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.
123 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Skiff | Glen-L Marine | Power | 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| 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' Ausflugsboot | Boatkits | Power | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 17' Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 5.28 m (17′ 4″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 17' Motorboot | Boatkits | Power | 5.24 m (17′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 17' Ruderkanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 5.2 m (17′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 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 |
| Adelie 16 | Bateau | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Alenu 540 | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5.4 m (17′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Angus Expedition Rowboat | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Angus RowCruiser | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bay Skipper 18 | Devlin | Row | 18′ 1″ (5.52 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bee 16 | Woods Designs | Row | 4.88 m (16′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Belhaven 19 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bette 500 HV | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bette 500 LV | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| BRIO 555 | BCA Demco | Sail | 5.55 m (18′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 | Devlin | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 16 Casting Deck | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Candlefish 18 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cat Ketch 17 | Bateau | Sail | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chat 18 | Bateau | Multihull | 18′ 4″ (5.6 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chesapeake 17 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chesapeake 17LT | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 11″ (5.15 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Chesapeake 18 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Classic 19 Express | Bateau | Power | 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Coho | Pygmy Boats | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Colvos Passage | Long Lake Wooden Boats | Paddle | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| CS-20 | Glen-L Marine | Power | 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 17 | Devlin | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dipper 19 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dragonfly | Glen-L Marine | Power | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duckling 17 | Devlin | Row | 17′ 4″ (5.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duckling 17 Sailing Version | Devlin | Sail | 17′ 3″ (5.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Eider 17 | Devlin | Sail | 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Expedition Sailing Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Expedition Wherry | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| F1830 Sit-On-Top Tandem Kayak | Bedard Yacht Design | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 17 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Skiff 19 | Bateau | Power | 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Flats Stalker 18 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Garvey 17 | Bateau | Power | 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Garvey 18 | Bateau | Power | 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Godzilli 16 | Devlin | Power | 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Grand Diva Kayak | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Harbor Master 19 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 9″ (5.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Harbor Master Displacement 19 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Honker 18 | Devlin | Power | 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Houseboat 16 | Bateau | Power | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Houseboat 18 | Bateau | Power | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | 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.