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Traditional Dory

The dory is possibly the best known and best loved of all traditional rowboats. 

Dories are a unique type of rowing boat originally built from wood with a flat bottom and no keel or skeg. Dories have the wood bottom planking running lengthwise. Skiffs usually have the bottom planking running widthwise. Dories have a narrow "tombstone" transom running all the way down to the bottom.

Dories were used as fishing boats lowered over the side of the fishing schooners when the reached the fishing grounds. Dories were very seaworthy and capable of carrying heavy loads, but were not very easy rowing boats.

You can see some real dories in use in the 1937 movie Captains Courageous with Spencer Tracy.
Picture of traditional dory with a motor installed.
Photo of a traditional dory - this one with an outboard installed inboard. Oh, my!
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  • Home
  • Videos
  • FrontRower
    • FrontRower™ fact sheet
    • Installation
    • Rowing Instructions
  • Boats
    • Slide Show - owners boats
    • Our Rowboat Designs >
      • Odyssey 18 Touring Rowboat
      • Odyssey 165 Touring Rowboat
    • Rowing Canoes
    • Retrofitting your Rowboat
    • Our Rowboat Plans
    • Our Rowboat Kits
    • Types of Rowboats
  • Catalog
  • Reviews
    • Owner's Reviews
    • Magazine Reviews
  • Bragging Rights
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Tryouts
  • Adaptive Rowing
  • Articles
    • Aerobic Heart Rate Chart
    • Rowing for Exercise
    • Hybrid Rowing
    • Hull Speed Chart
    • Rowboats Q & A
    • Rowing Rigs
    • U S Marshals
    • Rowing Glossary
    • Why We Row Backward
    • Rowing Efficiency
    • Traditional Dory
  • Drawings
  • Support
  • Parts
  • Sitemap
  • Video Rowing Lesson