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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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Shearwater Sport Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 1
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' Flachbuendiges Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
All Water Fifteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 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 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
Arrow 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Birder Decked Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Bill Grandpa's Archive Paddle 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) skin on frame 0
Can-Yak Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Chenoa 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Chenoa 14 Bateau Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Chenoa 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 16LT Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Chippewa Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) cold molded wood 0
Cottage Cruiser Steve Killing Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) strip planked 0
Dentex 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Diva Kayak B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) stitch and glue 0
F1430 Sit-On-Top Kayak Bedard Yacht Design Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Fisher Prospector Selway Fisher Design Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.76 m) stitch and glue 0
Flyfisher 13 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Foldak Woodenwidget Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
Hiawatha 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 14 Bateau Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Huron Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood 0
Jaktkanot no. 5 Båtritningar Paddle 4.05 m (13′ 3″) n/a 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 12-6 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Kayak Stevenson Projects Paddle 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood 0
King Canvasback Grandpa's Archive Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) n/a 0
Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe Dudley Dix Yacht Design Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Mariposa 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
microBootlegger Solo Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Sport Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
Mill Creek 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 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.