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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
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.