Version two of the dory was the first kit version of the boat.

Dory boat design. Following are the stock plans available for the various types of boats separated into the different categories. Strictly speaking the only true defining characteristic of the dory is that it is planked up with wide boards running fore-and-aft. That means it is a dory-skiff not a slap sided banks dory nor a Boston Whaler type of hull.

149 kb Click here to go to the boat building section. 204 230 standard or 258. The time proven Dory hull design is renowned for superior stability outstanding handling and shallow draft combined with huge reserves of built in foam buoyancy for ultimate safety.

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I grew up with hundreds of boats docked on the shore. Building time to this stage was 10 months. There are no absolutely good types of boat or bad ones but it is important to pick the right one for the use.

Hull 1 was built from these first hand-drawn plans by Shane Hall and he did a stellar job especially given that the plans were drawn to quarter scale. This doesnt mean that they are useful for only that area. A true dory is cut with dory laps -- a bevel on the underlying and overlying planks.

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