Designs | Multihull | 10.4 m (34′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sagitta | Woods Designs | Multihull | 9.14 m (30′ 0″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Salish 28 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.5 m (27′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Sango | Woods Designs | Multihull | 7.7 m (25′ 3″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Saturn | Woods Designs | Multihull | 8.8 m (28′ 10″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Saylon 20 | Bateau | Multihull | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Saylon 20 | Woods Designs | Multihull | 6.1 m (20′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Seascape | Spirited Designs | Multihull | 6 m (19′ 8″) | composite | 0 |
| Shadow | Woods Designs | Multihull | 7.3 m (23′ 11″) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Sirene du Saloum | BCA Demco | Multihull | 9.8 m (32′ 2″) | 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.