Dory

Chuck:

Some pics of my new dory as it slowly comes together in our car port. This is my first seriously crazy boat project, and I should point out two unusual features: the fore and aft bouyancy tanks and the central thwart, which is actually a lid covering over an space destined for ballast.

I'm hoping to use it for journeying down some of our local rivers. I expect to row much of the time, but with the winds being generally in the south west and the rivers running either north-south or east, I expect to be able to run and broad reach with a small sail for some of it. Hence the ballast - I'm hoping it will give this boat a chance of sailing at least a little. Of course, there are many who would say this won't work...

We'll see. One of my biggest unanswered questions concerns re-entry following a capsize...

Gavin Atkin