Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boat, boatbuilding, boats, dories, Dory Shop, Jay Langford, Lunenburg Dory, sailing, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard
Posts to this blog regularly bear witness to the incredible boatbuilding talents of our team here at The Dory Shop, particularly the work of our master dory builder Jay Langford.
But Jay’s talents extend well beyond the boatbuilding world as proven by the painting – his latest! – shown here.
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| Mar 07, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, boatbuilding, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, monomoy, Nova Scotia, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, traditional, wooden boats
Want to build a classic wooden boat? There’s no better way to learn how than to take one apart and fix it!
That’s just the opportunity available at The Dory Shop this spring when master boatbuilder Jay Langford restores an aging Monomoy pull boat.
Brought to The Dory Shop straight from Cape Cod, where these boats originated, this fascinating project offers a unique learning opportunity for up to four new and would-be boatbuilders.
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| Jan 27, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, boats, dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, The Dory Shop, traditional, wooden boats
Our two-week segment with participants in the Boatbuilder Employment Preparation Training Program, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association and the Employment Solutions Society, is moving right along.
Yesterday, the gang was fitting and installing the knees (frames) in the 13-foot-bottom, 17-foot overall Handline dory they’re building with Jay.
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| Jan 24, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, boats, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, schooner, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, twin schooners, wooden boats
There was much merriment in the boatyard this weekend (too much?) as we celebrated the installation of the last plank in our twin schooners – the Shutter Plank.
Actor-adventurer Billy Campbell, for whom one of the 48-foot schooners is being built, did the honours – dousing the plank with rum and hammering in the fastenings. The more than 150 people who joined us also got a look at the dory being built by participants in the Boatbuilder Employment Preparation Training Program.
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| Jan 23, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, dories, dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, handline dory, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, wooden boats
Participants in the Boatbuilders Employment Preparation Training Program (phew – what a name!) are making good progress with the 13-foot-bottom Handline dory they are building.
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| Jan 20, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, boats, dory, dory building course, handline dory, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association, The Dory Shop, traditional, wooden boats
We’re very happy to have the gang from the Boatbuilder Employment Preparation Training Program, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association, with us these next two weeks.
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| Jan 18, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, CBC-TV, Dory Shop, Land and Sea, Lunenburg Schooners, schooner, schooners, The Dory Shop, Tom Gallant, twin schooners, wooden, wooden boats
A new television documentary featuring interviews about the building of the twin schooners out in The Dory Shop boatyard premieres this weekend on CBC Television.
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| Nov 30, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, dories, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Santa Claus Parade, The Dory Shop, wooden
Holiday celebrations kicked into high gear over the weekend with the running of Lunenburg’s annual Santa Claus Parade.
Started just three years ago, it’s a fantastic event – colourful and fun and wonderfully supported by the businesses and organizations of our little maritime community.
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| Nov 28, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, dories, dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, Gloucester, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, wooden boats
An article in this month’s issue of Classic Boat, entitled 10 Iconic American Boats, lists both dories and working schooners.
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| Nov 22, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, dories, dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, sailing, Sailing dory, The Dory Shop, traditional, wooden, wooden boats
It’s always rewarding to receive a call or email from someone with one of our boats, telling us how much they love and enjoy them. Especially heart-warming are the messages from folks who have acquired an older dory in need of some TLC but who can look beyond the repairs required to the boat that can still be. Often they have questions about how to approach the needed repairs, and we do our best to help them. And of course if they are within driving distance, we are happy to do the repairs for them.
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| Nov 08, 2011
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