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