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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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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Flying Saucer Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood on frame 1
Malahini Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 1
Sea Scout William D. Jackson Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 1
Solo Flats Skiff (SK14) Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 1
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' Speedboot Boatkits Power 4.63 m (15′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
Ace William D. Jackson Power 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) plywood 0
Ace 14 Arch Davis Design Power 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood on frame 0
Airboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Amp Eater Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Arrow Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Bass Boat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Bass Boat Stevenson Projects Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Bingo Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant II 14 Devlin Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III 15 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluebill 12 Devlin Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluebill 12 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Devlin Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Celerity Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Chum Grandpa's Archive Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Class CD Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Console Skiff Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Crackerbox Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 440 Modern Wooden Boat Power 4.4 m (14′ 5″) plywood on frame 0
Cruisette Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Duck Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Duckboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
EdgeTracker 365 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
EdgeTracker 426 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Fast Skiff 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Skiff 14 Low Sheer Bateau Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) stitch and glue 0
Fisherman Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Bottom Jon Boat Vintage Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Flat Skiff 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Flats River Skiff 14 Salt Boatworks Power 13′ 8″ (4.17 m) plywood 0
Flats River Skiff 15 Salt Boatworks Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Hell Cat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 0
Honker Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Huck Finn Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Indian River Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Inlet Runner 14 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 13′ 11″ (4.24 m) plywood garvey 0
Jackknife Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Jessy 12 B&B Yacht Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 15 B&B Yacht Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) stitch and glue 0
Jet Cat Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 2″ (4.32 m) plywood on frame 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.