boatbuildlog

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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Cabin Skiff Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) stitch and glue 1
16' Seecruiser Boatkits Power 4.91 m (16′ 1″) stitch and glue 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' 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
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
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
CS-20 Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) stitch and glue 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
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
Flats Stalker 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 17 Bateau Power 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 18 Bateau Power 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilli 16 Devlin Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Harbor Master 19 Bateau Power 18′ 9″ (5.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Harbor Master Displacement 19 Bateau Power 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Honker 18 Devlin Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Houseboat 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Jessy 17 B&B Yacht Designs Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Jetabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Laguna Madre 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Mangusta 20 Bateau Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Open Classic 17 Bateau Power 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 16 Bateau Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 17 Bateau Power 16′ 11″ (5.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Bassboat Devlin Power 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Center Console Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Shrimper Devlin Power 18′ 5″ (5.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Pelicano 18 Sportster Devlin Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Pilot 19 Bateau Power 18′ 11″ (5.77 m) stitch and glue 0
Scaup 18 Devlin Power 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculldugery II 17 Devlin Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 19 Bedard Yacht Design Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Texas Sled 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Tug Along Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 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.