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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
Caladesi Carolina Dory Spira International Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood 2
Jersey Girl Jim Norman Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 1
Wooden Shoe Nexus Marine Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) cold molded wood 1
20 ft Cat Joy or Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded 0
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood 0
20 ft Supply Boat Båten or Lake Union Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked 0
20 ft V Hull 559 Response Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) aluminum 0
20 ft V Hull 600 Response Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) aluminum 0
21' Garvey-Flex-Boot Boatkits Power 6.54 m (21′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
23 ft Utility Boat Benford Design Group Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides 0
24 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood 0
25 ft (7.62m) Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) steel chine 0
25 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides 0
25 ft Fantail Steam Launch Beverley Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) cold moulded or strip planked 0
25 ft Planing Trawler Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
25' Motorboot Boatkits Power 7.75 m (25′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Abaco 23 Bateau Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Archimedes 22 Devlin Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Banjo 20 Outboard Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Bartender 20.5 Bartender Boats Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 22 Bartender Boats Power 22′ 7″ (6.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Bayou Belle Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear-Cat Sport Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) plywood on frame 0
Belle Isle 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) cold molded wood 0
Biscayne 22 Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 10″ (6.66 m) cold molded wood 0
Blue Blazer 25 Devlin Power 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Bolero Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 5″ (7.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Budget Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) n/a 0
Bullfrog 20 Devlin Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Capriccio BCA Demco Power 6.42 m (21′ 1″) strip planked 0
Carolina 25 Salt Boatworks Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood 0
Carolina Express 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 23 Bateau Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Chinook 21 Devlin Power 20′ 9″ (6.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Chunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Classic 21 Bateau Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Coastal Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Coastworker 25 Bruce Roberts Power 25′ 7″ (7.8 m) n/a 0
Core Sound 21 Salt Boatworks Power 21′ 6″ (6.55 m) plywood 0
Coronado Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 650 Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 660 Cabin Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.6 m (21′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Cuddy Sport Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Curlew 20 Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Curlew 24 Devlin Power 24′ 10″ (7.57 m) stitch and glue 0
Delta Q Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Double Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Down East Cruiser 23 Bateau Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Down East Cruiser 25 Bateau Power 24′ 11″ (7.61 m) stitch and glue 0
Dunlin 22 Cruiser Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Dunlin 22 Pilothouse Devlin Power 21′ 7″ (6.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Escort Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) plywood on frame 0
Extreme Flats 20 Bateau Power 20′ 4″ (6.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Extreme Flats 22 Bateau Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) stitch and glue 0
Fishing 20 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 20′ 9″ (6.33 m) steel or aluminum 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.