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
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
12 ft Outboard Skiff	Grandpa's Archive	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood on frame	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
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
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
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
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
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
Jackknife	Glen-L Marine	Power	14′ 6″ (4.42 m)	plywood on frame	0
Jet Cat	Glen-L Marine	Power	14′ 2″ (4.32 m)	plywood on frame	0
Jon Boat	Grandpa's Archive	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood on frame	0
L Dorado	Glen-L Marine	Power	13′ 0″ (3.96 m)	plywood on frame	0
Nimrod	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood on frame	0
Overniter	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 11″ (4.85 m)	plywood on frame	0
Play Pen	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 5″ (4.7 m)	plywood on frame	0
Playboy	Grandpa's Archive	Power	13′ 6″ (4.12 m)	plywood on frame	0
Rebel	Glen-L Marine	Power	14′ 10″ (4.52 m)	plywood on frame	0
Scooter	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 9″ (4.8 m)	plywood on frame	0
Scrambler	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	plywood on frame	0
Sherwood Queen	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	plywood on frame	0
Ski King	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood on frame	0
Ski Tow	Glen-L Marine	Power	14′ 8″ (4.47 m)	plywood on frame	0
Swish	Glen-L Marine	Power	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood on frame	0
Tiny Might	Glen-L Marine	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood on frame	0
Tuffy	Glen-L Marine	Power	13′ 1″ (3.99 m)	plywood on frame	0
Zip	Glen-L Marine	Power	14′ 4″ (4.37 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.