Labeling the dories
Most of what I am about to say is educated guess and opinion with. some from
experience.
The west coast dory often called the California dory or Oregon dory, is a
combination of basic flat bottomed skiff and dory. It has Skiff proportions
wide bottom , but it has flared sides and upturned bow like a dory. It was
originally conceived , I believe, to be operated off a beach through surf.
They have a skiff flat run and wide transom. The classic basic Oregon Dory
is the Glen L design, the Hunky Dory.
I built one in 1983, I stretched it to 26' by putting the frames on 1"
greater centers and adding 2 frames. I used it for herring fishing with a
powered side roller and a bow cabin, and I rigged it as an aft cabin bow
picker later. I used out board power and later installed a small out drive.
It always handled whatever weather came our way. It was particularly good on
a Salmon set net even in 6'-8' swells, floating up and over the surf and not
putting any strain on the net. We regularly made 50-120 NM trips along the
Norton Sound Coast (western AK, Nome is on the northern side of it) when we
were the only ones traveling, with no worries.
Its only faults were I used to get nervous in the pack ice in the spring ,
on our way to herring fishing with the 3/8th inch sides and you had to
really go slow into a chop. My wife loved it, felt very secure in it, and
was very sad when we sold it.
David Gerr had a design called the Off shore skiff where the sides were not
so flared in Boatbuilder Mag a few years back. I still think about building
one.
I have more comments but will stop here unless somebody wants to here more.
HJ
_ _ _ _ _
% Harrywelshman@...
experience.
The west coast dory often called the California dory or Oregon dory, is a
combination of basic flat bottomed skiff and dory. It has Skiff proportions
wide bottom , but it has flared sides and upturned bow like a dory. It was
originally conceived , I believe, to be operated off a beach through surf.
They have a skiff flat run and wide transom. The classic basic Oregon Dory
is the Glen L design, the Hunky Dory.
I built one in 1983, I stretched it to 26' by putting the frames on 1"
greater centers and adding 2 frames. I used it for herring fishing with a
powered side roller and a bow cabin, and I rigged it as an aft cabin bow
picker later. I used out board power and later installed a small out drive.
It always handled whatever weather came our way. It was particularly good on
a Salmon set net even in 6'-8' swells, floating up and over the surf and not
putting any strain on the net. We regularly made 50-120 NM trips along the
Norton Sound Coast (western AK, Nome is on the northern side of it) when we
were the only ones traveling, with no worries.
Its only faults were I used to get nervous in the pack ice in the spring ,
on our way to herring fishing with the 3/8th inch sides and you had to
really go slow into a chop. My wife loved it, felt very secure in it, and
was very sad when we sold it.
David Gerr had a design called the Off shore skiff where the sides were not
so flared in Boatbuilder Mag a few years back. I still think about building
one.
I have more comments but will stop here unless somebody wants to here more.
HJ
_ _ _ _ _
% Harrywelshman@...