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.
78 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 ft Sloop Happy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | cold moulded | 0 |
| 16' Segelboot | Boatkits | Sail | 4.54 m (14′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Adelie 14 | Bateau | Sail | 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Alexa’s Rocket 15 | Bateau | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Argie 15 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bay River Skiff | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Blivit 13 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Breeze Baby | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Caravelle 16 | Bateau | Sail | 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Catboat | Andrew Walters Design | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Cherub | John Spencer | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Christmas Wherry | Duck Trap Woodworking | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| Classic 12 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Classic 14 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Core Sound 15 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 2″ (4.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Corsair 13 | Bateau | Sail | 12′ 10″ (3.91 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Crescent | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Didi Sport 15 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| DP14 | BCA Demco | Sail | 4.2 m (13′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duckling 14 Sail | Devlin | Sail | 14′ 5″ (4.38 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Egret 15 | Devlin | Sail | 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fafnir | John Welsford | Sail | 4 m (13′ 1″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Falcon | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 12 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 13 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 14 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 15 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Golden Bay Setnet | John Welsford | Sail | 3.9 m (12′ 10″) | plywood | 0 |
| Houdini | John Welsford | Sail | 4.1 m (13′ 5″) | plywood | 0 |
| International Twelve Foot Dinghy | George Cockshott | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Janette | John Welsford | Sail | 3.68 m (12′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| KIS 4.0 | BCA Demco | Sail | 4 m (13′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| KIS 4.2S | BCA Demco | Sail | 4.23 m (13′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| KIS 4.7 | BCA Demco | Sail | 4.7 m (15′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| La Chatte | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Lapwing 16 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Laughing Gull | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Lion 450 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 4.5 m (14′ 9″) | plywood | 0 |
| Mini-Cup | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Minuet | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Moonfish 14 | Bateau | Sail | 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nancy's China 15 | Devlin | Sail | 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nancy's China DC 15 | Devlin | Sail | 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Old Baggie | BCA Demco | Sail | 4.6 m (15′ 1″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Otter 16 | Bateau | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Outrigger Junior | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Penobscot 13 | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Penobscot 14 | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Ply-Flier | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| PocketShip | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Roberts 15 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.58 m) | n/a | 0 |
| RoG 15 Micro-cruiser | Bedard Yacht Design | Sail | 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Rogue | John Welsford | Sail | 4.45 m (14′ 7″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Rundgatting no. 15 | Båtritningar | Sail | 4.45 m (14′ 7″) | n/a | 0 |
| Salmon Wherry 15.5 | Bartender Boats | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | n/a | 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.