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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 99 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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13' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) lapstrake 0
15' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake 0
16' Chestnut Kruger Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
17' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) lapstrake 0
18 ft Canoe Yawl Iota , Catboat or Gaff Sloop Benford Design Group Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) cold molded 0
18' 2" White Guide Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) strip planked 0
23 ft Canoe Yawl Benford Design Group Sail 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) Airex cored fiberglass or cold molded 0
Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) plywood 0
BETH Sailing Canoe Storer Boat Plans Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood 0
Birder Decked Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Eureka 155 Canoe Storer Boat Plans Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Expedition Sailing Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Sail 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) stitch and glue 0
Flyfisher 13 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe Storer Boat Plans Sail 15′ 7″ (4.74 m) plywood 0
Little Chief Canoe Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a n/a 0
Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe Dudley Dix Yacht Design Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 12 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin 14 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Moccasin Double Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Motor Canoe Butler Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Nice Canoe 16 Bateau Paddle n/a n/a 0
Nymph 10 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) strip planked 0
Nymph 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) strip planked 0
Peace Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Quick Canoe 155 Storer Boat Plans Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood 0
Quick Canoe Electric Storer Boat Plans Power n/a plywood 0
Redwood Canoe Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Sailing Canoe Grandpa's Archive Sail n/a n/a 0
Sassafras 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Sassafras 16 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Stillaguamish Tribe 26 Foot Canoe Devlin Paddle 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Stillaguamish Tribe 36 Foot Canoe Devlin Paddle 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Swift Canoe 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Storer Boat Plans Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
Waterlust Sailing Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 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.