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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
Caladesi Carolina Dory Spira International Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood 2
Grey Seal Iain Oughtred Sail 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) glued lapstrake plywood 1
Idea 21 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6.3 m (20′ 8″) radius chine plywood 1
Jersey Girl Jim Norman Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 1
Theresa ll Albert Strange Sail 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) n/a 1
Wooden Shoe Nexus Marine Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) cold molded wood 1
20 ft Cat Joy or Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded 0
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood 0
20 ft Gaff Sloop Ragnar or Marconi Sloop Benford Design Group Sail 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) cold moulded 0
20 ft Supply Boat Båten or Lake Union Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or carvel planked 0
20 ft Trimaran Grandpa's Archive Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
20 ft V Hull 559 Response Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) aluminum 0
20 ft V Hull 600 Response Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) aluminum 0
21 ft Gaff Sloop Benford Design Group Sail 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) C-Flex fibreglass 0
21' Garvey-Flex-Boot Boatkits Power 6.54 m (21′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
22 ft Cruising Cat or Topsail Cutter Benford Design Group Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) cold moulded or Airex cored fibreglass 0
22 ft Gunkholer Benford Design Group Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) carvel planked or plywood 0
22 ft Knockabout or Lug Sloop Benford Design Group Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
23 ft Canoe Yawl Benford Design Group Sail 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded 0
23 ft Knockabout, Lug Slp., Mtrs'lr. Sourdough Benford Design Group Sail 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood 0
23 ft Utility Boat Benford Design Group Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides 0
24 ft Barge/Shop Benford Design Group Other 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) n/a 0
24 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood 0
24 ft Motorsailer Benford Design Group Sail 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) n/a 0
25 ft (7.62m) Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) steel chine 0
25 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood bottom with cold moulded topsides 0
25 ft Fantail Steam Launch Beverley Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) cold moulded or strip planked 0
25 ft Gaff Ketch Benford Design Group Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) carvel planked 0
25 ft Gaff Sloop or Marconi Cutter Benford Design Group Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) cold moulded 0
25 ft Planing Trawler Benford Design Group Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
25' Motorboot Boatkits Power 7.75 m (25′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Abaco 23 Bateau Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Acorn Woods Designs Multihull 6.4 m (21′ 0″) plywood 0
Acorn 21 Bateau Multihull 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Aletheia BCA Demco Sail 7.8 m (25′ 7″) strip planked 0
Amigo Glen-L Marine Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Archimedes 22 Devlin Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Arctic Tern 23 Devlin Sail 22′ 8″ (6.91 m) stitch and glue 0
Banjo 20 Outboard Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Bartender 20.5 Bartender Boats Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 22 Bartender Boats Power 22′ 7″ (6.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Bayou Belle Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear-Cat Sport Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) plywood on frame 0
Belle Isle 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) cold molded wood 0
Biscayne 22 Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 10″ (6.66 m) cold molded wood 0
Blue Blazer 25 Devlin Power 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Bolero Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 5″ (7.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Budget Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) n/a 0
Bullfrog 20 Devlin Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Cape Canso 23 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 22′ 5″ (6.84 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape Henry 21 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Cape May 25 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 25′ 4″ (7.73 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Capriccio BCA Demco Power 6.42 m (21′ 1″) strip planked 0
Carolina 25 Salt Boatworks Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood 0
Carolina Express 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 23 Bateau Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Carolina Sportfish 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 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.