The Dory Book
Globe Pequot Publishing · Paperback · June 15, 2022
The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat.
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- Who it’s for
- Dory history, practical building guidance, and construction details for a range of designs.
- Themes
- Dory history, Dory construction, Dory designs
- Genres
- Marine & Naval Engineering, Maritime History, Boating
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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.
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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.
Dory Designs
Dory history, practical building guidance, and construction details for a range of designs.
Come here for
- A history of the dory
- Twenty-three dory designs with full construction details
Expect
- A practical handbook on dory building
Where it sits
| Marine & Naval Engineering | 53% |
|---|---|
| Maritime History | 52% |
| Boating | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sailing
- Maritime History
- Ship Photo Books
- Authors
- John Gardner
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- June 15, 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Dory history · Dory construction · Dory designs
- Reading lane
- Sailing