| Dory boats are great fun and easy to build. What's | | | | Most dories are much smaller, and are used for creek |
| more they move through the water easily, whether | | | | crawling or messing about in boats. Although dories cut |
| you row, or they are powered by wind or an outboard | | | | through the water easily, one of their main advantages |
| engine. They have sailed across oceans for years, | | | | is that they have a very shallow draft, and so can be |
| covering thousands of miles in safety. One of the | | | | sailed into shallow creeks, and beached easily. This is a |
| most famous wooden dory sailboats is Badger, a | | | | simple shape, but without the right information it can be |
| junk-rig schooner used for long-distance cruising. The | | | | a nightmare to build, because you need to get the |
| Grand Banks dories are also famous. These were | | | | dimensions exact, and get location of the panels just |
| used by the large fishing boats when they reached the | | | | right when you assemble them. |
| fishing grounds. You can now build a 16-foot Grand | | | | Of course it is also important that you get plans, etc, |
| Banks Dory easily with the right plans. | | | | from someone who has been building dories for years |
| It is not easy to buy one unless you live in | | | | - experience really counts here. You really need digital |
| Newfoundland, because not many firms make them | | | | images to get the best plans, so that you can actually |
| and they are expensive. But you don't need to buy | | | | see each step in the process. Build you own 16-foot |
| one! Now you can build your own- easily and simply. | | | | Grand Banks Dory, and you can save hundreds of |
| But only if you have the right plans and method - you | | | | dollars. You will end up with a quality product that could |
| can get it here. | | | | last 30 years! |
| Dories are small - usually about 16 feet long | | | | |