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.
371 boats
Compare two boats| 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.