Dory Book

Book Description
A comprehensive book about dories, their history and 23 designs with full construction details. Included are 153 illustrations, 23 plan sets, and index.

About the Author
The author and illustrator, Samuel Manning are two of the foremost living experts on the history, building, and use of dories. John Gardner publised for years in National Fisherman and is the author of two other Mystic Seaport publications, Woodenboats to Build and Use and Classic Small Craft You Can Build.


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The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.


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