(Blakely LaCroix) wrote in message ...
In article , Charles Pezeshki
writes:

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

Woodworking skills are probably not a problem-- I build reproduction period
furniture. Still:

1. Any good plan recommendations?
2. Can one buy super-sturdy plywood (I keep thinking red oak might be the
thing to build the thing out of)?
3. How much space do you need to do this?
4. Roughly how much would it cost?


There are many good plywood products out there now to use.. Super
Sturdy is not necessarily good, but the designer should be able to
tell you what to use based on the design. To build a decent size dory
you would probably need at least a shop of 25 by 25 feet, on the other
hand you can just work in your driveway as I do, with all of my tools
in the garage. Figure the boat at 16-20 feet and 6 feet wide, figure
out how much room you have around it to work. These boats can be built
outside and with the advances in adhesives, weather can be dealt with
accordingly. I am going to rough guess, a McKenzie double ender, of
all good materials, between $3-4000 to build, again, ask the designer.


Scotty, I know you're out there and the expert. Here's a chance for us to
make up. I promise-- no politics, only boats! ;-)


There are many here who I think would enjoy learning more about the
craft of Dory building. Another couple of years on the raft and the seams
will need to be rewelded. Moving into a wood boat would be a logical step.

Question are a Dory and Drift boat the same thing? And is a MacKenzie just a
specific brand? Are there any commercial products are these all the creations
of specialized builders?

"A dory is a flat-bottomed boat, with sides and bottom planked
lengthwise and with no keel structure other that the bottom planking".
(John Gardner, "The Dory Book")
Usually when someone says dory this type of boat comes to mind... The
double enders of the north east are the most common designs but dories
have evolved as they moved west across the US. There are probably
three main types of dories out there. You have the typical Swampscott
type of dory from the East coast used primarily as fishing boats,
tenders, and later as life boats for the origional "Life guard
service?" (USGG). You have the big specialized life guard dories used
on the west coast and then you have the inland "Drift boats" which we
are talking about here. All three really pretty different boats and
then you add the variants of flat transoms for motors and you have
more confusion. When you hear of the Rouge or McKenzie boats these are
boats that were built and used on the Rouge and McKenzie rivers. Over
the years these boats have become very tuned to use on these waters. I
don't know the rivers but by looking at the designs, the Rogue must be
a little easier to navigate and power through as the Rogues' have more
flat transoms suited for rowing or motoring where as the McKenzie's
seem to focus on the big high, pointy bow and stern for strictly
drifting. See the links I posted earlier in this thread for some great
examples of both of these boats.

Again I would caution, before building a dory make sure it will be the
right tool for the job. They are beautiful boats:
http://smallboats.com/boats_ggull.htm
I have build a few, the above link was one I build for a lady on the
south shore of Long Island for rowing in the Atlantic. Nice set of
Shaw and Tenneys' and a little varnish, she must be the talk of the
town...
Scotty, The Backyard Renegade.


Blakely LaCroix
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
RBP Clique member # 86.

The best adventure is yet to come.