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.
66 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Seal | Iain Oughtred | Sail | 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) | glued lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Idea 21 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 6.3 m (20′ 8″) | radius chine plywood | 1 |
| Theresa ll | Albert Strange | Sail | 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) | n/a | 1 |
| 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 |
| Aletheia | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.8 m (25′ 7″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Amigo | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Arctic Tern 23 | Devlin | Sail | 22′ 8″ (6.91 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cape Canso 23 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 22′ 5″ (6.84 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Henry 21 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape May 25 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 25′ 4″ (7.73 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Coaster | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Core Sound 20 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 20 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Daysailer 24 | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.31 m (24′ 0″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Diapason 750 | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Didi 23 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Cruise-Mini | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Cruise-Mini Mk3 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Mini | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| Didi Mini Mk3 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 21′ 4″ (6.5 m) | radius chine plywood | 0 |
| EC-22 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Ensenada 25 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Escapist 24 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Faering Cruiser | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Fancy Free | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 21CB | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 25 - Fiberglass | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) | fiberglass | 0 |
| Glen-L 25 - Plywood | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Glen-L 6.9 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 22′ 7″ (6.88 m) | fiberglass | 0 |
| Glen-L 7.9 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) | fiberglass | 0 |
| Gozzo 6.50m | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Haiku 700 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 6.2 m (20′ 4″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Hirundo 750 | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Lotsbåt Skum no. 33 | Båtritningar | Sail | 6.19 m (20′ 4″) | n/a | 0 |
| Maimouna | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mandolin Cruise | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.43 m (24′ 5″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Marsh Wren 20 | Devlin | Sail | 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 charter | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 crociera | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Minuetto 650 SPRINT | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Multichine 23 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.2 m (23′ 7″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Paloma Cabinata | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Paloma Daysailer | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Pantanal 25 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.65 m (25′ 1″) | composite | 0 |
| Penguin | John Welsford | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Pop 20 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 6.2 m (20′ 4″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Pop 25 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 7.54 m (24′ 9″) | plywood on frame | 0 |
| Princess Sharpie 22 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Roberts 25 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) | n/a | 0 |
| Saltaspiaggia | Modern Wooden Boat | Sail | 6.1 m (20′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Sanpiera | BCA Demco | Sail | 6.98 m (22′ 11″) | 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.