The Best One Sheet Plywood Boat Ever (probably)! Plans Available.

We're heading towards building a full size dory rowing boat, but on the way we stopped off to build one from one sheet of ply - and it's pretty good!
Thanks to Will and Clare and Joe.
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[@johnkramer5905]

I built a simpler one like this for my 5 yr old son 32 years ago from plans by "dynamite Peyson". most dangerous craft ever launched but the kids learned to swim quickly and had lots of fun.

[@colinlothlorian]

I still have a copy of the book somewhere.

[@michaelwalling8281]

I had similar results. Does the video maker mention the instability of this design? I had fun building this one but not so much fun floating it. With 2 smallish people aboard it was a little scary. I think this perou would work ok for pushing around the bayou as long as the gators aren't about.

[@davidcarnahan3173]

@@colinlothlorian .,? ?,

[@forcesightknight]

I told my uncle you can make a bass boat out of a sheet of plywood, him and his stupid wife laughed at me behind my back talking about it. More of a John boat design, has even less waste. But I knew it was possible, I saw my design in a old old popular mechanics craft book. My dad had a shelf full of them. Thanks for posting, great job sir. Smooth "sailing" to you.

[@alanfeil2900]

I made one from that plan. I lent the drawing to another guy, he made one too. I think a bit longer would be better. Popular Mech. Sept 1981. A bit small for any waves.

[@robertbrander2074]

Great Fun Project ....... Put a 1" x 2" Keel down the Center and it will track better , protect the Bottom , plus wobble less so you can add a Seat ...... I built one 16' feet long out of 1/4" inch ply like that ... It was a real sturdy boat , but tippy til we added a Keel .... Thanks for the Video ! Cheers !

[@Nighthawkinlight]

That looks like a ton of fun!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Over to you now, Ben? Can you make a better one?!

[@xsbxsbxsb]

@@WayOutWestx2 You did a grand job! How much does it actually weigh?

[@riaschildt7834]

@@xsbxsbxsb At 6.05 he says the boat weights about 15 pounds/ 7 kilos. Nice work.

[@centauri9458]

Lovely little boat.

[@justeauanka6017]

A sweet comedy with a happy successful ending. More of a pond or lake boat but as a 'child who can swim craft' to use as a macreler, perfect! Best wishes

[@joshuadunn882]

A lovely day out at Snamh Beach..... It looks a bit chilly in that black Coomhola River estuary water. Great looking wee boat. Great fun for kids - big and small. Crazy light.....unbelievable

[@pamelacourtney8998]

That was fun to watch. Will you make a larger one to harvest mackerel in. You have such wonderful friends to help you. Blessings to all. 💕

[@WayOutWestx2]

That's the plan!

[@aniquinstark4347]

I love challenges like this. Giving yourself design constraints forces you to be creative. Necessity is the mother of invention.

[@davidnyc487]

You are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place and with wonderful friends.

[@peterjensen1229]

Brilliant job Tim. There is nothing like a wooden boat. My most prized possession is a stitch and glue kayak I built 20 some years ago. If I sat in your boat I would have negative freeboard! Cheers!

[@ZrubekFamily]

Take some of the scrap and make a skeg (or whatever it is called) on the bottom to keep it going straight.

[@flupsdarups3897]

Its called a keel

[@babboon5764]

@@flupsdarups3897 Nope, that's something else again. Skeg's a kind of fin located well back. Given the shallow draft locating it on the transom with a flip up facility (just bolt it to two brackets) might be best?

[@bisbonian1183]

Delightful video. Nice looking boat. "There is nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

[@WayOutWestx2]

Well said!

[@sarahvegangarden4822]

Ratty said, dreamily ...

[@Skammee]

Cute little water bug of a craft . Everyone came back smiling !

[@PACstove]

Ok bro's. Cool boat. New challenge. Make two of them for a pontoon sail boat using 2-4 sheets, aaaaand go!

[@stevewhitehart5795]

Spooky this video should pop up in my "recommended" list, Will is the man who taught me how to use a CNC router years ago in Cardigan. As soon as I saw the finger jointed plywood I knew, Will used that to good effect on yachts up to 25ft.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Yes, small world! Cardigan's loss is west Cork's gain. I'll tell him you were looking in..

[@BelisariaHald]

Your videos always make me smile and your crafting skills are amazing!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you!

[@BirdYoumans]

OK. I smiled all the way thru. Happy little boat!

[@39knights]

When I built mine I used a suggestion to use plastic zip-ties to help hold it together. Bonus is you can fibreglass over them and simply cut off the excess.

[@peekoute6377]

Keep them coming. Enjoy and appreciate your simple approach to small boat building as well as your narratives

[@WayOutWestx2]

That's the plan!

[@normanboyes4983]

Just love your videos.😀👍, I smile all the way through them.

