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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
Shearwater Sport Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 1
10-Foot Little Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
11-Foot Little Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) strip planked 0
11' 4" Wee Lassie Newfound Woodworks Paddle 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) strip planked 0
11' 9" Otter Newfound Woodworks Paddle 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) strip planked 0
12' 8" Excursion Newfound Woodworks Paddle 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) strip planked 0
13' 3" Wee Lassie II Newfound Woodworks Paddle 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) strip planked 0
13' Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
13' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 3.91 m (12′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
13' Kombi Kanu Boatkits Paddle 3.96 m (13′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
13' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) lapstrake 0
14-Foot Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
14' Motorkanu Boatkits Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
14' Paddle Board Boatkits Paddle 4.27 m (14′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
15' 11" Explorer Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
15' 6" Voyager Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
15' 9" Osprey Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) strip planked 0
15' Doppelt Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.65 m (15′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake 0
15' Okwata-Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Seekajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' 1" Abenaki Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Georgian Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Shooting Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' Chestnut Kruger Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
16' Flachbuendiges Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
16' Seekajak Boatkits Paddle 4.9 m (16′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Tourenkanu Boatkits Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
17' 1" Nipmuc Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) strip planked 0
17' 11" Outer Island Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) strip planked 0
17' 2" Navigator Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' 4" Trekker Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' 8" Orion Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 8″ (5.39 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' Disko Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Fire Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 5.28 m (17′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
17' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) lapstrake 0
17' Ruderkanu Boatkits Paddle 5.2 m (17′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
17' Sea Wolf Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Spirit Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Traveler Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
18' 2" White Guide Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) strip planked 0
18' 4" North Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) strip planked 0
Aerowood 310 SUP Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 3.1 m (10′ 2″) plywood 0
Alenu 540 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Aleutesque Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
All Water Fifteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
All Water Seventeen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
All Water Thirteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Amanda B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Angler's Big Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Day Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Pack Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Arrow 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Bette 500 HV Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Bette 500 LV Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Birder Decked Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) 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.