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.

By builder

All Glen-L Marine 287 Benford Design Group 147 Devlin 142 Bateau 141 Chesapeake Light Craft 121 Dudley Dix Yacht Design 90 BCA Demco 64 Grandpa's Archive 54 Woods Designs 46 Boatkits 41 John Welsford 36 B&B Yacht Designs 35 Newfound Woodworks 32 Båtritningar 32 Modern Wooden Boat 21 Bowdidge Marine Designs 21 Duck Trap Woodworking 20 Geodesic Airolite Boats 19 Butler Projects 18 Stevenson Projects 16 Spirited Designs 16 Ashes Still Water Boats 15 White Salmon Boat Works 14 Vintage Projects 13 Bartender Boats 13 Woodenwidget 13 Bruce Roberts 12 Arch Davis Design 12 Plyboat 11 Response Marine 11 B&G Yacht Design 10 Salt Boatworks 9 Andrew Walters Design 9 Steve Killing 9 Dillon Racing 8 Bedard Yacht Design 8 Long Lake Wooden Boats 6 Unik Yachts 5 James Bosman 5 Iain Oughtred 4 Selway Fisher Design 3 Manta Marine Design 3 John Spencer 2 William D. Jackson 2 John Farlow 2 Roger Fletcher 1 Nexus Marine 1 Sande 1 Laurent Giles 1 U-Fab Boats 1 Forest and Stream 1 Build-A-Boat 1 The Cardboard Boat Book 1 Echo-Craft 1 Phil Bolger 1 Pygmy Boats 1 Jim Michalak 1 Spira International 1 Ray Speck 1 Albert Strange 1 Yannick Maignien 1 Niel Shelton 1 David Rogers 1 Iver Franzen 1 Jim Norman 1 Daniel Berg 1 Gary Dierking 1 P&F Yacht Design 1 Philip Rhodes 1 Jack Holt 1 Ron Given 1 Ian Proctor 1 George Cockshott 1

By type

All Paddle 227 Row 229 Sail 418 Power 616 Multihull 108 Other 20

By length

Any Under 12′ 12–16′ 16–20′ 20–26′ Over 26′

By construction

Any stitch and glue 510 plywood on frame 243 plywood 199 strip planked 135 cold molded wood 42 composite 31 lapstrake plywood 30 skin on frame 23 glued lapstrake plywood 20 fiberglass 20 radius chine plywood 17 steel chine 16

