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