Amesbury Dory-Skiff

This dory-skiff may well have been built at the Lowell Dory Shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts as one of the boats produced when the shop turned to the recreational market in the years after dory fishing peaked. She is shallower than the Lancaster dory-skiff, with a slightly nar­rower bottom and a bit sheerer.  With barely any knuckles in the sides at all­ just a few degrees at the sheerstrake,­ her shape is more like a flatiron skiff than the usual dory-skiff.  Her plans were drawn in the 1950s and are not as detailed as the Museum's later plans.  The information needed is all there, except for the location of that knuckle, which must be scaled off the plans and may require  some work with a batten to set sweetly. With a little less freeboard than the other dory-skiff selections, this boat would be a good choice for protected waters.  From 87 Boat Designs by Ben Fuller.

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