dory building question

[jerry bark]

in a recent thread boatbear wrote:

... Seriously, from 'The Dory Book' - "All dories start with a flat bottom and grow out of it, as it were." ....
Boats with cross-planked bottoms are not dories, because the bottom is attached after the sides....I am working on the stem and transom for a grand banks dory and the plans call for planking the sides first. :confused:

So, should i plank the bottom first and thus be true to the doryness of the design?

Frankly, i would rather plank the bottom first as i think it would be easier to apply the planks for the sides to the chinelog/bottom in one shot.

cheers
jerry

[Thorne]

What plans from which source? What materials?

Hard to imagine a Banks dory built any other way than bottom first, but there are LOTS of plans out there for many different materials - of varying quality and 'authenticity'.

[jerry bark]

thorne,

thanks for that, i guess the case is closed.

for reference
http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=67430&highlight=jerry+bark

that thread show some more discussion and a link to the plan.


thanks
jerry

[JimD]

Nine ways to skin a cat but only one way to skin a dory? Obviously I'm dory challenged. I'd build it any way I thought made sense and throw stones right back at anyone who tried to tell me it wasn't a dory.

[jerry bark]

Thanks Boyle,

i AM planking with pine boards, so rest easy.

i will plank the bottom first regardless of the plans should not effect the rest of the build much.

cheers
jerry