Origami 8 Plans PDF

Description

Origami 8also see Origami 6

Folded: 8′ (2.4m) Long – 18″ (45cm) Wide – 4″ (10cm) High.Assembled: 8′ (2.4m) Long – 40″ (100cm) Wide – 16″ (40cm) High.Weight: From 20 kilos (42lbs)Carrying capacity: Three adults or 220kilos (490lbs)Max outboard size 3.3hpSail area: 3.5sq metres (35 sq feet)

Origami is a small, easy to build and inexpensive folding dinghy. Don’t be fooled into thinking that a good folding dinghy needs to be complicated and expensive. Most often, simple is best. Origami is full of character, yet is surprisingly capable for such a tiny craft. Its square shape gives immense stability and good interior volume. It folds up and away in just a couple of minutes. Its light weight (about 26 pounds) means that it’s child’s play to launch and to retrieve. Even stowing is easy – just lay it on a bunk down below or lash it to the rails on deck.

Its fold down floors mean your weight is low down adding to its stability, yet far enough off the floor of the boat to ensure you never get a wet bottom. These same folding floors have built-in handles making Origami easy to move about when folded. When erected, the rowlock mountings double as handles. With or without an outboard, folded or not, Origami can be carried with ease.

With a 2hp outboard, speeds of up to 10 knots are possible. With a 3.3 hp speeds of up to 14 knots have been registered! This is not for the faint hearted however, but great fun never the less. Rowing is a pleasure, and there are two different places to mount the rowlocks depending on the number of occupants, so you can always be comfortable when rowing. At the rear on each side are skegs, giving origami very good directional stability. They also double as protectors when dragging the boat up the beach. Despite its light construction, Origami is an extremely tough little tender.

Origami is easy to make even if you have no experience. The comprehensive step by step instructions are backed up with photos that were taken during the actual construction of an Origami, a discussion of tools needed, and detailed instructions for marking out and cutting. The main ingredients are a sheet of ply, some PVC coated nylon cloth and some wood. You’ll also need a few basic tools such as a jigsaw, drill, plane and staple gun. The necessary materials are easy to come by, inexpensive and are available in varying degrees of quality to suit your budget.

Whether you want a super cheap dinghy or an extremely posh one, Origami will let you decide. In the instructions many different ways of building are examined. The proven way is shown but at each stage there are notes, such as choice of glues and pros and cons. Either way you can still build an Origami. For example, the use of stainless steel staples is recommended. One could use steel, but after a few years they will begin to rust and become unreliable. It’s also a nice touch to trim the end grain of the plywood with solid wood, but this is time consuming and not strictly necessary though it does help to protect the vulnerable end grain from damage and looks so much better too.

See How simple it is to assemblean Origami Folding Dinghy: