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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
Hornolo Yannick Maignien Sail 18′ 1″ (5.5 m) plywood 1
11 ft 4 in Sunrise Dinghy Benford Design Group Row 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) plywood 0
11 ft Night Sailing Dinghy Benford Design Group Sail 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) plywood 0
12ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
14ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
18 ft Cat Ketch Benford Design Group Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
19 ft Gunkholer Catspaw Benford Design Group Sail 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) plywood 0
19 ft Sailing Dory Butler Projects Sail 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) plywood 0
20 ft False Creek Ferry or Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood 0
23 ft Knockabout, Lug Slp., Mtrs'lr. Sourdough Benford Design Group Sail 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood 0
24 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood 0
26 ft Day Boat Benford Design Group Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood 0
26 ft Raised Deck Twin Keel Cutter Benford Design Group Sail 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood 0
26 ft V-Bottom Ketch Benford Design Group Sail 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood 0
27 ft Flattie Benford Design Group Sail 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood 0
3-In-1 Stevenson Projects Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
30 ft 5 in & 31'-8" Sailing Dory Baby Badger Benford Design Group Sail 30′ 5″ (9.27 m) plywood 0
30 ft Friday Harbor Ferry & Waterbed 30 Benford Design Group Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) plywood 0
30 ft Sailing Dory Benford Design Group Sail 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) plywood 0
32 ft Sailing Dory Shoestring Benford Design Group Sail 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) plywood 0
32 ft St. Pierre Dory Proctor Benford Design Group Sail 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) plywood 0
34 ft Sailing Dory Badger Benford Design Group Sail 34′ 0″ (10.36 m) plywood 0
36 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) plywood 0
38 ft Packet Benford Design Group Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) plywood 0
39 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 39′ 0″ (11.89 m) plywood 0
45 ft Dory Motorsailer Benford Design Group Sail 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) plywood 0
45 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) plywood 0
7 ft 3 in Dinghy Benford Design Group Row 7′ 3″ (2.21 m) plywood 0
7 ft 6 in Dinghy Benford Design Group Row 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) plywood 0
Ace William D. Jackson Power 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) plywood 0
Acorn Woods Designs Multihull 6.4 m (21′ 0″) plywood 0
Aegean 30 Woods Designs Multihull 9.2 m (30′ 2″) plywood 0
Aerowood 310 SUP Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 3.1 m (10′ 2″) plywood 0
AF4 Jim Michalak Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Alli8 Sailing Pram Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood 0
Alpha 2 Glen-L Marine Sail 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Amphora Stevenson Projects Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) plywood 0
AWOL John Welsford Sail 5.05 m (16′ 7″) plywood 0
Backpack Boat Butler Projects Row 5′ 0″ (1.52 m) plywood 0
Bass Boat Stevenson Projects Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Bay River Skiff B&B Yacht Designs Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood 0
Bevin's Skiff Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) plywood 0
Bora Bora 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.53 m (28′ 0″) plywood 0
Breeze Baby Grandpa's Archive Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Can-Yak Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Carolina 25 Salt Boatworks Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood 0
Carolina Bay 17 Salt Boatworks Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood 0
Centerfold Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood 0
Chat 18 Woods Designs Multihull 5.6 m (18′ 4″) plywood 0
Cherub John Spencer Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Clarence River Dory John Welsford Power 6.04 m (19′ 10″) plywood 0
Clark Fork Drifter Butler Projects Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Core Sound 18 Salt Boatworks Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood 0
Core Sound 21 Salt Boatworks Power 21′ 6″ (6.55 m) plywood 0
Cruising Sloop Butler Projects Sail 18′ 1″ (5.51 m) plywood 0
Daniels Boat John Welsford Sail 3.2 m (10′ 6″) plywood 0
DH550 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) 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.