20 Best Boat Building Blogs and Websites
Boat Building Blogs
Here are 20 Best Boat Building Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. DIY Wood Boat Blog
Hi, I am Timmy. The Wooden Boat Blog brings you the latest stories from other boat restorers and builders plus advice and tips on building and restoring Wooden Boats, and boats for sale. Make your Wooden Boat project a success and avoid some of the mistakes that I made.
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4 posts / month Get Email Contact
2. Chesapeake Light Craft Blog
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Chesapeake Light Craft helps you build boats. If this is your first boatbuilding project, you'll find on this site a trove of boat designs conceived just for you, and more importantly, an organization devoted to helping builders of all skill levels. If you've never built a boat before in your life, Chesapeake Light Craft places at your disposal all of the resources to make it the experience of a lifetime.
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30.1K⋅ 1.3K ⋅1 post / month Get Email Contact
3. Multihull Blog
Seattle, Washington, US
This blog features the Multihull Design work of Kurt Hughes. Kurt has been designing multi-hulls both large and small for many years. Providing plans and support for building US Coast Guard-certified charter catamarans is a specialty.
multihullblog.com
1 post / week Get Email Contact
4. Duckworks Blog
Port Townsend, Washington, US
Duckworks Boat Builders Supply has just about everything a boat builder needs. It can help you with epoxy, fiberglass, paint, marine hardware, rope, tools, and loads of other gear and has boat plans from over 50 designers, from the smallest dinghy to ocean-going vessels. We offer proprietary designs like the Portage Pram, exclusive top-quality products like our 2-piece carbon XPL Oars, and hard-to-find replacement parts like those for the West Wight Potter.
duckworks.com/blog
962 ⋅1 post / quarter Get Email Contact
5. Port Townsend Watercraft Blog
Port Townsend, Washington, US
PT Watercraft is located in Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula in NW Washington. It is the partnership of Ashlyn & Russell Brown, desiring to bring modern and innovative designs to the home boat builder.
ptwatercraft.com/blog
1 post / week Get Email Contact
6. SAIL Magazine » Sailboat DIY And Repair Tips
Boston, Massachusetts, US
SAIL Magazine is the magazine of record on the sailing way of life. Whether it's cruising, racing, or lifestyle, our editorial mission is to inspire, educate and entertain sailors of every kind and to celebrate the sport in words and images. Explore our DIY repair and maintenance tips in this section.
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55.1K⋅ 41.2K ⋅2 posts / month Get Email Contact
7. Fretwater Boatworks Blog
Hi, my name is Brad. In 2008, after decades of having nowhere to build large objects, I built Fretwater Boatworks. We build a lot of boats-many on consignment, and some just for the fun of it.We believe in traditional framed construction, for both strength and aesthetic reasons. We frame with traditional Port Orford cedar. We use top-grade marine plywood for decks and hulls, and eastern ash for gunwales.
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80 ⋅1 post / month Get Email Contact
8. Free Boat Building Plan Blog
Hi, I am Rob. In my blog, I write about boatbuilding, (free) boat plans, tools, materials, books about boats, and basically about having fun on the water. One of the biggest collections of free wooden boat plans online. Currently, there are 163 free plans on this site. You can find free plans for free plywood skiffs, dinghies, canoes, Jon boats, pirogues, dories, modified inflatable boats, and many more.
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4 ⋅11 posts / year Get Email Contact
9. Adventure Marine Blog
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Adventure Marine Manufacturing Inc. started in 1974 with the vision of improving existing boating accessories for dinghy's and outboard motors. We are committed to building high-quality marine parts that would enhance the boating experience. The company is more dedicated than ever before to supply the world's best dinghy and boating accessories. We are globally focused and enthusiastic about boating.
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121⋅ 5 ⋅2 posts / year Get Email Contact
10. Small Boat School Blog
Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hi, my name is Mikkel Pagh. Tips and thoughts about building and sailing small wooden boats. Learning boatbuilding doesn't have to be hard. Actually, it might be one of the most fun and rewarding things you will ever do. I will give you the skills, support and confidence you need to succeed.
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3 posts / quarter Get Email Contact
11. Smithy's Boatshed Blog
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
I've had a long career building, repairing and restoring wooden boats, and although I've retired from commercial work I can't stop building boats. This site shows a lot of the boats I have worked on, as well as the current one I'm building. There's stuff also about my years of teaching boatbuilding, about boat festivals and about the history of the eighteen-footers and open boat racing in Sydney.
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3 posts / year Get Email Contact
12. The Unlikely Boat Builder Blog
Huntington Station, New York, US
An account of an unhandy man's quest to build and sail small wooden sailing boats. Read everyday discoveries, events, weather, and more here.
