'FlyPly' - How to build a 'tortured ply' canoe in 6 minutes! 

A hundred dollars of wood, a thousand dollars of clamps and a million dollars of experience.

Both impressed and depressed with/by the orderliness and cleanliness of that shop. Oh yeah; the boat building was on point, too.

That was amazing. Probably the best 6 minutes I have spent on RU-vid against the millions wasted. Thank you.

Little I respect or appreciate more than competent craftsmen. Well done.

I think the only reason he was able to finish this boat within six minutes is because he works so VERY FAST, wow! It would take me much longer...

Ten out of ten for the canoe plus a star for the good videography.

You can never have too many clamps!

This takes the meaning of woodcore to a whole other level. And no stitch and glue either. Very inspiring, congratulations with the result too!

I really thought this was going to be clickbait, but that is amazing!

I think that's bordering on perfect design. What an elegant and creative solution and such a beautiful realisation of your idea. Truly exceptional. Thanks mate

A Canoe around 28 pounds, rather impressive. a pretty ingenious approach to boat building to say the least.

This guy blows away 90% of the so called “master craftsman” on yt.

This is inspiring ! Couldn't take my eyes away for a second.

My first time Kayaking and this Kayak held strong. ru-vid.comUgkx4k5UrhC3v_Y4hIEaXLGvHcN5a5aBmZNB The water got pretty rough as a speed boat zipped by me, and the Kayak withstood it (I expected to be capsized). The Ores are very easy to put together, the pump worked beautifully. the seats are a bit hard to sit in after a while (I recommend sitting on the floor). after reading the reviews I was very scared it'd get a hole in it, the material is very strong and durable. The Air valve may need a small Phillips head screwdriver to adjust, other than that, it's well worth the money!(update)I've gone Kayaking in 3 Lakes and 2 rivers totaling about 40 miles. the kayak had two holes and they patched easily and no other problems can't wait for kayaking season this year!

That was fantastic to watch. I've built some wood strip canoes, but I've never seen anything like this. Really amazing work.

You have people building stuff and you have people know how too build stuff. Wauw!! One sheet of wood never know it was possible. Really nice....

Always a pleasure to catch a master at his tools 🙂

I'd have thought building a canoe would take longer than 6 minutes but there you have it

I love click-bait when accompanied by Scott Joplin, makin a boat an you get my goat, we are brethren of a distant maternal source

The only click bait title that has not disappointed me. Clever stuff and masses of clamps, great viewing!

not sure why a canoe is on my suggested pages but im glad it was. great video

thats just perfect , it looks like a great summer project , brilliant folding method.

Such a wonderfull product!! Super to see. Whising you many paddling hours. Greatings from a Dutch canoe enthousiast!

An hour and 43 minute battleship should be next.

Beautiful canoe!! I'm glad it was left in the clear resin. My father's 16ft frame & strip and canvas canoe weighs a LOT more then 13kg.

This is an amazing video. It looks great how the canoe takes shape.

Wow that came out looking amazing! the design is just so much better than a lot of similar plywood canoes.

I did 2 kayak with the strip system but I’m learning something new today. Beautiful craftsmanship. Thank you

Wonderful! Been eyeing Flo Mo's plans for years. Great that people build them. Yours looks like a super successful one with very little kinks.

Absolutely stunning! A master at work!

Really great! It reminds me of the construction of birch bark canoes.

Absolutely magnificent. The cuts remind of the ancestor the birch canoe. The good old compounded plywood, a delicious method that asks for steel nerves and good eyeball techniques. This method needs first rate marine 3 mm plywood with 3 plies of the same thickness thus you get 2/3 of the wood fibers in the length and the only 1/3 in the core at 90 degrees so you can ploy with patience, hot water and sometimes steam. I made one 20 feet catamaran Tornado this way, only 135 kg in 4.2 mm selected okoume plywood and several catamarans 18 m2 (18 feet long, 10 feet wide, mast 31 feet) at less of 100 kg ready to sail; the best with carbon fiber beams was at 93 kg. The Gougeon bros made several race trimarans and catamarans in 6 mm around 30 to 35 feet long. A few Class C catamarans hulls were made this way, as Yellow Pages.

It's so simple, yet so brilliant! I love it!

Fantastic and made to look simple and effortless. Anything but. Beautiful craft.

It's amazing how quick it goes from "that's a strange shape for a canoe" to "would ya look at that: it's a canoe!"

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Brilliant technology, splendid result! 13 kilos!!! WOW!

That is amazing! I would gladly watch the whole process, especially with any explanation of what you are doing and why. Super interesting and the canoe is gorgeous (and less than half the weight of the polyester one I have been using!).

Wow,I’d like you to do an instructional series with explanations and supply list. I’d bet a whole bunch would start building. Thanks for the entertaining video.

Beautiful design, excellent craftsmanship, succinct editing, and videography, pleasing audio, truly a master class of skills to behold. Thank you for sharing sir.

A brilliant canoe build and such beautiful craftsmanship.