[@leifvejby8023]

Madness of the best kind! Single sheet boat building is lots of fun, but I'd never believed you could build a single sheet dory, I'm impressed. My single sheet is shorter and beamier v-bottom for more buoyancy.

[@olddog6658]

quick build that. Looks like a small northwest coast "Drift Boat" & a Nantucket dory. I had a few a those over 35 yr. fishing rivers in WA & OR. 16' footers 3 wood & 2 aluminum... 50 pound salmon and you'd have a jet boat.......

[@IIVVBlues]

A while back, I built a very similar craft using two sheets of 4 X 8 marine plywood. It was patterned after a Louisiana Pirogue, which is a small dory style swamp boat. It had the problem of very little freeboard, but I used to take it out rowing in the Puget Sound near Tacoma, WA. I also rigged it with a lateen sail and sailed it on some Oregon reservoirs, but its real strength was as a row boat. It could float in about 2 - 3 inches of water. I was able to pole it in the tide flats when tide was out and not even a canoe had sufficient buoyancy. 8 years ago i agreed to sell it and I have regretted it ever since. It was 15 feet long and about 2 feet wide amid ship. I just may have to make another one.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Sounds like you need to make another one soon. We'll be doing the same - aiming for 12'

[@colinlothlorian]

I built a scale Dingle Curragh about the same size but with a bit more freeboard. I eventually added a fixed rudder that hooked over the gunwhale at the stern which made a huge difference to the longitudinal stability, it would actually go in a straight line without constantly correcting it. I also found thole pins easier to use than rowlocks, mainly as they fix the pivot point.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I subscribed to you a long time ago because of your catamaran video and stayed around because of your other wonderful videos. I like this boat. I live in a small 1 bedroom apartment with a screened 2nd floor balcony and have been looking for a small boat to keep at home to row and maybe sail. I have seen a few 2 pice boats that might work and recently saw the mini Auray punt online. I think it is also a 1 sheet boat. I have also thought about a duck punt cut into two pieces and used as bookshelves at home and reassemble as a punt when used in the water. thumbs up! on your dory.

[@WayOutWestx2]

If your ceilings were high enough you might be able to hang it up there when not in use - it would make a fine lampshade : - )

[@evabloecher]

Fantastic Tim - I am really impressed. Nothing can stop you from trying new things, wonderful.

[@DIYdiacsnFarmstead]

Tim in a Nutshell, höhöhö This looks really accessible! This would be a fun Thing to build/use with our 4/5 Year olds. Thanks for the Plans!

[@Godshole]

I've never seen anyone age a child using fractions before. What a brilliant idea!

[@DIYdiacsnFarmstead]

@@Godshole I am from Germany, i feel ashamed. Metric ftw!

[@Godshole]

@@DIYdiacsnFarmstead HA ha ha, no reason to be ashamed, metric works too. I believe that would make the child 0.8 or 0.HoHoHoHoHoHoHoHo

[@ItAintMeBabe99]

What a fantastic little boat. Great job.

[@johnstephen7557]

Wonderful project boys! It's a beautiful shape!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Steve!

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yay Team ! What an excellent little Rowboat..., brilliant. When I was about 13 my father's flat-bottomed plywood Rowboat copped a honegrown Gaff-Rig with a Rudder & one Leeboard - which only sailed well when the Board was indeed on the leeward side (!), until it dismasted itself with snappage after 3 months in a Boatshed & Woodworm got into the (Sapling) Mast....; and after that one was presented with a Sabot that had a Bowsprit & Jib - withna Whisker-Pole (!). The Hull was 8 ft long, so I was pretty much too big for it from the start.., but as it was rigged for a crew of 2, one teenager could be pretty bloody busy (!). Your little thing looked as if it could benefit by having the Rowlocks redesigned to raise the Pivot-Point higher up off the Water - maybe 6 inches, which would then better enable you to lift the Blades out of the Water, & thus avoid "Catching a Crab" in choppy water...(?). The video of you being lifted by the heaving choppy Cross-Swells off the Beach, in that little thing, reminded me of the one time my friend who managed the old Sydney City Heliport at Darling Harbour (circa 1981) let me borrow the 12-ft Aluminium "Tinnie" which was their official "Rescue Boat" for dealing with possible Heligoflopswimming events (!)...; but when he had no expected movements for 5 hours he let me play with it - and I stretched the friendship somewhat by taking it down to the edge of Circular Quay to look at the Opera House from under the Harbour Bridge... I don't think I actually breached any Maritime Rules of Navigation (?), but the Ferry-Wakes were pretty exciting, and I probably should have worn the Life-Jacket but I left it back at the Heliport in case Old Mate had to suddenly rescue anyone while I was Expeditioning... Little Boats are seriously thrilling, when they're in water which isn't flat...; if one knows what one's doing and enjoys doing it anyway, kinda thing. Do you know anything about Mutant (Red) Silver-Beets ? About half my tiny planting of a dozen has had 6 of the Plants having various shades of Pink Stems, going from pale pastel to brightly fluorescent...; and I'm slightly unsure which end of them to eat, the Leaves or the Roots ? I posted a video of them a couple of dayze ago, if you feel like a bit of a giggle. Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ah, yes. Some of the best memories are made on the water : - )

