Rod's daughter Emma Grace Rishel co-owns this Alpha Dory with her dad. He build it using natural crook live oak frames, planking from a Douglas-fir log in Long Beach, Mississippi. The coamings, wales, and rails are from reclaimed longleaf yellow pine. Everything is fastened with copper rivets.
Design Specs
LOA:
20′
8″
Beam:
4′
6″
Designer Name:
John Gardner's The Dory Book
Type/Rig/Power:
Alpha Swampscott Dory
Builder Name:
Rod Dickson-Rishel
Home Port:
Mississippi Sound
Launching Date:
December 28, 2002