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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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

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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
Cape Cutter 19	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
Didi 26	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	26′ 3″ (8 m)	radius chine plywood	1
Eland 36	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	36′ 5″ (11.11 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
Grey Seal	Iain Oughtred	Sail	22′ 2″ (6.76 m)	glued lapstrake plywood	1
Hornolo	Yannick Maignien	Sail	18′ 1″ (5.5 m)	plywood	1
Idea 21	Modern Wooden Boat	Sail	6.3 m (20′ 8″)	radius chine plywood	1
Jimmy Skiff II	Chesapeake Light Craft	Sail	13′ 2″ (4.01 m)	stitch and glue	1
Navigator	John Welsford	Sail	4.5 m (14′ 9″)	glued lapstrake plywood	1
Paper Jet 14	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	13′ 5″ (4.1 m)	stitch and glue	1
Theresa ll	Albert Strange	Sail	25′ 6″ (7.77 m)	n/a	1
Voyager 432	Bruce Roberts	Sail	46′ 3″ (14.1 m)	radius chine steel or aluminum	1
11 ft Night Sailing Dinghy	Benford Design Group	Sail	11′ 0″ (3.35 m)	plywood	0
11 ft Oregon Peapod Sailing Dinghy	Benford Design Group	Sail	11′ 0″ (3.35 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake	0
11 ft Sailing Dinghy with Transom Stern	Benford Design Group	Sail	11′ 0″ (3.35 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or solid fibreglass or lapstrake	0
11' Jolle	Boatkits	Sail	3.6 m (11′ 10″)	stitch and glue	0
12 ft Keelboat	Benford Design Group	Sail	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	n/a	0
13' wPod	Boatkits	Sail	4.11 m (13′ 6″)	stitch and glue	0
131 ft Ketch Antonia	Benford Design Group	Sail	131′ 0″ (39.93 m)	cold moulded	0
14 ft Sloop Happy	Benford Design Group	Sail	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	cold moulded	0
16 ft Conch Ad Libitum Sailing Tender	Benford Design Group	Sail	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood bottom with lapstrake sides	0
16' Segelboot	Boatkits	Sail	4.54 m (14′ 11″)	stitch and glue	0
17 ft Catboat Puffin & Cruising Cat Liberty	Benford Design Group	Sail	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked	0
17 ft Cruising Sloop or Yawl or Gaff Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked	0
18 ft Canoe Yawl Iota , Catboat or Gaff Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	cold moulded	0
18 ft Cat Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood	0
19 ft Cr. Cat, Slp, Lug Slp, Yawl Scrimshaw	Benford Design Group	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked	0
19 ft Gunkholer Catspaw	Benford Design Group	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	plywood	0
19 ft Sailing Dory	Butler Projects	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	plywood	0
20 ft Gaff Sloop Ragnar or Marconi Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	20′ 0″ (6.1 m)	cold moulded	0
21 ft Gaff Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	21′ 0″ (6.4 m)	C-Flex fibreglass	0
22 ft Cruising Cat or Topsail Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	22′ 0″ (6.71 m)	cold moulded or Airex cored fibreglass	0
22 ft Gunkholer	Benford Design Group	Sail	22′ 0″ (6.71 m)	carvel planked or plywood	0
22 ft Knockabout or Lug Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	22′ 0″ (6.71 m)	Airex cored fibreglass	0
23 ft Canoe Yawl	Benford Design Group	Sail	23′ 0″ (7.01 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded	0
23 ft Knockabout, Lug Slp., Mtrs'lr. Sourdough	Benford Design Group	Sail	23′ 0″ (7.01 m)	plywood	0
24 ft Motorsailer	Benford Design Group	Sail	24′ 0″ (7.32 m)	n/a	0
25 ft Gaff Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	carvel planked	0
25 ft Gaff Sloop or Marconi Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	25′ 0″ (7.62 m)	cold moulded	0
26 ft 3 in Cruising Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	26′ 3″ (8 m)	Airex cored fibreglass	0
26 ft Gaff Sloop or Marconi Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	C-Flex fibreglass or cold moulded	0
26 ft Raised Deck Twin Keel Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	plywood	0
26 ft V-Bottom Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	26′ 0″ (7.93 m)	plywood	0
27 ft Cutter or Pilothouse Sloop or Motorsailer	Benford Design Group	Sail	27′ 0″ (8.23 m)	Airex cored fibreglass	0
27 ft Flattie	Benford Design Group	Sail	27′ 0″ (8.23 m)	plywood	0
3-In-1	Stevenson Projects	Sail	10′ 0″ (3.05 m)	plywood	0
30 ft 5 in & 31'-8" Sailing Dory Baby Badger	Benford Design Group	Sail	30′ 5″ (9.27 m)	plywood	0
30 ft Double Ended Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	30′ 0″ (9.14 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded	0
30 ft Sailing Dory	Benford Design Group	Sail	30′ 0″ (9.14 m)	plywood	0
31 ft Auxiliary Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	31′ 0″ (9.45 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked or steel chine	0
32 ft Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	32′ 0″ (9.75 m)	n/a	0
32 ft Double Ended Ketch or Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	32′ 0″ (9.75 m)	cold moulded or strip planked	0
32 ft Pinky Ketch Dawn	Benford Design Group	Sail	32′ 0″ (9.75 m)	carvel planked	0
32 ft Sailing Dory Shoestring	Benford Design Group	Sail	32′ 0″ (9.75 m)	plywood	0
32 ft St. Pierre Dory Proctor	Benford Design Group	Sail	32′ 0″ (9.75 m)	plywood	0
33 Cruiser Racer	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	33′ 2″ (10.1 m)	fiberglass	0
33 ft Auxiliary Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	33′ 0″ (10.06 m)	cold moulded	0
34 ft 6 in Schooner or Cutter	Benford Design Group	Sail	34′ 6″ (10.52 m)	Airex cored fibreglass	0
34 ft Pinky Ketch Sunrise	Benford Design Group	Sail	34′ 0″ (10.36 m)	carvel planked	0
34 ft Sailing Dory Badger	Benford Design Group	Sail	34′ 0″ (10.36 m)	plywood	0
35 ft C. B. "Presto" Type Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	35′ 0″ (10.67 m)	cold moulded	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.