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