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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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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' 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
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 Seventeen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Big Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 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
Chesapeake 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 17LT Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 11″ (5.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 18 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Coho Pygmy Boats Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Columbia Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Colvos Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Endeavour Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Expedition Single Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip planked 0
F1830 Sit-On-Top Tandem Kayak Bedard Yacht Design Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Freedom 17 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Freedom 17-9 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) strip planked 0
Grand Diva Kayak B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Great Auk 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Greenland Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "L" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "S" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
High-Capacity Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
microBootlegger Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) strip planked 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Naiade BCA Demco Paddle 5.35 m (17′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Night Heron - High Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Northwest Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage XL Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) stitch and glue 0
Ondina BCA Demco Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Orca 17 Bateau Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Peace Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Petrel Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 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.