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.
274 boats
Compare two boats| 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.