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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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Jersey Girl Jim Norman Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 1
20 ft Trimaran Grandpa's Archive Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 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
Bolero Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 5″ (7.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Chunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Coastal Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Coaster Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Coronado Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 650 Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) plywood on frame 0
Crispy 660 Cabin Modern Wooden Boat Power 6.6 m (21′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Cuddy Sport Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Delta Q Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Double Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Ensenada 25 Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Escapist 24 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 7.5 m (24′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Escort Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) plywood on frame 0
Fancy Free Glen-L Marine Sail 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 21CB Glen-L Marine Sail 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 25 - Plywood Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Gypsy Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Hercules Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Hi Rider Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Hirundo 750 Modern Wooden Boat Sail 7.5 m (24′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Hunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Islander Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 11″ (7.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Jet Setter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) plywood on frame 0
Jiffy V-22 Arch Davis Design Power 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) plywood on frame 0
Key West Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Kingpin Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) plywood on frame 0
Kokanee Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Kona Kai Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) plywood on frame 0
La Paz 22 Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) plywood on frame 0
Lazy Daze Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Lucky Pierre Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Mackinaw Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Mai Tai Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Monsoon Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 23 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.2 m (23′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Nor'wester Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Noyo Trawler Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Olympian 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Party Boat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Play 'n Jane Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) plywood on frame 0
Pop 20 B&G Yacht Design Sail 6.2 m (20′ 4″) plywood on frame 0
Pop 25 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.54 m (24′ 9″) plywood on frame 0
Quest Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 4″ (7.11 m) plywood on frame 0
Raven Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Renegade Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 8″ (6.3 m) plywood on frame 0
River Rat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Saylon 20 Bateau Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Shangri-La Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Sirocco Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 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.