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30 posts / year Get Email Contact
13. SV Tapatya Blog
Germany
Hi, I am Tony. Our mission is to build a capable, affordable cruising boat with readily-available skills, materials, equipment and facilities. If, like me, you dream of getting out there and sailing/cruising the world's waters, this blog/site aims to show my approach to how to do just that. Capable cruising boats should not be limited to the reach of the rich and privileged.
svtapatya.com
1 post / month Get Email Contact
14. Harryproa Blog » Boatbuilding
Runaway Bay, Queensland, Australia
In the following section of Boatbuilding, the experts share articles related to Boatbuilding and answer different queries.It has long been observed that the main requirements of any boat are space, speed and low cost and that while any two of these are possible in a particular boat, all three are not. Harrys are definitely different! They are also the least possible boat for a given length, which also makes them potentially the fastest and lowest cost.
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1.3K⋅ 28 ⋅5 posts / year Get Email Contact
15. Bear Mountain Boat Blog
Westport, Ontario, Canada
The official Bear Mountain Boats blog featuring stories, events, and advice from experienced builders. My partner Joan Barrett and I, Ted Moores, have over 40 years of experience building wooden boats that combine classic lines with the most advanced marine technologies. Our workshop produces C4 and C15 sprint racing canoes, prototypes for production designs, elegant one-off custom boats, as well as repairs and restorations of historically significant craft.
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4.3K ⋅2 posts / quarter Get Email Contact
16. Boston Boatworks Blog
Charlestown, Massachusetts, US
Boston BoatWorks, LLC was founded by Mark Lindsay, Scott Smith, and Geoff Berger in 1996 to bring the high-tech composites skills and 20-year experience of Lindsay Boatbuilders to a broader market. For more than two decades, Boston BoatWorks has been focused on building the best. Using advanced composite materials and methods, we have been leading the industry toward building boats that are faster, stronger, lighter, more durable and more fun.
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785 ⋅3 posts / year Get Email Contact
17. The Tardis Project Blog
Guilford, Connecticut, US
Building a Wooden Trailerable Trawler. This site is about building a 28-foot wooden 'trailerable trawler' designed by Mark Smaalders. It's a new design, so no one has ever built one before, although a slightly different design by Mark is now being built in Germany.
mvtardis.com
1 post / month Get Email Contact
18. Dan Lee Boatbuilding Blog
Cotswolds, England, UK
Welcome to my boat-building blog. Boats and wood have both been passions of mine since a very young age and I love the combination where the two meet. In this section of my website, I select a project that I have been working on and highlight it in more detail and explain the process I followed. I hope you find the content interesting. I will also be posting the latest news on what is happening with Dan Lee Boatbuilding.
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2K ⋅1 post / year Get Email Contact
19. Greyfalcon Boat Building Blog
Hi! I'm Grey Falcon. I worked as a fashion photographer in London and in 2000, I briefly moved into television commercials before being hooked on the beautiful 'superyachts' that were being built. The blog will be updated reasonably often and certainly as long as the build continues and is looking good. Read about my latest builds, project updates, products, and more.
greyfalcon.info
1 post / year Get Email Contact
20. Home Made Boat Building Blog
Ogden, Utah, US
My name is Rodney Hughes. I am the owner of Homemade Boat Building. I am a retired master carpenter/master cabinet maker, forester, machinist, welder, small engine mechanic, diesel mechanic, and draftsman. This website is just a compilation of my combined personal experiences and resources that I have gathered over the years
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1.1K ⋅4 posts / year Get Email Contact
Boat Building Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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Kurt | multihullblog.com | 19 | |
The Unlikely Boatbuilder | unlikelyboatbuilder.com | 18 | |
Matt Snell | bearmountainboats.ca/blogs/bear-mountain-boats | 18 | |
Brdfrd | fretwaterboatworks.com/category/news | 17 | |
Ashlyn Brown | ptwatercraft.com/blog | 16 | |
Memsahibsvoyage | mvtardis.com | 13 | |
Rob M. | freeboatbuildingplans.com/blog | 11 | |
Greyfalcon | greyfalcon.info | 10 | |
Bbwadmin | bostonboatworks.com/blog | 9 | |
Greg | adventuremarine.ca/blog | 7 | |
Hmbb_2021 | homemadeboatbuilding.com/blog | 5 | |
Dan Lee | danleeboatbuilding.co.uk/blog | 4 | |
Joan Barrett | bearmountainboats.ca/blogs/bear-mountain-boats | 2 | |
Rachel | adventuremarine.ca/blog | 2 | |
Kate Partridge | adventuremarine.ca/blog | 1 | |
Scott Smith | bostonboatworks.com/blog | 1 | |
Matthew | multihullblog.com | 1 |
Boat Building Blog Topics
Topic | Number of posts |
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Design Questions | 15 |
Designs | 8 |
Nesting Dinghy | 6 |
Boating | 6 |
Kit Options | 5 |
Boatbuilding | 5 |
Rowboat | 5 |
Sailboat | 5 |
Nesting-PT 11 Updates | 5 |
Building Blogs | 4 |
Harryproa | 4 |
Dinghy | 4 |
Simple | 4 |
Project Spotlights | 4 |
Instructional | 4 |
Events | 4 |
Catamaran | 3 |
Charter Catamarans | 3 |
Projects | 3 |
Small | 3 |
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