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
Caladesi Carolina Dory	Spira International	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood	2
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry	Benford Design Group	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood	0
24 ft Friday Harbor Ferry	Benford Design Group	Power	24′ 0″ (7.32 m)	plywood	0
26 ft Day Boat	Benford Design Group	Power	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	plywood	0
30 ft Friday Harbor Ferry & Waterbed 30	Benford Design Group	Power	30′ 0″ (9.14 m)	plywood	0
36 ft Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	36′ 0″ (10.97 m)	plywood	0
38 ft Packet	Benford Design Group	Power	38′ 0″ (11.58 m)	plywood	0
39 ft Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	39′ 0″ (11.89 m)	plywood	0
45 ft Friday Harbor Ferry	Benford Design Group	Power	45′ 0″ (13.72 m)	plywood	0
Ace	William D. Jackson	Power	12′ 4″ (3.76 m)	plywood	0
AF4	Jim Michalak	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood	0
Bass Boat	Stevenson Projects	Power	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood	0
Carolina 25	Salt Boatworks	Power	25′ 2″ (7.67 m)	plywood	0
Carolina Bay 17	Salt Boatworks	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	plywood	0
Clarence River Dory	John Welsford	Power	6.04 m (19′ 10″)	plywood	0
Core Sound 18	Salt Boatworks	Power	18′ 6″ (5.64 m)	plywood	0
Core Sound 21	Salt Boatworks	Power	21′ 6″ (6.55 m)	plywood	0
Duckboat	Glen-L Marine	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood	0
EZ Tunnel	Dillon Racing	Power	10′ 10″ (3.3 m)	plywood	0
Fish Hook	John Welsford	Power	3.05 m (10′ 0″)	plywood	0
Fisherman 28	BCA Demco	Power	8.34 m (27′ 4″)	plywood	0
Flats River Skiff 12	Salt Boatworks	Power	11′ 8″ (3.56 m)	plywood	0
Flats River Skiff 14	Salt Boatworks	Power	13′ 8″ (4.17 m)	plywood	0
Flats River Skiff 15	Salt Boatworks	Power	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood	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
Huck Finn	Glen-L Marine	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood	0
Jiffy 22	Arch Davis Design	Power	22′ 6″ (6.86 m)	plywood	0
Jiffy 9-7	Arch Davis Design	Power	9′ 7″ (2.92 m)	plywood	0
Johnboat	Butler Projects	Power	8′ 0″ (2.44 m)	plywood	0
Laker 14	Dillon Racing	Power	14′ 6″ (4.42 m)	plywood	0
Laker SC12	Dillon Racing	Power	12′ 3″ (3.73 m)	plywood	0
Mini Tunnel	Dillon Racing	Power	10′ 3″ (3.12 m)	plywood	0
Mini Vee	Dillon Racing	Power	11′ 11″ (3.63 m)	plywood	0
Motor Canoe	Butler Projects	Power	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood	0
Pacific Troller Dory	Butler Projects	Power	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood	0
Pro Tunnel	Dillon Racing	Power	11′ 1″ (3.38 m)	plywood	0
Pro Vee	Dillon Racing	Power	12′ 7″ (3.84 m)	plywood	0
Rustica 570	BCA Demco	Power	5.7 m (18′ 8″)	plywood	0
Sande Ace	Sande	Power	13′ 2″ (4.01 m)	plywood	0
Schizzo	BCA Demco	Power	4.5 m (14′ 9″)	plywood	0
Silver 45	BCA Demco	Power	4.5 m (14′ 9″)	plywood	0
Silver 55	BCA Demco	Power	5.55 m (18′ 3″)	plywood	0
Sport C Tunnel	Dillon Racing	Power	11′ 7″ (3.53 m)	plywood	0
Sportfish 570	BCA Demco	Power	5.7 m (18′ 8″)	plywood	0
Sportfoil	Stevenson Projects	Power	n/a	plywood	0
Super Huck	Glen-L Marine	Power	24′ 0″ (7.32 m)	plywood	0
Trover	John Welsford	Power	4.4 m (14′ 5″)	plywood	0
Vila 570	BCA Demco	Power	5.7 m (18′ 8″)	plywood	0
Vila 620	BCA Demco	Power	6.2 m (20′ 4″)	plywood	0
Vila 650	BCA Demco	Power	6.5 m (21′ 4″)	plywood	0
Waterlodge	Glen-L Marine	Power	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	plywood	0
Waverunner 24	Bruce Roberts	Power	24′ 0″ (7.31 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.