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