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.
86 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.