Dory

As Dory, Dorie also Doriboot or a small rowing and segelbares auxiliary boat in the fishery is known. This flachbordigen fishing boats have been built since about 1760 plattbodige 3.5 to 5 m, rarely up to 7 meters long working boats. The boats had a very broad, consisting of up to four floor planks flat bottom. The board pages fell about 30 degrees outward. Thus, several boats were stacked inside each other, save space carried on the upper deck of the fishing vessels. The seat boards called the thwarts could be easily removed.

Original use

The result is this type of boat during the bank fishing by Portuguese fishermen on the Banks of Newfoundland. The simple and inexpensive Dories were numerous carried on board larger vessels. With these boats rowed or sailed, provided one or two fishermen in a star shape from the fishing vessel to the best cod fishing grounds. There, long lines or hand fishing were applied. A Dory fish could load up to a ton.

Locomotion

The Dories were rowed priority. Sailed they were with a triangular sail and a small jib. The mast was easily removable. To control a belt was used. On one of the fixed sword and a special rudder was omitted because of the transport disability.

Subsequent designations

The name Dory was also used for a powerboat series of Dell Quay shipyard based in England. This shipyard no longer exists now. Widely used is the type Dory 13: A work boot, which is often water rescue, fire departments and other organizations used by DLRG, as work and rescue boat. Was equipped the boat with a 3- he keel / hull. In this way a high velocity is reached relatively quickly. A similar type of boat is the Boston Whaler 13