Built & Launched is a brand-new registry dedicated to preserving the boats people build and the stories behind them. Help us grow the fleet—add your home-built boat and become part of the registry from the beginning.
The Registry of Home-Built Boats
EST. 2026
Every Boat Has a Build Story.
Discover the boats people built themselves—and the craftsmanship, plans, people and stories behind every launch.
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Already Built
Add it to the registry
Built it yourself? Add your boat, document the build, share what you learned, and become part of the growing homebuilt boat registry.
She does not have to be finished — a boat can be entered the day the plans arrive.
Thinking About It
See how others did it
Explore real homebuilt boats, follow build stories, compare designs, learn from other builders, and find inspiration for your own project.
The Registry, in Numbers
Happening Now
New photographs, build notes, launches and questions from across the fleet.
Their first boat, Little Toe, is now on the register.
Numerous modifications to the excellent plans provided by Berkeley that increase its size and robustness.
One of the first fifty people to open an account with the register.
Launch Day
Fresh from the workshop and finally on the water.
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Oldest Boat
Build Story
Peregrine 18 · Travelers Rest, South Carolina, United States
My first try at glued lapstrake construction
Read the Build Story →By Kind of Boat
Every kind of craft a builder has made float, counted as the registry finds them.
Happening in the Sheds
What home boat builders are working on right now.
Little Toe
Candu E-Z
5 new photographs
14 days ago
Little Toe
Candu E-Z
A new photograph
15 days ago
Pearl Lynn
Candu E-Z
2 new photographs
17 days ago
Pearl Lynn
Candu E-Z
1st launch of the Pearl Lynn
17 days ago
KATE
Candu E-Z
9 new photographs
24 days ago
KATE
Candu E-Z
Forward Rubrail and Aft Bulkhead
24 days ago
Sister Ships
See how different builders interpret the same design.
Candu E-Z
Designed by Berkeley Eastman
4 registered vessels built to these plans
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Newest Boat
The Work
The Atlas
From backyard workshops to waterways around the world.
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Records
Facts the register can work out about itself — not a popularity contest.
Oldest Registered Build
Begun September 2009
Power Dinghy
Newest Launch
Launched 12 September 2026
Candu E-Z
Most Recent Build Update
1st launch of the Pearl Lynn · 17 days ago
Candu E-Z
Largest Vessel
34 ft overall
EndeavorCat 34 Cutdown
Take Me Somewhere A vessel at random, from anywhere in the fleet.
The Registry
Registered
A permanent registry entry with its own number, specifications, hailing port and history — from mini tugs and steam launches to cruising ketches and cedar canoes. A boat does not have to be launched to join.
Documented
Photographs from the lofting floor to the launch ramp, a dated build journal, and the hours, materials and decisions behind her. The story is the point.
Discovered
Explore by design, material, type or water. Find sister ships built from the same plans on the other side of the world, and see the whole fleet on one chart.
Your Turn
Whether she's still taking shape in your garage or has been on the water for forty years, her story belongs here.
