Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Banks dory, boatbuilding, dories, dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, handline dory, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Lunenburg harbour, Nova Scotia, The Dory Shop, traditional, wooden boats
We kicked off the long Victoria Day weekend this afternoon with ‘graduation’ ceremonies for participants in our spring dory building course.
Once again, we were blessed with a great group, all eager to learn about traditional wooden boats, to get right in there with the plane or the hammer or the paint brush, and to enjoy the offerings of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and our waterfront in particular.
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| May 18, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Black Rocks dory, boatbuilding, dory building course, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard
The gunwales are in and the guys are making the seats, known as thwarts, for their handsomely crafted Black Rocks dory. This afternoon we’ll get out of the shop a little and visit Michele Stevens Sailloft in First Peninsula.
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| May 17, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Black Rocks dory, dory building course, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, wooden boats
We told you the fellows in this spring dory building class were quick learners. Turns out they are also quick builders! Check out these photos of their dory, taken Friday afternoon.
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| May 16, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Bluenose II, boatbuilding, courses, dory building courses, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, schooners, The Dory Shop, wooden boats
We’d like to extend, a little belatedly, a big welcome to participants in our spring 2011 dory building class, which got underway Monday.
We’re always wondering how we manage to get such great groups of people – truly! And this gang also includes some pretty fast learners. At this point, they actually have the dory fully planked (more photos to come obviously!) and will be fitting her knees this afternoon. Jay is highly impressed.
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| May 13, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Fortune Bay dory, sailing, The Dory Shop, Tim Horton’s Camp
A technical issue on the Underway section of The Dory Shop website prevented us from posting photos in a timely way as we built this lovely big Fortune Bay sailing dory for the Tim Horton’s Camp at Tatamagouche this spring.
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| May 05, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: authentic, Fortune Bay sailing dory, Lunenburg Dory, Maritime living and heritage, Nova Scotia, rowing, sailing, Tatamagouche, The Dory Shop, Tim Horton, Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Summer Camp
For those folks fortunate enough to have grown up on the water, thoughts of summers spent ‘messing about in boats’ bring back some pretty wonderful memories.
And it’s just those warm thoughts that have our gang here at The Dory Shop so stoked as we begin building a big Fortune Bay sailing dory for the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Summer Camp at Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
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| Apr 07, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, Dawson Moreland and Associates, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Schooners, Nova Scotia, schooner, schooners, shutter plank, The Dory Shop, twin schooners, wooden boats
Who says all the fun ends with Old Christmas?
Not here at The Dory Shop, where we’re busy planning a special celebration to mark a major milestone in the building of the twin schooners.
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| Jan 12, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: dory building course, The Dory Shop
We had such a great time hosting our dory building course this spring, and have had such overwhelming interest in the prospect of future classes, that we’ve decided to host another course this fall. And this one will be even better thanks to the valuable input of our spring class.
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| May 30, 2009
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: master craftsman, Milton Fancy, New Cornwall United Baptist Church, oar maker, Rick Wilson, stained glass artist, stained glass window, The Dory Shop
We’re so pleased to be able to share with you these photos of a beautiful new stained glass window recently dedicated in loving memory of The Dory Shop’s longtime oar maker, master craftsman Milton Fancy.
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| May 30, 2009
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Caribbean, Fishmaker dory, Picton Castle, sail training program, Sailing dory, Sea Never Dry, The Dory Shop
Many thanks to the crew of the sail training ship Picton Castle who sent us these pictures of their newly refurbished sailing dory, Sea Never Dry, sailing off Mayreau in the Caribbean.
Built by The Dory Shop, this Fishmaker dory has been around the world at least twice, maybe three times, we’ve lost count. Recently the crew got all creative giving her a very customized paint job and sewing a fresh set of sails from cloth purchased during the ship’s call at Dakar, Senegal this past January.
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| Mar 21, 2009
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