Research Catalog

Title

The dory book / by John Gardner ; illustrations by Samuel F. Manning.

Author

Gardner, John, 1905-1995

Publication

Mystic, CT : Mystic Seaport Museum, 1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

Manning, Samuel F.

Description

xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject

• Dories (Boats)

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. History of the dory. A search for beginnings -- The batteau ancestors -- The bank dory emerges -- pt. 2. How to build a dory. Dory laydown -- Dory construction -- New materials -- pt. 3. Dory plans. The 32-foot Maine river-driving batteau -- The 18-foot light batteau -- The 19-foot heavy batteau -- The Bank dories -- The St. Pierre working dory -- The Hammond 16-foot Swampscott dory -- Fred Dion's Swampscott dory -- The 17-foot Nahant dory -- The 18-foot one-design Swampscott sailing dory -- The Chamberlain gunning dory -- The 19-foot surf dory -- The beachcomber-alpha -- A 12-foot semi-dory -- A 14-foot semi-dory -- A 16-foot semi-dory -- A 19-foot, 8-inch semi-dory -- The Chaisson 10-foot dory tender -- A 12-foot, 6-inch Swampscott dory tender -- The 13-foot Chamberlain dory skiff -- The 13-foot Lawton dory skiff -- A 14-foot dory skiff -- A 14-foot, 41/2-inch outboard flatiron -- The 14-foot, 9-inch Lowell dory skiff.

ISBN

0913372447

OCLC

• 19115065
• SCSB-11044668

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library