The Dory Book

The Dory Book

The Dory Book

The Dory Book

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Overview

The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493068319
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 06/15/2022
Pages: 286
Sales rank: 1,082,870
Product dimensions: 8.55(w) x 11.07(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

John Gardner (1905–1995) spent a lifetime studying and building dories. His plans, published for years in the National Fisherman, have sparked a resurgence of interest in this boat type.

Samuel F. Manning, who probably propelled dories more miles with oar and sail than any but a surviving Grand Banks fisherman, was a professional illustrator who specialized in maritime subjects. His step-by-step illustrations of exceptional clarity make this book unique.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Part 1 History of the Dory 1

Chapter 1 A Search for Beginnings 3

Chapter 2 The Batteau Ancestor 18

Chapter 3 The Bank Dory Emerges 25

Part 2 How to Build a Dory 41

Chapter 4 Dory Laydown 42

Chapter 5 Dory Construction 54

Chapter 6 New Materials 125

Part 3 Dory Plans 133

Chapter 7 The 32-Foot Maine River-Driving Batteau 135

Chapter 8 The 18-Foot Light Batteau 137

Chapter 9 The 19-Foot Heavy Batteau 140

Chapter 10 The Bank Dories 142

Chapter 11 The St. Pierre Working Dory 148

Chapter 12 The Hammond 16-Foot Swampscott Dory 174

Chapter 13 Fred Dion's Swampscott Dory 177

Chapter 14 The 17-Foot Nahant Dory 184

Chapter 15 The 18-Foot One-Design Swampscott Sailing Dory 189

Chapter 16 The Chamberlain Gunning Dory 192

Chapter 17 The 19-Foot Surf Dory 204

Chapter 18 The Beachcomber-Alpha 209

Chapter 19 A 12-Foot Semi-Dory 225

Chapter 20 A 14-Foot Semi-Dory 231

Chapter 21 A 16-Foot Semi-Dory 239

Chapter 22 A 19-Foot, 8-Inch Semi-Dory 248

Chapter 23 The Chaisson 10-Foot Dory Tender 250

Chapter 24 A 12-Foot, 6-Inch Swampscott Dory Tender 254

Chapter 25 The 13-Foot Chamberlain Dory Skiff 257

Chapter 26 The 13-Foot Lawton Dory Skiff 260

Chapter 27 A 14-Foot Dory Skiff 263

Chapter 28 A 14-Foot, 41/2-Inch Outboard Flatiron 266

Chapter 29 The 14-Foot, 9-Inch Lowell Dory Skiff 270

Index 273

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