Here is a boat that uses 1 entire sheet of ply for the bottom and the rest is 1x12.
One sheet plywood jon 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.
This is the max displacement i can get from one sheet of ply and still call it a boat and not a box.
In the video link for the first page you can see how to cut out the various parts for the boat.
The boat has a 5 deg deadrise.
The water line is 950 lbs.
In particular many boats for children have been built this way.
1 24 inch by 96 inch sheet for bottom bow and stern this part we further cut into three parts.
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Depending on where you live in the world there are several standard sizes for plywood.
In this case we mostly refer to the 4 feet x 8 feet sheets.
The sides transoms and seats can be cut from about 36 board feet of 1x12 and 4 board feet of 1x8.
Surprisingly elegant and ingenious crafts have been built using only one sheet of plywood.
You will need to make the following cuts.
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