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working dory paint
Greetings to the group,
I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Use a Timberwolf/Viking blade and never worry about drift again.
"Mike Brannon" wrote in message news:JvFCb.6129$J77.1966@fed1read07... Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Well, color scheme is pretty much up to . he user, but I built a lot
of dories at one time, and left to myself I used SG white for the outside, some kind of medium buff for the interior, and dark green (Nantrucket Green) for the rail. Many of the Banks dories (which is not what you are building) were painted buff inside and out. Michael Porter "Mike Brannon" wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon Michael Porter Naval Architect / Boatbuilder mporter at mp-marine dot com www.mp-marine.com |
working dory paint
Hi, here in Newfoundland....."Dory Country".....we have alwaly used
battleship Grey trimmed with green or Dory Buff trimmed with green and of course red antifouling on the botom. Bert Newfoundland Canada "Mike Brannon" wrote in message news:JvFCb.6129$J77.1966@fed1read07... Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Keeping in mind of course that although the colors you mention are fairly
traditional, that dories were often painted with a paint scheme that identified them with the mother ship. But basic buffs, grays, greens, and oranges were common... Brian "Bert & Eileen Plank" wrote in message ... Hi, here in Newfoundland....."Dory Country".....we have alwaly used battleship Grey trimmed with green or Dory Buff trimmed with green and of course red antifouling on the botom. Bert Newfoundland Canada "Mike Brannon" wrote in message news:JvFCb.6129$J77.1966@fed1read07... Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
I recollect some New Bedford fish boats which had on the wheelhouse top a dory
or two painted international orange. I 'spect that it was in the interest of visibility. Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on
Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Bert & Eileen Plank wrote: Hi, here in Newfoundland....."Dory Country".....we have alwaly used battleship Grey trimmed with green or Dory Buff trimmed with green and of course red antifouling on the botom. Bert Newfoundland Canada "Mike Brannon" wrote in message news:JvFCb.6129$J77.1966@fed1read07... Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on
Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright
yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
"Jim Conlin" wrote in message ... I recollect some New Bedford fish boats which had on the wheelhouse top a dory or two painted international orange. I 'spect that it was in the interest of visibility. Wow! That(international orange) would be a bit too loud me thinks.(smiles) I do thank you for the suggestion..under the conditions a boat far from land would benefit from the visibility standpoint. Actually I think something softer. I think that the buff (thinking buff= lighter and flat) would do nicely for the hull as in buff yellow. Accent color for the rail/sheer strake maybe the bright green. Since my little tender will represent a workboat I think that the grey interior will suit it best. Thanks to all who replied. especially steveJ and Rick Hayes who sent me some great pics. Really appreciate it! Regards Mke Brannon |
working dory paint
If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever
reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. .......
.... So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? When I built my swampscot dory (with a 1908 Gray one-lung) I asked John what color he thought it should be painted. He suggested a light gray, which I did. When I took the boat to Mystic to show him he liked it. ron ginger |
working dory paint
That's all I have of the dories, Brian. That was a great trip out to
Grand Manan Island two years ago. Real interesting place. I do have an old site with a few other boat projects on it. Please excuse the dead links as I have not been maintaining this site lately. Someday I'll rework it. I'm currently working on a skin on frame kayak. http://www.geocities.com/new_old_boa...x/oldboat2.htm SteveJ Brian D wrote: If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
SteveJ,
Looked for the skin on frame kayak at the URL you gave...didn't find it. More info? Looks like you're an accomplished builder/boater ...I'm impressed. Keep up the good work and keep showing us pix! Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... That's all I have of the dories, Brian. That was a great trip out to Grand Manan Island two years ago. Real interesting place. I do have an old site with a few other boat projects on it. Please excuse the dead links as I have not been maintaining this site lately. Someday I'll rework it. I'm currently working on a skin on frame kayak. http://www.geocities.com/new_old_boa...x/oldboat2.htm SteveJ Brian D wrote: If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
SteveJ,
Looked for the skin on frame kayak at the URL you gave...didn't find it. More info? Looks like you're an accomplished builder/boater ...I'm impressed. Keep up the good work and keep showing us pix! Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... That's all I have of the dories, Brian. That was a great trip out to Grand Manan Island two years ago. Real interesting place. I do have an old site with a few other boat projects on it. Please excuse the dead links as I have not been maintaining this site lately. Someday I'll rework it. I'm currently working on a skin on frame kayak. http://www.geocities.com/new_old_boa...x/oldboat2.htm SteveJ Brian D wrote: If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
