I built this boat in the summer of 2021. It is built from normal construction plywood and epoxy. Boat specifications: Design based on the Tewantin by Tim Weston: 3,4 m long and 1,5 m wide, final weight is 88 kg. Around 6 hp is a good motor size and the boat can safely take 3 persons (probably more). It planes with 1 person and my electric motor (ca 5 hp), but with more people in the boat it does not get up on plane with the electric motor. Materials list: - 6 mm pine plywood, 4 sheets 1,4 x 2,5 m - 9 mm spruce plywood, 2 sheets 1,4 x 2,5 m - About 10 kg of epoxy - Some glass fibre sheet, 160 g/m² - Polyurethane paint, 2 liters (1 litre per side of the boat) - Some planks, screws, etc... The total material cost was around 1000€. Overall I am happy with how it turned out, the only problems I see are that: - It is a bit heavy (I could have used thinner plywood and less wooden details, but the boat
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