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Design	Plans from	Type	LOA	Construction	Logs
Caladesi Carolina Dory	Spira International	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood	2
Squirt	Glen-L Marine	Power	10′ 0″ (3.05 m)	plywood on frame	2
1957 echocraft runabout	Echo-Craft	Power	n/a	n/a	1
Cabin Skiff	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	stitch and glue	1
Flying Saucer	Glen-L Marine	Power	12′ 3″ (3.73 m)	plywood on frame	1
Garvey Skiff	Daniel Berg	Power	n/a	n/a	1
Hot Rod	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	plywood on frame	1
Jersey Girl	Jim Norman	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood on frame	1
Malahini	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 11″ (4.85 m)	plywood on frame	1
Mini Cruiser	James Bosman	Power	n/a	n/a	1
Sea Scout	William D. Jackson	Power	13′ 6″ (4.12 m)	plywood on frame	1
Sea Strike 16	Bowdidge Marine Designs	Power	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood fiberglass composite	1
Solo Flats Skiff (SK14)	Bateau	Power	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	stitch and glue	1
Tiny Titan	Glen-L Marine	Power	8′ 2″ (2.49 m)	plywood on frame	1
Wooden Shoe	Nexus Marine	Power	23′ 10″ (7.26 m)	cold molded wood	1
10' Garvey Jolle	Boatkits	Power	3.05 m (10′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
12 ft Flat Bottom 433	Response Marine	Power	12′ 5″ (3.79 m)	aluminum	0
12 ft Outboard Skiff	Grandpa's Archive	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood on frame	0
12 ft V Hull Outboard Boat	Vintage Projects	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	n/a	0
12' Garvey Jolle	Boatkits	Power	3.76 m (12′ 4″)	stitch and glue	0
14 ft Tug Bullhead , Trawler Yacht & Grivit	Benford Design Group	Power	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded	0
14.6 ft Flat Bottom 494	Response Marine	Power	14′ 7″ (4.45 m)	aluminum	0
14' Garvey Jolle	Boatkits	Power	4.2 m (13′ 9″)	stitch and glue	0
14' Motorjolle	Boatkits	Power	4.31 m (14′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
15' Hollaendisches Boot	Boatkits	Power	4.59 m (15′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
16 ft Flat Bottom 472	Response Marine	Power	16′ 1″ (4.9 m)	aluminum	0
16.3 ft Flat Bottom 495	Response Marine	Power	16′ 4″ (4.98 m)	aluminum	0
16' Seecruiser	Boatkits	Power	4.91 m (16′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
16' Speedboot	Boatkits	Power	4.63 m (15′ 2″)	stitch and glue	0
17 ft Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	C-Flex fibreglass	0
17 ft Fantail Steam Launch Myf	Benford Design Group	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	carvel planked	0
17 ft Flat Bottom 552	Response Marine	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	aluminum	0
17 ft V Hull 480	Response Marine	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	aluminum	0
17' Ausflugsboot	Boatkits	Power	5 m (16′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
17' Motorboot	Boatkits	Power	5.24 m (17′ 2″)	stitch and glue	0
18 ft Flat Bottom 492	Response Marine	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	aluminum	0
18 ft Texas Skiff	Benford Design Group	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood bottom with batten seam topsides	0
18.5 ft Shallow V 550	Response Marine	Power	18′ 5″ (5.61 m)	aluminum	0
18' Jolle	Boatkits	Power	5.48 m (18′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
18' Seecruiser	Boatkits	Power	5.59 m (18′ 4″)	stitch and glue	0
19 ft V Hull 572	Response Marine	Power	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	aluminum	0
20 ft Cat Joy or Tug Yacht	Benford Design Group	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded	0
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry	Benford Design Group	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood	0
20 ft Supply Boat Båten or Lake Union Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked	0
20 ft V Hull 559	Response Marine	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	aluminum	0
20 ft V Hull 600	Response Marine	Power	20′ 1″ (6.12 m)	aluminum	0
21' Garvey-Flex-Boot	Boatkits	Power	6.54 m (21′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
23 ft Utility Boat	Benford Design Group	Power	23′ 0″ (7.01 m)	plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides	0
24 ft Friday Harbor Ferry	Benford Design Group	Power	24′ 0″ (7.32 m)	plywood	0
25 ft (7.62m) Tug Yacht	Benford Design Group	Power	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	steel chine	0
25 ft Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides	0
25 ft Fantail Steam Launch Beverley	Benford Design Group	Power	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	cold moulded or strip planked	0
25 ft Planing Trawler	Benford Design Group	Power	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	Airex cored fibreglass	0
25' Motorboot	Boatkits	Power	7.75 m (25′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
26 ft Day Boat	Benford Design Group	Power	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	plywood	0
26 ft Deadrise Boat or Trawler Yacht	Benford Design Group	Power	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	carvel planked or plywood	0
27 ft 6 in Trawler Yacht	Benford Design Group	Power	27′ 6″ (8.38 m)	n/a	0
27 ft Deadrise Boat	Benford Design Group	Power	27′ 0″ (8.23 m)	carvel planked	0
30 ft Beaching Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	30′ 0″ (9.14 m)	aluminium	0
30 ft Deadrise Boat Petrel	Benford Design Group	Power	30′ 0″ (9.14 m)	carvel planked or plywood or steel chine	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.