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
14 ft Rapid Robert	Roger Fletcher	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood on frame	1
15' Rangeley Lake Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	strip planked	1
12' Ruderboot	Boatkits	Row	3.7 m (12′ 2″)	stitch and glue	0
12ft Driftboat	Glen-L Marine	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood	0
13 ft Rowboat	Grandpa's Archive	Row	13′ 0″ (3.96 m)	n/a	0
13' Jolle mit flachem Boden	Boatkits	Row	3.9 m (12′ 10″)	stitch and glue	0
13' Schwan	Boatkits	Row	3.83 m (12′ 7″)	glued lapstrake plywood	0
14ft Driftboat	Glen-L Marine	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood	0
15' Jolle	Boatkits	Row	4.56 m (15′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
15' Ruderkatamaran	Boatkits	Row	4.59 m (15′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
16' Kahn mit flachem Boden	Boatkits	Row	4.8 m (15′ 9″)	stitch and glue	0
3 Piece Portable Rowboat	Vintage Projects	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	n/a	0
3 Piece Rowboat	Grandpa's Archive	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood on frame	0
Angus Oxford Wherry	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	15′ 10″ (4.83 m)	stitch and glue	0
Athey	Long Lake Wooden Boats	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	glued lapstrake plywood	0
Bella 16	Devlin	Row	15′ 8″ (4.78 m)	stitch and glue	0
Blekingseka no. 1	Båtritningar	Row	4.6 m (15′ 1″)	n/a	0
Blekingseka no. 13	Båtritningar	Row	4.49 m (14′ 9″)	n/a	0
Blekingseka no. 14	Båtritningar	Row	4.28 m (14′ 1″)	n/a	0
Blekingseka no. 17	Båtritningar	Row	4.31 m (14′ 2″)	n/a	0
Blekingseka no. 4	Båtritningar	Row	4.58 m (15′ 0″)	n/a	0
Chester Yawl	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	lapstrake plywood	0
Clark Fork Drifter	Butler Projects	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood	0
Dory	Glen-L Marine	Row	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	plywood	0
Dory 12	Bateau	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	stitch and glue	0
Draggarnseka no. 32	Båtritningar	Row	4.04 m (13′ 3″)	n/a	0
Driade	BCA Demco	Row	4.44 m (14′ 7″)	stitch and glue	0
Drifter	Glen-L Marine	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood	0
Drifter 15	Devlin	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	stitch and glue	0
Duckling 14 Rower	Devlin	Row	14′ 5″ (4.38 m)	stitch and glue	0
Express Wherry	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	n/a	0
Fife	Glen-L Marine	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	stitch and glue	0
Flateka no. 12	Båtritningar	Row	4.31 m (14′ 2″)	n/a	0
Flateka no. 23	Båtritningar	Row	4.12 m (13′ 6″)	n/a	0
Flateka no. 31	Båtritningar	Row	4.29 m (14′ 1″)	n/a	0
Flateka pram no. 24	Båtritningar	Row	3.93 m (12′ 11″)	n/a	0
Flateka pram no. 26	Båtritningar	Row	4.03 m (13′ 3″)	n/a	0
Gozzo 4m	BCA Demco	Row	4 m (13′ 1″)	strip planked	0
Great Island Rowboat	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	12′ 10″ (3.91 m)	n/a	0
Harbor Skiff	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	lapstrake	0
Honker 15	Bateau	Row	14′ 10″ (4.52 m)	stitch and glue	0
Joansa	John Welsford	Row	4.6 m (15′ 1″)	plywood	0
Lighthouse Tender Peapod	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	13′ 5″ (4.09 m)	lapstrake plywood	0
Linach 15	Devlin	Row	15′ 0″ (4.57 m)	plywood on frame	0
Lincolnville Salmon Wherry	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	lapstrake	0
Mallard 13	Devlin	Row	13′ 0″ (3.96 m)	stitch and glue	0
Maxi Mac	Butler Projects	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood	0
McDrift	Glen-L Marine	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	aluminum	0
MI Bateau Multichine	Bateau	Row	12′ 8″ (3.86 m)	plywood	0
MI Bateau Round Chine	Bateau	Row	12′ 6″ (3.81 m)	strip planked	0
Norwegian Gunning Dory	Butler Projects	Row	15′ 9″ (4.8 m)	plywood	0
POD Dory	Grandpa's Archive	Row	15′ 5″ (4.7 m)	plywood	0
Poleboat 13	Devlin	Row	13′ 2″ (4.01 m)	stitch and glue	0
Power-Row Skiff 13.5	Glen-L Marine	Row	13′ 6″ (4.12 m)	plywood on frame	0
Power-Row Skiff 15.5	Glen-L Marine	Row	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	plywood on frame	0
Rock Creek Drifter	Butler Projects	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood	0
Row 13	Bateau	Row	13′ 4″ (4.06 m)	stitch and glue	0
Rowme	Glen-L Marine	Row	12′ 2″ (3.71 m)	stitch and glue	0
Scilly Gig 15	Bateau	Row	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	stitch and glue	0
Scull Boat	Glen-L Marine	Row	15′ 4″ (4.67 m)	plywood on frame	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.