Instructions unclear: 7 minutes was required.

Beautiful looking canoe!

Fascinating. In the ancient past, I would portage a food pack, utility pack and a Grumman canoe. I could have used a lighter canoe like this one.

This is wonderful work to watch. And such a clean shop!

Amazing. From a flat sheet to boat.

Absolutely gorgeous. My interest would be using this method to build a velomobile. Also, perhaps a similar technique for aluminum. Saw a similar technique used by a sheet metal worker to build a very contoured sort of lawn chair like seat. You guys are magicians!

This was brilliant, first time I ever see anything like that!

What a great design and he made it look so easy! Well done sir

That's a fine piece of work. I am currently working on a one-sheet row boat so I'm interested in the process. It is a great pleasure to see the whole build condensed down to 6 minutes. Enjoy the paddling part when you get "released"!

Really lovely work

Amazing design and workmanship.

Lovely craftsmanship! What a nice canoe 👍

Simply Beautiful

Wow, wow and wow! That was fun to watch!

so beautiful to watch and I cannot believe how lightweight the canoe is!

Beautiiful , have made a couple of Stich & Tape when kids were younger , but this is on a different level ...Lovely work .

Peter, Congratulations on your excellent build and your own special version of a Gorewood canoe. Thanks also for taking the time to create this really informative video. If you don't mind, I will share the link to the video and to your bolg on my favorite boatbuilding forums. Best regards, Stefan

It always a pleasure to watch a Craftsman at work. What should be eye opening is the use of a respirator, even while using a vac system to sand wood, epoxy, etc. Just because Grandpa did wood working and didn't need any safety equipment, doesn't mean it was smart. Clean shop, clean build, beautiful canoe.

Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much.

Remarkable. Seems deceptively easy but, I'm sure there is a certain amount of finesse involved in the tensioning on the ratchet straps. Weighing in at 30 lb (more or less) is awesome.

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I'm itching to make one.

Thank you very much Peter. Your amazing video inspired me to build my canoe out of plywood. I was able to do this based on your videos and posts on the forum. This is a very interesting process indeed. Thanks again. Dmitriy. Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.

Really awesome work mate!! This is the real “know how”! Thanks

If I was him, I would start a company. Build 1 in 6 minutes, 10 in a hour. 80 in a day. Hmmmm big business.

FAKE!!! The video is sped up! No way that took you 6 minutes!! Hopefully youtube comment sections understand jokes still. Beautiful work!!!

you are a freaking genius: kudos!

This was almost as enjoyable as floating along with the Loons as the morning fog lifts off the lake, watching the trout ripples as they rise to sip the insects.

This is a really cool project, would be nice too see a more in depth video about materials and dos and don'ts this seems like something I want to try. I saw your blog on song of the paddle and it had some helpful info

I'm six minutes in and my plywood hasn't even arrived. I think it may take longer...

What an interesting vid, and real nice to see a clean build area

That’s lovely and I like the shape. Should be nice for inline yet still quickish to turn.

I've built 3 canoes. The repeated filling of seams, sanding and taping takes a looooong time. Gonna give this a go.

Flo-mo is a genius. Great execution too.

Totally speechless!

Amazing! ❤️❤️❤️ The best plywood canoe I've seen on RU-vid

Excellent. Love the design. What was your inspiration for this canoe and do you think the technique could be applied to kayak building?

perfect execution of an artist

The De Havilland Mosquito; WW2's most survivable and effective fighter-bomber and built by the same method, says "Hi."

Coolest thing I've seen in months. And I see a heck of a lot of cool things.

Wow this is the best plywood canoe design I have seen! Can you please share the design ?

Fantastic! What type of veneer did you use for the canoe? You have a lovely workshop!!

This is craftsmanship! Great to watch. Thanks.

Great video, thanks for sharing.👍

always pleasure to watch masters at work. what a sweet canoe. good concept too. what did you use to soften the plywood in the middle during pulling the both sides together?

I hope the 50 people that hit thumbs down find something in life to make them happy because they clearly need it...

That was easy, I barely feel tired!!! Great skill set. 😀

I am impressed. As you began curving the sides I got really excited thinking you were building a shovel nosed canoe.

Hah... I just saw him do it in 3 1/2 minutes

Great background music

Absolutely beautiful. Nice job!

FRANCE. Very nice realization you must have had the stomach tight to bending, I agree with you the hot water and the iron have well help to accompany the layers of wood. Bravo!

There's no way I could build this in 6 minutes. It would easily take a week! 😂

That's amazing! Wonder what it weighs? Seems super light. I'm very impressed!

Just wow!!!! Very impressive. Nice job 👍

This is truly amazing!

C'mon, man, how is anyone supposed to watch a 'How To' video with a cute little Dingo in it?

I would say something but my jaw is on the floor

Absolutely ingenious idea. Risk is of course that the material somewhere gets a crack but with wetting and using spanning ropes and as basic principle the 90 ° to the length axis oriented cuts. The best innovation in small boat building since stitch and glue.

How cool is that... “inspired”, great video!