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.
199 boats
Compare two boats| 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.