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.
93 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passagemaker Take-Apart | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Polliwog 8 | Devlin | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| Ultralight Dinghy | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| 10' 2" Lawton Tender | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 10' Jolle | Boatkits | Row | 3.08 m (10′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 10' Ruderboot | Boatkits | Row | 3.12 m (10′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 11 ft 4 in Sunrise Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 11' Jolle mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | Row | 3.4 m (11′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 7 ft 3 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 7′ 3″ (2.21 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 7 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 8 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 8′ 6″ (2.59 m) | cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake | 0 |
| 8 ft Double Ended Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | solid fibreglass | 0 |
| 8' Entlein | Boatkits | Row | 2.42 m (7′ 11″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| 9 ft 6 in Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 9 ft Double Ended Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | cold moulded | 0 |
| Acorn Skiff | Iain Oughtred | Row | 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Ady-J | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Amphora | Stevenson Projects | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Backpack Boat | Butler Projects | Row | 5′ 0″ (1.52 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Bella 10 Skiff | Devlin | Row | 9′ 8″ (2.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bella 12 | Devlin | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.54 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bevin's Skiff | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Biloxi Dinghy | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Black Fly 8 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Catspaw Pram | B&B Yacht Designs | Row | 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Centerfold | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Classic 10 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Row | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Colibri | Plyboat | Row | 2.3 m (7′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Crayfish 8 | Woods Designs | Row | 2.44 m (8′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Deckster | Woodenwidget | Row | 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dinghy 5 | Bateau | Row | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dingo | Plyboat | Row | 2 m (6′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dinky | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 0″ (2.13 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dory Skiff | Duck Trap Woodworking | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Drift Pram | Glen-L Marine | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duck Boat | Butler Projects | Row | 11′ 10″ (3.61 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Eastport Nesting Pram | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 7′ 9″ (2.36 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Eastport Pram | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 7′ 9″ (2.36 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Eight Ball | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Eight Ball S&G | Glen-L Marine | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fliptail | Woodenwidget | Row | 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Fold Up | Glen-L Marine | Row | 10′ 1″ (3.07 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Gosling 10 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Gosling 10 | Devlin | Row | 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Grace's Tender | Arch Davis Design | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Guppy 9 | Devlin | Row | 9′ 1″ (2.77 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Handy Andy | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Imp | Glen-L Marine | Row | 9′ 9″ (2.97 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Ke-Pau | Glen-L Marine | Row | 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Kid-Row | Glen-L Marine | Row | 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Kingfisher | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Lit'l Petrel 9 | Devlin | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Lobsterman's Skiff | Duck Trap Woodworking | Row | 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Lumberyard Punt | Duck Trap Woodworking | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Maine Skiff | Duck Trap Woodworking | Row | 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Mickey Mouse | Plyboat | Row | 2.4 m (7′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Micro Petrel | Devlin | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mighty Mouse | Plyboat | Row | 2.4 m (7′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Montana Guide Boat | Butler Projects | Row | 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Montana Pram | Butler Projects | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 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.