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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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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
14-Foot Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 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
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
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' 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' 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
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
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
Columbia Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Cottage Cruiser Steve Killing Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) strip planked 0
Denali Solo White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 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
Fast Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) strip planked 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
Great Auk 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Great Auk Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 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
Guillemot Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
High-Capacity Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Kenosha White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Kokanee White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
microBootlegger Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) strip planked 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
Mystery Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Nereide BCA Demco Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) strip planked 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
Nymph 10 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
Nymph 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) strip planked 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.