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.
30 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeaster Dory | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | lapstrake plywood | 3 |
| Cape Cutter 19 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Eland 36 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 36′ 5″ (11.11 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Passagemaker Take-Apart | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| The Guider | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) | lapstrake plywood | 1 |
| Annapolis Wherry | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 17′ 8″ (5.39 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Annapolis Wherry Tandem | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 19′ 10″ (6.05 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Canso 23 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 22′ 5″ (6.84 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Charles 32 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Charles 32TC | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 31′ 5″ (9.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Cape Deseada 36TC | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 36′ 1″ (11 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 |
| CC19 Dayboat | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Sail | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Chester Yawl | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| CLC Gislinge Boat | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Eastport Nesting Pram | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 7′ 9″ (2.36 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Eastport Pram | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 7′ 9″ (2.36 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Faering Cruiser | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 22′ 6″ (6.86 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Lake Union Swift | Chesapeake Light Craft | Power | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Laughing Gull | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Lighthouse Tender Peapod | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 13′ 5″ (4.09 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Passagemaker Standard | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Sand Dollar | Arch Davis Design | Sail | 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Skerry | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Skerry Raid (Expedition Skerry) | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 14′ 11″ (4.55 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Southwester Dory | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 18′ 10″ (5.74 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Team Dory | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 23′ 9″ (7.24 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Tenderly 10-foot Dinghy | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| Whitby Pilot Gig | Chesapeake Light Craft | Row | 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) | lapstrake plywood | 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.