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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
15' Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 1
10-Foot Little Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
10' 2" Lawton Tender Newfound Woodworks Row 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) strip planked 0
11-Foot Little Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) strip planked 0
11' 4" Wee Lassie Newfound Woodworks Paddle 11′ 4″ (3.45 m) strip planked 0
11' 9" Otter Newfound Woodworks Paddle 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) strip planked 0
12' 8" Excursion Newfound Woodworks Paddle 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) strip planked 0
13' 3" Wee Lassie II Newfound Woodworks Paddle 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) strip planked 0
14-Foot Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) strip planked 0
15' 6" Voyager Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) strip planked 0
15' 9" Osprey Newfound Woodworks Paddle 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) strip planked 0
16' 1" Abenaki Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) strip planked 0
16' 2" Adirondack Guideboat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Georgian Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Shooting Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 8" Whitehall Pulling Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) strip planked 0
16' 9" Wherry Pulling/Sailing Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) strip planked 0
16' Chestnut Kruger Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
17' 1" Nipmuc Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) strip planked 0
17' 11" Outer Island Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) strip planked 0
17' Disko Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Fire Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Rangeley Double Ender Newfound Woodworks Row 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Sea Wolf Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Spirit Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Traveler Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
18' 2" White Guide Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) strip planked 0
18' 4" North Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) strip planked 0
18' 5" Liz Pulling/Sculling Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) strip planked 0
Albatros 26 BCA Demco Sail 8 m (26′ 3″) strip planked 0
Albatros 32 BCA Demco Sail 9.8 m (32′ 2″) strip planked 0
Albatros 36 BCA Demco Sail 11 m (36′ 1″) strip planked 0
Aletheia BCA Demco Sail 7.8 m (25′ 7″) strip planked 0
Aleutesque Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
All Water Fifteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
All Water Seventeen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
All Water Thirteen Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Amigo Glen-L Marine Sail 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Big Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Day Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Pack Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) strip planked 0
Angler's Trip Ashes Still Water Boats Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
Baby Baggie BCA Demco Sail 3.04 m (10′ 0″) strip planked 0
Bigakat 12 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 12′ 2″ (3.72 m) strip planked 0
Capriccio BCA Demco Power 6.42 m (21′ 1″) strip planked 0
Columbia Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Cottage Cruiser Steve Killing Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) strip planked 0
Daysailer 24 BCA Demco Sail 7.31 m (24′ 0″) strip planked 0
Daysailer 30 BCA Demco Sail 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Denali Solo White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Eagle Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) strip planked 0
Eclipse Woods Designs Multihull 9.9 m (32′ 6″) strip planked 0
Endeavour Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Expedition Single Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip planked 0
Fast Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) strip planked 0
Freedom 17 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Freedom 17-9 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) strip planked 0
Glen-L 11 Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 2″ (3.4 m) strip planked 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.