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.
135 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Skiff | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| Hot Rod | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | plywood on frame | 1 |
| Sea Strike 16 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood fiberglass composite | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| AF4 | Jim Michalak | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Aqua Cat | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Audeen | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Barrelback 19 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Bartender 19 | Bartender Boats | Power | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bay Pilot 18 | Arch Davis Design | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Biscayne 18 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | cold molded wood | 0 |
| Bluefin | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bo Jest | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 10″ (5.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bonanza | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Bravado | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Broadwater 5.1 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) | epoxy fiberglass plywood composite | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Devlin | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 Casting Deck | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Carioca | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Carolina Bay 17 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Chinook | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Clarence River Dory | John Welsford | Power | 6.04 m (19′ 10″) | plywood | 0 |
| Classic 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 Express | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 18 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Crispy 520 | Modern Wooden Boat | Power | 5.2 m (17′ 1″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Cruise Control 5.2 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) | strip plank composite | 0 |
| CS-20 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Desperado | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Dipper 17 | Devlin | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dragonfly | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dragster | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Duck Trap Launch | Duck Trap Woodworking | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | n/a | 0 |
| EdgeTracker 487 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood composite | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Flat Chat 16 | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood composite | 0 |
| Flats Flyer | Glen-L Marine | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Flats River Skiff 16 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Flats River Skiff 18 | Salt Boatworks | Power | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 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.