Catalina Wherry Catalina Wherry This is a custom design based on the New Jersey Seabright Skiff. They were originally used to harvest salmon from floating traps but eventually developed into a live saving boat as the beaches along the New Jersey shore turned into...
Building the Bouchie Dory Pt. 22 – Installing grounding shoes Funny little story to go with this one. When I got out of boatbuilding school I got a job working for an old time BC Forestry Service shipwright. His name was Ed McGeachy. Ed worked from a home...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 17 – Finishing garboards If there is any real art specific to lapstrake construction it may be found in the execution of bevels and gains. Unlike carvel or batten seam planking, there are no band-aids that will make up for...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 15 – The Garboard Planks In the world of wooden boats we refer to the lowest planks near the keel as the “garboards”. Where that name comes from is hard to say. The vikings called them kjølbord. Kjøl means keel, so it stands...
https://youtu.be/kb_f_AfTM-E Building the Bouchie Dory Part 9 – The Stem In this episode we construct the stem for our dory. The stem is a simple enough part but is is responsible for such a significant part of the character of the boat. Not only that,...
