Scratch Built Banks Dory

[Pawley]

My 10 year old Granddaughter asked me to build her a boat. How could I refuse. I asked her to look at different models that I had built and select one. She choose the Banks Dory. She, however, did not want it painted. She wanted it natural. My thoughts were that I would have to get some color on it. So I used pine for the ribs and sides and walnut for the seats and seat rails to give it some color.

I used the attached plans by John Gardner to build it. The scale is 1 inch = 1 foot. The wood used was milled from regular lumber. The sides were cut on the Microlux Tilt Arbor saw.

Here are the results:

 

[Uwek]

A very fine model - I guess she will be very proud to have this model, and you can be very proud to have fine ladies in your family - Lucky YOU !!!

 

[Pawley]

Thanks Uwek. I'll give it to her tomorrow.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Your young granddaughter has excellent choice in small boats and natural finish for them.

She may make a good shipwrights assistant some day.

 

[Uwek]

Hallo @Pawley ,
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Enjoy your special day and we hope, that you will a lot of kisses from your Granddaughter !!!!!
We hope, that she enjoyed your Banks Dory

 

[Pawley]

Thanks Uwek. My wife and I miss being able to go to Vienna these days.. Sort of glad we saw it earlier.

 

[Jimsky]

Happy Birthday, Pawley!! Many more years to come!!