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.
29 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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' Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 5.28 m (17′ 4″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 17' Ruderkanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 5.2 m (17′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Alenu 540 | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5.4 m (17′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 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 |
| Colvos Passage | Long Lake Wooden Boats | Paddle | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| F1830 Sit-On-Top Tandem Kayak | Bedard Yacht Design | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Grand Diva Kayak | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mill Creek 16.5 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Naiade | BCA Demco | Paddle | 5.35 m (17′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 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 |
| Petrel Sport SG | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| PowerYak - Electric Kayak | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 16′ 10″ (5.13 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Raju 500 | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Sea Kayak | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Sea Kayak Two | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 19′ 9″ (6.02 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Shearwater 16 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Shearwater 17 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Shearwater Double | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Stitch & Glue Night Heron | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 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.