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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
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.