Thank you for the very informative video: My grandfather, who was born in 1905, built pirogues out of cypress in Biloxi Mississippi. I remember as a kid seeing a few in his workshop and we went out many nights gigging flounder from his pirogues in the bayous around Biloxi. It never occurred to me that the pirogue originated in Canada. I am sure the pirogue migrated to Biloxi from Louisiana. It is less than 100 miles. One thing that really struck me was that he left about a 3/8 inch gap between the planks, which were run from side to side, in the bottom of the boats . Once the boat was finished he would soak it in the river for a day or two and the gaps between the planks would swell shut making the boat watertight - as long as it stayed in the water. And with cypress, decay was not an immediate concern. In the summer of 1970 or 71 my family took an extended camping trip to Newfoundland. We made our way to St John's and saw many fishing vessels in the harbor there because there was a storm over the Grand Banks. The Portuguese White fleet was still using wooden schooners and dories and they were in the harbor at that time. I remember seeing the stacks of dorys on the decks of the schooners. During the storm there was a thick fog and a steel Russian trawler ran into a Portuguese schooner and cut it in half. Three men died. I still remember the fishermen carrying the body of one of their fellow fishermen from the deck of one of the rescue ships. My dad actually went onto one of the Portuguese boats for a tour. At six feet tall he did not fit very well below deck on a schooner built for men under about five foot six. One of the Portuguese fishermen leaned over the side of his boat and gave me a ten pound cod that I am sure was caught from a dory. That fish was dinner that night.
The French were still using dories for a bit of commercial fishing on the Channel coast, certainly till the eighties. I always admired the way they handled the short steep seas you get, tight to the cliffs there. They tend to use a small outboard in a well. I hope a few are still doing it !
The Portuguese White Fleet used schooners and dories to fish the Grand Banks until 1967 or 1968. I am pretty sure they were the last ones to fish that way. There is an old episode of Land and Sea on youtube where you can watch footage of them. It's super interesting.
Last summer (of 2020) I was in Elburg (the Netherlands) where I saw a catamaran build with (what looked like) two rather long and/or stretched dories. I am not sure if they were 3 or 5 plank dories but I am quite sure it were dories and quite sure it was a home build. The vessel was quite long, possibly around 10m (about 30 ft). I have still to find out who the builder is but I will try and find out more about the vessel. In any case I think the use of a 3 or 5 plank dorie design (possibly stretched) for the two hulls of a catamaran quite clever. Mainly because building a dorie with the stitch and glue method is relatively easy and makes for a strong and solid build. It also a twin hull overcomes most of the instability issues a dorie suffers from...
Your Nova Scotia is on my shortlist. Have never built a boat before, but woodworking is my trade, and I have built the doors and windows in our house. I live on the ocean. You say 'Construction Method: 1/6 scale'. Does this mean their are no dimensions in the drawing. My worry would be downloading and printing and holding the original 1:6 scale. I only have a A4 printer. I also have difficulty getting hold of 9mm of high quality. 12mm is no problem. Thank you for the video.
Download the free study prints for the boat you are interested in (they're available in Imperial [feet/inches/lbs] or Metric [Meters/millimeters/kg]) and deduct the hull weight from the maximum displacement. That is how much it can safely carry: spirainternational.com/hp_nova.php
@@simonsiron887 No. It's the maximum displacement minus the hull weight, and what is left is the load, motor and fuel. (Deduct the hull weight in my previous post)
Thank you for the very informative video:
My grandfather, who was born in 1905, built pirogues out of cypress in Biloxi Mississippi. I remember as a kid seeing a few in his workshop and we went out many nights gigging flounder from his pirogues in the bayous around Biloxi. It never occurred to me that the pirogue originated in Canada. I am sure the pirogue migrated to Biloxi from Louisiana. It is less than 100 miles.
One thing that really struck me was that he left about a 3/8 inch gap between the planks, which were run from side to side, in the bottom of the boats . Once the boat was finished he would soak it in the river for a day or two and the gaps between the planks would swell shut making the boat watertight - as long as it stayed in the water. And with cypress, decay was not an immediate concern.
