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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All Glen-L Marine 287 Benford Design Group 147 Devlin 142 Bateau 141 Chesapeake Light Craft 121 Dudley Dix Yacht Design 90 BCA Demco 64 Grandpa's Archive 54 Woods Designs 46 Boatkits 41 John Welsford 36 B&B Yacht Designs 35 Newfound Woodworks 32 Båtritningar 32 Modern Wooden Boat 21 Bowdidge Marine Designs 21 Duck Trap Woodworking 20 Geodesic Airolite Boats 19 Butler Projects 18 Stevenson Projects 16 Spirited Designs 16 Ashes Still Water Boats 15 White Salmon Boat Works 14 Vintage Projects 13 Bartender Boats 13 Woodenwidget 13 Bruce Roberts 12 Arch Davis Design 12 Plyboat 11 Response Marine 11 B&G Yacht Design 10 Salt Boatworks 9 Andrew Walters Design 9 Steve Killing 9 Dillon Racing 8 Bedard Yacht Design 8 Long Lake Wooden Boats 6 Unik Yachts 5 James Bosman 5 Iain Oughtred 4 Selway Fisher Design 3 Manta Marine Design 3 John Spencer 2 William D. Jackson 2 John Farlow 2 Roger Fletcher 1 Nexus Marine 1 Sande 1 Laurent Giles 1 U-Fab Boats 1 Forest and Stream 1 Build-A-Boat 1 The Cardboard Boat Book 1 Echo-Craft 1 Phil Bolger 1 Pygmy Boats 1 Jim Michalak 1 Spira International 1 Ray Speck 1 Albert Strange 1 Yannick Maignien 1 Niel Shelton 1 David Rogers 1 Iver Franzen 1 Jim Norman 1 Daniel Berg 1 Gary Dierking 1 P&F Yacht Design 1 Philip Rhodes 1 Jack Holt 1 Ron Given 1 Ian Proctor 1 George Cockshott 1

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Any Under 12′ 12–16′ 16–20′ 20–26′ Over 26′

By construction

Any stitch and glue 510 plywood on frame 243 plywood 199 strip planked 135 cold molded wood 42 composite 31 lapstrake plywood 30 skin on frame 23 glued lapstrake plywood 20 fiberglass 20 radius chine plywood 17 steel chine 16

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Design	Plans from	Type	LOA	Construction	Logs
Northeaster Dory	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	lapstrake plywood	3
Cabin Skiff	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	stitch and glue	1
Cape Cutter 19	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
Hornolo	Yannick Maignien	Sail	18′ 1″ (5.5 m)	plywood	1
Hot Rod	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	plywood on frame	1
Sea Strike 16	Bowdidge Marine Designs	Power	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood fiberglass composite	1
The Guider	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 7″ (5.66 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
16 ft Conch Ad Libitum Sailing Tender	Benford Design Group	Sail	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood bottom with lapstrake sides	0
16 ft Flat Bottom 472	Response Marine	Power	16′ 1″ (4.9 m)	aluminum	0
16.3 ft Flat Bottom 495	Response Marine	Power	16′ 4″ (4.98 m)	aluminum	0
16' 1" Abenaki	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	16′ 1″ (4.9 m)	strip planked	0
16' 2" Adirondack Guideboat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	16′ 2″ (4.93 m)	strip planked	0
16' 6" Georgian Bay	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	strip planked	0
16' 6" Rangeley Lake Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	strip planked	0
16' 6" Shooting Star	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	strip planked	0
16' 8" Whitehall Pulling Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	16′ 8″ (5.08 m)	strip planked	0
16' 9" Wherry Pulling/Sailing Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	16′ 9″ (5.11 m)	strip planked	0
16' Chestnut Kruger	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	strip planked	0
16' Seecruiser	Boatkits	Power	4.91 m (16′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
16' Seekajak	Boatkits	Paddle	4.9 m (16′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
16' Tourenkanu	Boatkits	Paddle	5 m (16′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
17 ft Catboat Puffin & Cruising Cat Liberty	Benford Design Group	Sail	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked	0
17 ft Cruiser	Benford Design Group	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	C-Flex fibreglass	0
17 ft Cruising Sloop or Yawl or Gaff Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked	0
17 ft Fantail Steam Launch Myf	Benford Design Group	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	carvel planked	0
17 ft Flat Bottom 552	Response Marine	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	aluminum	0
17 ft V Hull 480	Response Marine	Power	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	aluminum	0
17' 1" Nipmuc	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 1″ (5.21 m)	strip planked	0
17' 11" Outer Island	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 11″ (5.46 m)	strip planked	0
17' 2" Navigator	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 2″ (5.23 m)	strip planked with stitch and glue	0
17' 4" Trekker	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 4″ (5.28 m)	strip planked with stitch and glue	0
17' 8" Orion	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 8″ (5.39 m)	strip planked with stitch and glue	0
17' Ausflugsboot	Boatkits	Power	5 m (16′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
17' Disko Bay	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Fire Star	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Kanu	Boatkits	Paddle	5.28 m (17′ 4″)	stitch and glue	0
17' Lapstrake Canoe	Duck Trap Woodworking	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	lapstrake	0
17' Motorboot	Boatkits	Power	5.24 m (17′ 2″)	stitch and glue	0
17' Rangeley Double Ender	Newfound Woodworks	Row	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Rangeley Lake Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Ruderkanu	Boatkits	Paddle	5.2 m (17′ 1″)	stitch and glue	0
17' Sea Wolf	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Spirit	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
17' Traveler	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	strip planked	0
18 ft Canoe Yawl Iota , Catboat or Gaff Sloop	Benford Design Group	Sail	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	cold moulded	0
18 ft Cat Ketch	Benford Design Group	Sail	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood	0
18 ft Flat Bottom 492	Response Marine	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	aluminum	0
18 ft Texas Skiff	Benford Design Group	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood bottom with batten seam topsides	0
18.5 ft Shallow V 550	Response Marine	Power	18′ 5″ (5.61 m)	aluminum	0
18' 2" White Guide	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	18′ 2″ (5.54 m)	strip planked	0
18' 4" North Star	Newfound Woodworks	Paddle	18′ 4″ (5.59 m)	strip planked	0
18' 5" Liz Pulling/Sculling Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	18′ 5″ (5.61 m)	strip planked	0
18' Jolle	Boatkits	Power	5.48 m (18′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
18' Seecruiser	Boatkits	Power	5.59 m (18′ 4″)	stitch and glue	0
19 ft Cr. Cat, Slp, Lug Slp, Yawl Scrimshaw	Benford Design Group	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked	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
19 ft V Hull 572	Response Marine	Power	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	aluminum	0
5m Raptor	Spirited Designs	Multihull	5.1 m (16′ 9″)	n/a	0
6 M Whaler	John Welsford	Sail	5.99 m (19′ 8″)	glued lapstrake 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.