![]() ![]() The preferred material for this construction is 4 mm thick okoume marine plywood, covered with a 6-ounce per square yard fiberglass cloth coated with an epoxy resin. The wires are removed and the whole thing is covered in a layer of fiberglass cloth and the cloth is saturated with epoxy resin to make it strong and waterproof. With the panels held in their intended shape with the wire the plywood is permanently glued together. The stitch-and-glue (S&G) method use plywood panels cut to shape that are temporarily wired together with copper wire. The construction is done with a technique called “stitch-and-glue” and is built from thin plywood. I have blog post on that discusses the Io design specifically. Chesapeake Light Craft makes high quality boat kits they offer a complete kit for Ganymede if you don't want to scrounge materials on your own. The free plans for this are also available. I've also drawn it up as a 7' childs boat I call "Io" that can be made out of a single sheet of plywood. You can download free plans from my website. Plans are currently available for Ganymede a 13' recreational kayak that uses 3 sheets of plywood. With a simple 3-panel hull and unique 3-panel deck, the boats are quick to assemble, have a lot of character and perform very well. The Jupiter Point series of kayak designs are intended as easy-to-build, fun-to-paddle, versatile collection of kayaks.
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