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.
70 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornolo | Yannick Maignien | Sail | 18′ 1″ (5.5 m) | plywood | 1 |
| 11 ft Night Sailing Dinghy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 18 ft Cat Ketch | Benford Design Group | Sail | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood | 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 |
| 23 ft Knockabout, Lug Slp., Mtrs'lr. Sourdough | Benford Design Group | Sail | 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) | plywood | 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 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 Sailing Dory | Benford Design Group | Sail | 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) | plywood | 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 |
| 34 ft Sailing Dory Badger | Benford Design Group | Sail | 34′ 0″ (10.36 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 45 ft Dory Motorsailer | Benford Design Group | Sail | 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Alli8 Sailing Pram | Duck Trap Woodworking | Sail | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Alpha 2 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | plywood | 0 |
| AWOL | John Welsford | Sail | 5.05 m (16′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Bay River Skiff | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Bora Bora 28 | B&G Yacht Design | Sail | 8.53 m (28′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Breeze Baby | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Cherub | John Spencer | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Cruising Sloop | Butler Projects | Sail | 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Daniels Boat | John Welsford | Sail | 3.2 m (10′ 6″) | plywood | 0 |
| Diapason 750 | BCA Demco | Sail | 7.5 m (24′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| FireBug | John Spencer | Sail | 2.44 m (8′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Glen-L 10 | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 9′ 11″ (3.02 m) | plywood | 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 |
| Janette | John Welsford | Sail | 3.68 m (12′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Kiwi PDR | John Welsford | Sail | 2.44 m (8′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Lion 1050 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 10.5 m (34′ 5″) | plywood | 0 |
| Lion 450 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 4.5 m (14′ 9″) | plywood | 0 |
| Lion 550 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | plywood | 0 |
| Lion 600 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 6 m (19′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| Lion 870 | Unik Yachts | Sail | 8.7 m (28′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Long Steps | John Welsford | Sail | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Mini-Cup | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 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 |
| Norwegian Pram 10 | Butler Projects | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Norwegian Pram 8 | Butler Projects | Sail | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pathfinder | John Welsford | Sail | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Pelegrin | John Welsford | Sail | 5.15 m (16′ 11″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin | John Welsford | Sail | 6.4 m (21′ 0″) | plywood | 0 |
| Penguin Class Dinghy | Philip Rhodes | Sail | 11′ 5″ (3.48 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pilgrim | John Welsford | Sail | 5 m (16′ 5″) | plywood | 0 |
| Ply-Flier | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Pocket Cruiser | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Saturday Night Special | John Welsford | Sail | 4.47 m (14′ 8″) | plywood | 0 |
| SCAMP | John Welsford | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Sphera | BCA Demco | Sail | 9.94 m (32′ 7″) | plywood | 0 |
| Spray 22 | Bruce Roberts | Sail | 24′ 0″ (7.31 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Sundowner | John Welsford | Sail | 6.5 m (21′ 4″) | plywood | 0 |
| Super Skipjack | Stevenson Projects | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Swaggie | John Welsford | Sail | 5.5 m (18′ 1″) | 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.