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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
Solo Flats Skiff (SK14) Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 1
10' Garvey Jolle Boatkits Power 3.05 m (10′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
12' Garvey Jolle Boatkits Power 3.76 m (12′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
14' Garvey Jolle Boatkits Power 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
14' Motorjolle Boatkits Power 4.31 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Hollaendisches Boot Boatkits Power 4.59 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Seecruiser Boatkits Power 4.91 m (16′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Speedboot Boatkits Power 4.63 m (15′ 2″) 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
21' Garvey-Flex-Boot Boatkits Power 6.54 m (21′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
25' Motorboot Boatkits Power 7.75 m (25′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Abaco 23 Bateau Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 26 Tugboat Devlin Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 32 Devlin Power 32′ 4″ (9.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 38 Devlin Power 37′ 4″ (11.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 44 Devlin Power 43′ 10″ (13.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Amp Eater Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 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
Bingo Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant II 14 Devlin Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Brant III 15 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Black Crown 30 Devlin Power 30′ 6″ (9.3 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Blazer 25 Devlin Power 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Fin 48 Devlin Power 48′ 4″ (14.73 m) stitch and glue 0
Blue Fin 54 Devlin Power 54′ 0″ (16.46 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluebill 12 Devlin Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Bluebill 12 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Broadbill 11 Devlin Power 10′ 8″ (3.25 m) stitch and glue 0
Bullfrog 20 Devlin Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Devlin Power 14′ 3″ (4.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Cackler 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 3″ (4.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Camarone 34 Devlin Power 33′ 5″ (10.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Camarone 40 Devlin Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Devlin Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Candlefish 13 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) 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
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
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
Classic 21 Bateau Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Classic Delta 29 P&F Yacht Design Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Cocktail Class Racer Chesapeake Light Craft Power 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) stitch and glue 0
Console Skiff Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
CS-20 Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) stitch and glue 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

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.