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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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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
14 ft Rapid Robert Roger Fletcher Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood on frame 1
15' Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 1
Flying Saucer Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood on frame 1
Jimmy Skiff II Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 1
Malahini Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 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
Sea Scout William D. Jackson Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 1
Shearwater Sport Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 1
Solo Flats Skiff (SK14) Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 1
12 ft Flat Bottom 433 Response Marine Power 12′ 5″ (3.79 m) aluminum 0
12 ft Keelboat Benford Design Group Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
12 ft Outboard Skiff Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
12 ft V Hull Outboard Boat Vintage Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
12' 8" Excursion Newfound Woodworks Paddle 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) strip planked 0
12' Garvey Jolle Boatkits Power 3.76 m (12′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
12' Ruderboot Boatkits Row 3.7 m (12′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
12ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
13 ft Rowboat Grandpa's Archive Row 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) n/a 0
13' 3" Wee Lassie II Newfound Woodworks Paddle 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) strip planked 0
13' Jolle mit flachem Boden Boatkits Row 3.9 m (12′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
13' Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
13' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 3.91 m (12′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
13' Kombi Kanu Boatkits Paddle 3.96 m (13′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
13' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) lapstrake 0
13' Schwan Boatkits Row 3.83 m (12′ 7″) glued lapstrake plywood 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
14 ft Tug Bullhead , Trawler Yacht & Grivit Benford Design Group Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded 0
14-Foot Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
14.6 ft Flat Bottom 494 Response Marine Power 14′ 7″ (4.45 m) aluminum 0
14' Garvey Jolle Boatkits Power 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
14' Motorjolle Boatkits Power 4.31 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
14' Motorkanu Boatkits Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
14' Paddle Board Boatkits Paddle 4.27 m (14′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
14ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
15' 11" Explorer Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
15' 6" Voyager Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
15' 9" Osprey Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) strip planked 0
15' Doppelt Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.65 m (15′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
15' Hollaendisches Boot Boatkits Power 4.59 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Jolle Boatkits Row 4.56 m (15′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake 0
15' Okwata-Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Ruderkatamaran Boatkits Row 4.59 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Seekajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Flachbuendiges Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
16' Kahn mit flachem Boden Boatkits Row 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
16' Segelboot Boatkits Sail 4.54 m (14′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
16' Speedboot Boatkits Power 4.63 m (15′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
3 Piece Portable Rowboat Vintage Projects Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
3 Piece Rowboat Grandpa's Archive Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Ace William D. Jackson Power 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) plywood 0
Ace 14 Arch Davis Design Power 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood on frame 0
Adelie 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Airboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Alexa’s Rocket 15 Bateau Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
All Water Fifteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 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.