Due to a personal message from another poster I am posting a site where wooden dories are still built in the tradition manner. I have been in the shop more than once. One time we were asked to help turn over a 26 footer that would later be bound for an Alaskan owner.
I have been wanting to build a dory for many years. My method would employ strip plank construction as this would be easier for me. The trees at the farm have been chosen but never cut. ??? [img]/forums/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/confused.gif[/img] Time, undecided about my abilities, cost, actually using it etc. have all been a factor.
The ocean is large, cold and does not tolerate incompetence. So, being a prairie boy I'm a little cautious of starting out. There are also exams I would have to pass and some navigating skills to acquire. It would seem that if I don't hurry up time will pass me by. [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] Exams also pose a challenge for me. [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
Strangely enough my Father in Law spent 20 years dory fishing the Grand Banks from the schooner Columbia out of Gloucester.
His whole life involved the sea as at the age of 12 he shipped out as a cabin boy, crewed on sailing vessels, later became a sail maker, dory fisherman and then inshore fishery including lobstering.
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