In the summer of 1970 or 71 my family took an extended camping trip to Newfoundland. We made our way to St John's and saw many fishing vessels in the harbor there because there was a storm over the Grand Banks. The Portuguese White fleet was still using wooden schooners and dories and they were in the harbor at that time. I remember seeing the stacks of dorys on the decks of the schooners. During the storm there was a thick fog and a steel Russian trawler ran into a Portuguese schooner and cut it in half. Three men died. I still remember the fishermen carrying the body of one of their fellow fishermen from the deck of one of the rescue ships.
My dad actually went onto one of the Portuguese boats for a tour. At six feet tall he did not fit very well below deck on a schooner built for men under about five foot six. One of the Portuguese fishermen leaned over the side of his boat and gave me a ten pound cod that I am sure was caught from a dory. That fish was dinner that night.
RIP, Sir, you seem like a nice man.
The French were still using dories for a bit of commercial fishing on the Channel coast, certainly till the eighties. I always admired the way they handled the short steep seas you get, tight to the cliffs there. They tend to use a small outboard in a well. I hope a few are still doing it !
The Portuguese White Fleet used schooners and dories to fish the Grand Banks until 1967 or 1968. I am pretty sure they were the last ones to fish that way. There is an old episode of Land and Sea on youtube where you can watch footage of them. It's super interesting.
Land and sea idt the best
You can check a facebook group these portugueses have facebook.com/groups/318729928278845
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Last summer (of 2020) I was in Elburg (the Netherlands) where I saw a catamaran build with (what looked like) two rather long and/or stretched dories. I am not sure if they were 3 or 5 plank dories but I am quite sure it were dories and quite sure it was a home build.
The vessel was quite long, possibly around 10m (about 30 ft).
I have still to find out who the builder is but I will try and find out more about the vessel.
In any case I think the use of a 3 or 5 plank dorie design (possibly stretched) for the two hulls of a catamaran quite clever. Mainly because building a dorie with the stitch and glue method is relatively easy and makes for a strong and solid build. It also a twin hull overcomes most of the instability issues a dorie suffers from...
Seiners are being used for Herring in the Bay of Fundy and seas of South West Nova Scotia.
Always called the rounds a punt. A dory was a flat bottomed working boat. They could be stacked. Idk tho
Or a rodney
Your Nova Scotia is on my shortlist. Have never built a boat before, but woodworking is my trade, and I have built the doors and windows in our house. I live on the ocean. You say 'Construction Method: 1/6 scale'. Does this mean their are no dimensions in the drawing. My worry would be downloading and printing and holding the original 1:6 scale. I only have a A4 printer.
I also have difficulty getting hold of 9mm of high quality. 12mm is no problem.
Thank you for the video.
No, they're fully dimensioned. You can print them out any size you wish.
Do you think a Dory could be fitted with a steam engine
Sure. Theyre very low drag, so they'd be a fine choice for steam power.
@@tjkid07 thank you
How much load can the 16' nova scotia banks dory SAFELY carry
Download the free study prints for the boat you are interested in (they're available in Imperial [feet/inches/lbs] or Metric [Meters/millimeters/kg]) and deduct the hull weight from the maximum displacement. That is how much it can safely carry: spirainternational.com/hp_nova.php
@@tjkid07 so is the max displacement the weight it can carry
@@simonsiron887 No. It's the maximum displacement minus the hull weight, and what is left is the load, motor and fuel. (Deduct the hull weight in my previous post)
@@tjkid07 Thank you so much for your help
A dory can c ary a ton of fish
I wish i had s Link to a lifeboat engine sale so I could pit it in a grande doris wink wink nod, really.
Here's an 8 horse Yanmar with shaft and prop: www.apolloduck.asia/boat/yanmar/223123
Appreciate the history but the title says boat building and there is none in this video, you should change the title to reflect the actual content.
Well it is all about someone building this wooden boat. I'd say this is exactly the actual content.