Lowell Grand Banks Dory - Model Shipways

Many years ago, I successfully built a pilot boat kit and mostly completed a cross-section model- still to be finished! Those were many years ago, when my eyes and hands were much better than they are now! In the past 10 years, I've tried to get back into ship modelling- and have screwed up 3 kits, so I finally figured that it was time to go back to the very basics!!
 
Nice seeing those completed ones! Wish I'd have seen them when I started this project!
 
Grand Banks Dory has a noble history in Marine World. Gloucester Fisherman solid and sound design lost in modern design today. Looks Great!
 
RogueWave said:
Grand Banks Dory has a noble history in Marine World. Gloucester Fisherman solid and sound design lost in modern design today. Looks Great!
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True. Remember that there is no ideal boat. A successful design is one that meets the needs of the user and depends on the type of waterbody and weather conditions to be encountered. In "American Small Sailing Craft," Howard Chapelle says that the bank dory was developed around 1856 to 1858 when they began to be used by Gloucester schooners on the banks. Before that, hand lines where used from the decks of the schooners for catching fish. Chapelle describes the bank dory as the first type of American small boat to be mass produced. They were built around New England, especially in Massachusetts. Advantages were that it was built to be strong as well as light. Light weight was important in hoisting a dory onto a schooner. The thwarts could be removed allowing dories to be nested for compact storing on the deck of a schooner. In "The Dory Book," John Gardner emphasizes the economic advantage of bank dories. He says that while they were less seaworthy and harder to row than existing round-sided New England boats (wherries), they were easier and cheaper to build.
Fair winds!
 
I've got the cap rails attached. I trimmed them a little too much so I had to put a couple of pieces on the stern end to compensate.

Looking ahead to the thole pins, does anyone have any advice on how to sand a square 3/16" piece of wood round? :rolleyes:IMG_3164.jpeg
 
RDBetz said:
Looking ahead to the thole pins, does anyone have any advice on how to sand a square 3/16" piece of wood round? :rolleyes:
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Hhmm. Shouldn't the tholes be about 1/16 inch? That would be 1-1/2 inches at 1/24 scale. How about using a 1/16 inch dowel?

Or you can leave them out because they would be put in place only when the boat was being rowed. Other times they would hang from lanyards to keep them out of the way. The picture below shows tholes in place with the lanyard below. In practice the tholes are pulled up and hang down inside the dory. Note that the bottom portions of the tholes are tapered. Fair winds!

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Very nice Grands Banks, I am impressed! The design is similar to a canoe. Bow and stern have very similar shape which is excellent in a following sea. My square stern, Downeast design, can be dangerous on waves coming from behind pushing the boat Parallel to the waves which might cause a capsized.
A Banks Dory will smoothly rise up by the wave and down. Hower, the freeboard distance is small, keep the boat bow or stern into the waves if you can!

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Grand Banks Dory - International Small Craft Center

One of the most recognizable American fishing craft, the dory was lightweight, inexpensive, and extremely seaworthy.
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This museum must have about 2 feet of paint buildup over the centuries!
 
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