| Dories are one of the few hundreds of
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| | fishing in the open ocean, drifting down
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| year old boat designs to have survived
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| | whitewater rivers, water skiing in lakes,
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| into the 21st century, and for good
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| | as work boats hauling heavy loads of
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| reason. Their sea keeping abilities,
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| | traps or divers, sailing along on a light
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| slippery shapes, extreme versatility, and
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| | breeze, just about any use you can
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| ease of construction make them one of the
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| | imagine. They also do it with far less
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| best choices for a first-time or veteran
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| | effort than many other kinds of boats.
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| boat builder looking for a great boat
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| | Imagine going 25 mph using only 25
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| able to be built on a budget.
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| | horsepower in a 20 foot boat - a dory can
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| Dories began appearing over 200 years ago
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| | do it. Imagine a 20 foot row boat that
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| as small, light, versatile work boats
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| | one person can row up to the hull speed
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| ideal for fishing. They were easy to
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| | of 6 knots with ease over long distances
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| construct, easy to launch from the beach,
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| | - a dory can do it. Imagine loading 8
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| easy to row or sail, and could haul a
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| | tons of cargo on a 27 foot boat and
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| huge load of gear and fish. No one knows
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| | powering it in the open ocean - a dory
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| exactly where the design came from but
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| | can do it.
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| many builders started constructing these
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| | Modern dories are surprisingly easy to
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| boats on both sides of the Atlantic. In
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| | build. All of the frame elements are
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| Europe dories were popular in Portugal,
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| | straight. You can literally go to any
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| and in the US, Nova Scotia was the center
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| | lumber yard, buy pre-milled construction
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| of dory construction. Dories were used
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| | grade lumber, screw and glue it together,
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| extensively to fish the Grand Banks, one
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| | cover it with plywood, and viola - you
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| of the most important cod fishing locales
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| | have a dory. No exotic materials, no
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| in the world at that time.
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| | specialized tools, no special techniques
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| Many people think that flat bottomed
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| | are required. If you can build a
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| boats, as most dories are, are somehow
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| | sawhorse, you can build a dory. Most
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| less seaworthy than boats of some other
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| | modest sized dories can be built in a few
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| bottom shape. Nothing could be farther
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| | dozen hours for a few hundred dollars.
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| from the truth. When you load a dory
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| | All you need to do is to ensure the
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| down, with its flared sides, the boat
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| | designer of the dory you select has
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| gets more and more stable. As an example
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| | designed his boat to be made from
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| of how seaworthy dories are, in 1876 a
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| | standard sized lumber. Some of the old
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| man named Alfred Johnson took a dare in a
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| | fashioned designs call for unusual sizes
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| Gloucester, Massachusetts bar to single
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| | you have to spend many hours sizing down
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| handedly sail across the Atlantic in an
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| | the lumber before you can start building.
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| open dory. He chose a 20 foot dory which
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| | With modern epoxy, and the new
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| he named Centennial to commemorate the
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| | polyurethane "Gorilla Glue" type glues,
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| 100 year anniversary of the United States
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| | you can build strong, safe dories, even
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| that year. He fitted with sails and a
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| | if you're not an expert wood craftsman.
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| centerboard, and on June 15th set off
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| | These glues fill gaps well, so there is
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| from Gloucester for England. He arrived
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| | no need to carefully fit and expertly
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| in Liverpool on August 21st 1876 after
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| | clamp each joint in the hull framing.
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| crossing one of the most treacherous
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| | With fiberglass and epoxy, you can even
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| stretches of water in the world, the
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| | use non-marine grades of plywood also.
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| North Atlantic. He survived a major gale
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| | The flexible and exceptionally strong
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| and some horrid seas in a flat bottomed,
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| | coating of epoxy and fiberglass on the
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| open boat with no flotation or self
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| | outside seals the hull as well as adding
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| bailing decks!
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| | strength and abrasion resistance. Unlike
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| Modern dories come in a number of
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| | older polyester resin based fiberglass,
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| variants. There are those optimized for
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| | with epoxy, there is no specialized
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| rowing, sail, power, high power, wild
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| | application techniques needed for boat
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| white water, and more. Almost every
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| | building. You just lay the cloth on the
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| possible boating use or preference can be
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| | plywood then wet it down with resin
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| accommodated in some kind of dory. Dories
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| | applied with a brush or roller. It's
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| are used for launching through the surf,
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| | simple.
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