Charles Pezeshki wrote:
After a long trip down the Main and Lower Salmon, I've become
(somewhat) interested in building a wooden dory with compartments for
whitewater.

I hope somebody will pop up with white-water dory experience, but failing
that (or as another source of info) ... wooden boat magazine is dashed full
of dory building info. If you're lucky a local library will have back
issues. Otherwise:

http://www.woodenboat.com/