[@WarblesOnALot]

@@WayOutWestx2 When I was 13 if I'd built a Hang Glider they'd have locked me up..., whereas a Sailboat is effectively the biggest Aerofoil which a kid is permitted to play with in public places (!)...., no supervision required kinda thing. Such is Life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

That’s a wild experiment. I’m glad you shared it!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Yes it was!

[@samvalentine3206]

What a fantastic fun piece of work - and all that from a single sheet of plywood! Amazing! Well done, Tim, Sandra, Will, Clare and Joe! Bravo! It does seem to be more of a fair-weather friend, but we have to hand it to your gumption and bravery! The next one will be even better. Hopefully it didn't put you in the poor house to make it. What does Hairy Henry think? Whinny neigh neigh? 👍

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Guys. Every penny (about €30?) was money well spent, don't you think? : - )

[@grahamsymonds2489]

Such a lovely show. No health and safety, just us kids watching this.

[@kennethkowalchuk7868]

What fun! I once used a dory to tow my 16 X 8 feet floating houseboat to a dry dock nearby. Meant to be a seaworthy design.

[@halibut1249]

If you can make that from one sheet of ply, and learn a heck of alot in the process, imagine what a solid and usable rowboat you could make without the lumber restriction. Such as: higher freeboard esp in the middle, maybe a seat, maybe a vertical transom that could hold a low h.p. motor?? Maybe even a dagger board keel and sail mast?? Nice work. I had never heard of this single-ply contest. All your seams worked fine.

[@pathardage1880]

How absolutely delightful. Thank you.

[@blackwater4707]

Amazing. 'That frisson of fear' lol. I have definitely felt that in shallow black water. There's nothing quite so terrifying as wondering what could be lurking beneath.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Exciting though, isn't it?!

[@OneDullMan]

Great little project!! Not one for rough seas, but still lots of fun.

[@sticky59]

I like the lines of that ...... looking forward to seeing the full size version soon.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Just waiting for warmer weather..

[@offgridcabinbelgium]

Wonderful. 2 of these, think catamaran. Can't wait to see that

[@johnmcdyer7297]

Just brilliant thanks for posting

[@WayOutWestx2]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@leilanistillwell8661]

WOW ! This is FANTASTIC 💕💕

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you so much!!

[@loki1066]

You could charge to cut them out for people😉 This chap sounds like he should be narrating the 'Clangers'😸

[@sabo55]

I built a 1 sheet wonder as well a while back it really is great fun :)

[@wernerfeil7900]

Cool! My Grandpa call it "Ruckswilli".

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

Welcome to the TinyBoat/MiniBoat World! 😁👍✌ Use surgical "jell" pad, only 1/2" thick but great on the bum! 🤪🤣👍✌

[@johnemmons9087]

I’ve built some boats and this one you did is awesome! Thank you!

[@JaQuettaTinson]

❤❤ I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@GaryBoyd02]

That was a fun video! Your always up to something!

[@astrazenica7783]

One of those little electric outboard motors for kayak anglers would be cool. The ones with foot pedal throttle

[@jigsey.]

Fantastic video.. Best I've seen this year.. Your cnc is mighty

[@WayOutWestx2]

Glad you liked it!

[@johnmorgan9435]

I really enjoy your inventive adventures!

[@rong1924]

Somehow he makes building and rowing a small boat sound like a children's fairy tale book.

[@eckosters]

Fabulous! It really looks like a little boat folded from paper. And yes, you must design and build one that will be good enough for racing :)))

[@salimufari]

I could see putting a top skirt or deck on top & turn that shell into a mini kayak.

[@jamesparsons9437]

Agreed, even a canvas skirt would be amazing.

[@imeldakennington1047]

made one with one sheet of ply 13 feet long.same problem as you . no freeboard.. got a sheet of 2mm ply and turned it into a kayak.14 stone person no problem. curved it oyer the top. Derek

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Neat boat!

[@arjenhillenius1917]

Now that's a boat! Great. I found it even in the wild water, behaving quite well. Too bad Sandra wasn't there. Could you introduce Will to us? Will he be joining you with more projects to come? Wishing you all the best over there.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Arjen. Sandra was just too busy and it's hard to find the window in the weather these days. Will's a busy man too - but I hope he'll pop up often.

