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.
84 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polliwog 8 | Devlin | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| Ultralight Dinghy | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) | stitch and glue | 1 |
| 10' Garvey Jolle | Boatkits | Power | 3.05 m (10′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 10' Jolle | Boatkits | Row | 3.08 m (10′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 10' Ruderboot | Boatkits | Row | 3.12 m (10′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 11' Jolle | Boatkits | Sail | 3.6 m (11′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 11' Jolle mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | Row | 3.4 m (11′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Argie 10 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Baby Boat Cradle | Manta Marine Design | Other | 1.2 m (3′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bella 10 Skiff | Devlin | Row | 9′ 8″ (2.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bella 12 | Devlin | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.54 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Breeze | Plyboat | Paddle | 3 m (9′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Broadbill 11 | Devlin | Power | 10′ 8″ (3.25 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Bull's Eye | Glen-L Marine | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cat Boat 12 | Bateau | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Cocktail Class Racer | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Colibri | Plyboat | Row | 2.3 m (7′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Corsair 11 | Bateau | Sail | 10′ 9″ (3.28 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Crayfish 8 | Woods Designs | Row | 2.44 m (8′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Deckster | Woodenwidget | Row | 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dinghy 360 | BCA Demco | Sail | 3.6 m (11′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dinghy 5 | Bateau | Row | 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dingo | Plyboat | Row | 2 m (6′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dinky | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 0″ (2.13 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dixi Dinghy 8 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 8′ 2″ (2.5 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Drift Pram | Glen-L Marine | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Duo 10 | Woods Designs | Sail | 3.05 m (10′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dyno Jet | Glen-L Marine | Power | 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Dyno Mite | Glen-L Marine | Power | 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Eight Ball S&G | Glen-L Marine | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Fast Garvey 10 | Bateau | Power | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Flat Skiff 12 | Bateau | Power | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Giormax | BCA Demco | Sail | 3 m (9′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Glass Bottom | Glen-L Marine | Other | 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Goldfish | Plyboat | Paddle | 2.3 m (7′ 7″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Gosling 10 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Gosling 10 | Devlin | Row | 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Guppy 9 | Devlin | Row | 9′ 1″ (2.77 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Happy Hour | Plyboat | Paddle | 2.8 m (9′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Jon Boat / Garvey 11 | Bateau | Power | 11′ 1″ (3.38 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Junior | BCA Demco | Sail | 2.9 m (9′ 6″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Kid-Row | Glen-L Marine | Row | 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Kidyak | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Lit'l Petrel 9 | Devlin | Row | 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Long Weekend | Plyboat | Paddle | 3.65 m (12′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Matunuck Surf Kayak | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 8′ 6″ (2.59 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mickey Mouse | Plyboat | Row | 2.4 m (7′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Micro Petrel | Devlin | Row | 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mighty Mouse | Plyboat | Row | 2.4 m (7′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mirror Dinghy | Jack Holt | Sail | 10′ 10″ (3.3 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Moth | BCA Demco | Sail | 3.35 m (11′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mouse Grande | Plyboat | Row | 2.34 m (7′ 8″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Mud Peep 12 | Devlin | Sail | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nesting Dinghy 11 | Bateau | Row | 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nutshell 7 | Bateau | Row | 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| OzonaX Nesting Pram | Bedard Yacht Design | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Paddlewheeler | Glen-L Marine | Row | 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pedal-It | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 9′ 4″ (2.85 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Peeper 12 | Devlin | Row | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pinocchio | Plyboat | Paddle | 2.34 m (7′ 8″) | 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.