Brian,
Sorry to imply that I had pics of the skin on frame kayak project. I have not posted them yet. SteveJ Brian D wrote: SteveJ, Looked for the skin on frame kayak at the URL you gave...didn't find it. More info? Looks like you're an accomplished builder/boater ...I'm impressed. Keep up the good work and keep showing us pix! Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... That's all I have of the dories, Brian. That was a great trip out to Grand Manan Island two years ago. Real interesting place. I do have an old site with a few other boat projects on it. Please excuse the dead links as I have not been maintaining this site lately. Someday I'll rework it. I'm currently working on a skin on frame kayak. http://www.geocities.com/new_old_boa...x/oldboat2.htm SteveJ Brian D wrote: If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
It's ok. I just like looking at people's boats that they've built, or are
currently building. An enjoyable pastime for when the epoxy is curing out in the shop. Here's mine (not current ...been busy lately): http://www.advantagecomposites.com/tongass (Follow link to construction photos) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Brian, Sorry to imply that I had pics of the skin on frame kayak project. I have not posted them yet. SteveJ Brian D wrote: SteveJ, Looked for the skin on frame kayak at the URL you gave...didn't find it. More info? Looks like you're an accomplished builder/boater ...I'm impressed. Keep up the good work and keep showing us pix! Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... That's all I have of the dories, Brian. That was a great trip out to Grand Manan Island two years ago. Real interesting place. I do have an old site with a few other boat projects on it. Please excuse the dead links as I have not been maintaining this site lately. Someday I'll rework it. I'm currently working on a skin on frame kayak. http://www.geocities.com/new_old_boa...x/oldboat2.htm SteveJ Brian D wrote: If I recall, that was the reason for the 'buff' color too. For whatever reason, it shows up better. Same goes for green BTW ...hard to believe, but you know what they say about "seeing is believing" (pardon the pun.) Nice links by the way. Does the 'boats2build2003' guy/gal at geocities have a main photos page to go to, or are these two pix the only ones available? Love to see more ...great pix ! (thanks!) Brian "stevej" wrote in message ... Actually, now that I think of it, the most common color was a bright yellow. I remember one owner saying it showed up best in a fog. Bright colors predominated. stevej wrote: Here are two links to pictures I took of some real working dories on Grand Manan Island. Everyone's dory, and there were a lot of them, was painted a different color. These boats were used for harvesting Dulse weed which is dried and sold as food. The dories had plastic looking bottom protecting panels that they said were "teflon". I asked the builder fellow, who built most of the dories, where he got the design and he said they were basically Lunenburg dories that were modified at the stern to accept a long shaft outboard. This is one of the few places I've seen in eastern Canada where real simple woodenboats are used for real work. except mabey the few remaining wood lobster boats in Maine. I wonder if anyone else knows of any other examples? http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories.jpg http://www.geocities.com/boats2build2003/300dories2.jpg SteveJ Mike Brannon wrote: Greetings to the group, I'm building a dory from a John Gardner book. It is a simple swampscott tender model. I have done a ocean of research on these craft and have yet to come across a description of the paint color scheme. All the pretty coffee table books with wood boats show few dories. All the old photos that I have found are black & white. So folks, what traditonal colors would look good on my dory (inside,outside,trim)? PS. I picked up a new Jet 14" bandsaw recently. It is the deluxe model with a 1 1/4hp motor. It is plenty powerful for oak and is remarkably quiet. The "do it yourself- backyard boatbuilder" this is about the largest saw to own without going commercial. For those of you that may be hunting for a wood band saw I rate it tops. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a fence. The Jet folks need to step up and offer one with the saw. :-( Best regards, Michael Brannon |
working dory paint
My father an old New England Doryman always painted his dories in either
of these 2 color combintions- 1. White exterior of hull with (Interlux) Spar Buff gunwales and interior with white thoarts. 2. Navy Gray exterior, and interior with white gunwales, and thoarts. His oars, and tholl pins were always finished with natural boiled linseed oil or "deck oil" a wood preservative concoction consisting of equal proportions of boiled linseed oil, pine tar, and natural turpentine. He probley has owned close to a dozen dories in his lifetime. Hope that helps. Spy in Hawaii |
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