Build your child's love for adventure with our "Io" Childs Kayak Plans. With just one sheet of plywood, this DIY weekend project is small, easy to build, and lightweight for ultimate fun on the water. Give your kid the gift of exploration and use your creative building skills. The plans for this boat are available for free. The instructions are also free at Instructables.com or the printed plans come with a manual. You can also find a writeup of this build at Makezine.com Included in the PDF Plans: One Full Size Panel Pattern including: An overall drawing, and patterns for all the panels. Building Ganymede and the Jupiter Point Series of Kayaks: This complete instruction manual written by Nick Schade guides you through the simple build process. This file requires a large format printer to make hardcopies. You may also try tiling the printing on a smaller printer. If you don't want to do that Full Size Printed Plans are available Here. Included in the Free Offsets: One 8.5"x11" Drawing With Dimensions including: Offset measurements and dimesions so you can draw out the full size plans. All dimensions in metric and Imperial. Included in the DXF CAD/CAM/CNC: One .dxf AutoCAD file including: All panels laid out to fit on one sheet of US Standard 4'x8' sheet of plywood. A Note About Safety: Going out onto the water in a small boat is risky. Even experienced boaters die due to simple mistakes when they venture away from shore. This kayak is for kids to have fun paddling under close adult supervision, yet bad stuff can happen even when you are watching. If you build this boat and let a young child use it, you need to understand that it is not "SAFE". Water can drown, wood can hit hard, sharp edges can cut. Be careful making and using this boat.