[@CoolBreeze640]

Surprisingly nimble and fast little nutshell!

[@martinsto8190]

With Tim trying to find a good way to build a flash steam boiler it will only be a matter of time until he makes a little steam powered boat.

[@NicoSmets]

That was quite the adventure.

[@Mrsstick07]

Another great video. Your both so clever, looked like great fun. 😀

[@johnfrancis9668]

What a joy.

[@Patmac74]

Looks like a folding boat I was once given. Brilliant design. Mine was sunk by someone in bray harbour several years ago unfortunately

[@WayOutWestx2]

Time to make a new one?

[@Patmac74]

I'd love to seeing as I now live on the West Coast. We will have to see

[@Miata822]

Lovely video and a clever little boat!

[@JereForsyth]

How much fun is this!

[@mistypeppercorn914]

Tim, you could steam 2×1 lengths of timber and clamp them on to mold them overnight. I wonder would putting pitch pine on the bottom make it more stable ?

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks !

[@jenhofmann]

You inspire me with your creativity!

[@robertvezina3669]

Lovely Lines. Well Done!

[@j-mo2453]

It’s interesting how many variations to the same square footage and comparable available volume there are. I don’t perceive much variation in what they can carry, just how it performs. I’m interested how they take on water and stand a boat wake. Some are surely more easily swamped. Lol

[@thegonepotties]

wow amazing, very clever 😊😎👍

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Built one very similar years ago. Most unstable craft ever and shortly thereafter it ended up in the fire. Maybe yours is dimensionally better? I should have stuck with the 2 - sheet, flat bottom punt about 8’.

[@hntrains2]

That machine is awesome! I want one!! The boat: how about a wider bottom (for increased stability) and redesigned, higher sides (for increased freeboard)? P.S. Funny narration, too!

[@TheDelamoir]

Now to figure out how to power it with a giant spring...

[@genekloszewski5484]

Good dory design !

[@WayOutWestx2]

I think so too!

[@antoniescargo1529]

Leuk bootje.

[@cocospops9351]

Greetings from way out east (meath). Love your vids. You have some awesome tools 👍

[@WayOutWestx2]

never enough!

[@cpobyrne1]

Great craic, well done!

[@CarlDoucet-jm5kq]

You should try to used it like a kayak look cool though

[@garywahle581]

Great video

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks!

[@johnhighstreet5199]

How could anyone dislike this video? Seriously, that was adorable.

[@bankayhoodlum]

...because people are cunt wagons

[@TheMborax]

I know! I loved it. He should be hosting a series of children's learning shows! Brilliant! :)

[@Schralenberger]

I'd go at it the other way, and paddle it like a canoe. great build though. Perfect small boat , from one sheet.

[@michiganmoto7687]

Cover the top and make a cockpit seat and you’d have a fun little kayak. 👍🏻

[@boatman6865]

You should go out Bantry Harbour and take a trip around the Fastnet

[@MIck1-10]

Brilliant

[@KingsCrossVIP]

Wonderful

[@joelkoonce8559]

Top job Mate !!!

[@richiestack2857]

Hey any more updates on this boat and design? Great videos very interesting, I have a kayak myself and would love to make something similar myself

[@WayOutWestx2]

I wish I had the time to make a larger version

[@kmilton1593]

Well done !

[@losttribe3001]

Can I suggest cutting a series of very large holes in the floor of the boat to save further on the weight?

[@richardelliott9511]

Might effect the free board a wee bit.

[@grahamsymonds2489]

Love the narrator 😆

[@jeimanc5740]

Ang galing..good joob my frnd..🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@royormonde3682]

Interesting little boat, I'm looking to build one for a river close by and I like the design but maybe one sheet is too small for me. I think your oars are too big, smaller boat, smaller oars I would think, plus the weight of them way out like that contributes to it's wobble.

[@randycrowe4978]

If you place pool noodles on the top edges, it would add an inch or two to the height and may be more stable?

[@WayOutWestx2]

It might look a little strange though?

[@davidh7613]

Pool noodles/fenders?

[@randycrowe4978]

@@WayOutWestx2 fiberglass and paint them?

[@reidcooke7334]

Fusing this with another of your projects i see you could attach those left-over ply bits into a rear stabilizer for ease of boarding/wheel barrow handle attachment spot :)

[@DustySplinters]

Looks like lots of fun...

[@Schralenberger]

The lack of a CNC shouldn't deter anyone either. Just go at it Old School, and use a sabre saw, or hand router. For the saw you just need a good eye, and to clean it with a plane, or rasp. the router you just screw in a furring strip as a guide. You need to know your offset for the guide. so try a few scraps out, to gain the right measure of the offset.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

they really need a 2 sheet plywood boat contest to be worth anything

[@force1253]

first meeting of the WBYC (Wet Bottom Yacht Club)!