One Sheet Plywood Jon Boat

Here is a boat that uses 1 entire sheet of ply for the bottom and the rest is 1x12.

One sheet plywood jon boat.

Http easy build your dream boat bestmethods info the easiest way to build your boat now you can build yo. Depending on where you live in the world there are several standard sizes for plywood. In particular many boats for children have been built this way. The sides transoms and seats can be cut from about 36 board feet of 1x12 and 4 board feet of 1x8.

In this case we mostly refer to the 4 feet x 8 feet sheets. This is the max displacement i can get from one sheet of ply and still call it a boat and not a box. The boat has a 5 deg deadrise. 1 24 inch by 96 inch sheet for bottom bow and stern this part we further cut into three parts.

The easiest way to build your boat. 1 18 inch by 24 inch part for the bow 1 12 inch by 24 inch part for the stern 1 24 inch by 66 inch part for the bottom. You are limited to one sheet of plywood two 2x4 s one roll of duct tape one pound of fasteners and no other adhsieves. In the video link for the first page you can see how to cut out the various parts for the boat.

Surprisingly elegant and ingenious crafts have been built using only one sheet of plywood. The town i live in has a boat building racing contest every year. The challenge to this contest is the materials you are allowed to use as well as the ones you are not.