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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
Squirt Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 2
14 ft Rapid Robert Roger Fletcher Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood on frame 1
Flying Saucer Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood on frame 1
Hot Rod Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) plywood on frame 1
Jersey Girl Jim Norman Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 1
Malahini Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 1
Sea Scout William D. Jackson Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 1
Tiny Titan Glen-L Marine Power 8′ 2″ (2.49 m) plywood on frame 1
12 ft Outboard Skiff Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
20 ft Trimaran Grandpa's Archive Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
3 Piece Boat Grandpa's Archive Other 7′ 0″ (2.13 m) plywood on frame 0
3 Piece Rowboat Grandpa's Archive Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Ace 14 Arch Davis Design Power 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood on frame 0
Ady-J Grandpa's Archive Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Airboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Allegro Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 3″ (10.14 m) plywood on frame 0
Aqua Cat Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Argosy Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Arrow Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Audeen Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 19 Bartender Boats Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 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
Bartender 26 Cruising Bartender Boats Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 26 Sport Fishing Bartender Boats Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Bartender 29 Bartender Boats Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Bass Boat Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Bay Pilot 18 Arch Davis Design Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Bayou Belle Houseboat Grandpa's Archive Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear Cat Cuddy Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 10″ (8.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Bear-Cat Sport Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) plywood on frame 0
Bebop Grandpa's Archive Power 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Big Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 7″ (8.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Blue Moon Grandpa's Archive Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Blue Streak Grandpa's Archive Power n/a plywood on frame 0
Bluefin Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) plywood on frame 0
Bo Jest Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 10″ (5.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Bolero Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 5″ (7.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Bon Voyage Glen-L Marine Power 44′ 9″ (13.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Bonanza Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Bravado Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Buckboard Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood on frame 0
Bullet Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 3″ (3.43 m) plywood on frame 0
Calypso Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Canyon Cruiser Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Carioca Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Catalina Express Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
Celerity Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood on frame 0
Chessie Flyer Glen-L Marine Sail 26′ 11″ (8.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Chinook Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) plywood on frame 0
Chum Grandpa's Archive Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Chunky Dory Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Class AB Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) plywood on frame 0
Class CD Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) plywood on frame 0
Class J Glen-L Marine Power 9′ 0″ (2.74 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

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.