The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
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TYPE OF ORIGINAL poRY.

Just how the dory came by its name is yelled
In obscurity. The title may possibly have been
derived from the John Dory fish. Certain 1t is
that tho tyne has been in use considerably moro
than a hundred years. Walter Lowell, a dory
builder OF Swampscott, is authority for the
statement that his grandfather used to DO o
dory builder on the Ipswich River before the
beginning of the present century.
The type probably antedates that period. as
the form Of the boat Is primitive and one which
q seafaring people with few facilities for boat
building would be most likely to adopt.
To the uninitiated in dory matters the name
signifies q heavy. clumsy. slab-sided boat.
practically without model. very hard to row and
without n centrehoard. Such a craft the original
dory was and to a great extent the dory now In
use on tho Grand Banks still Is, but with the
introduction OF sails in their boats by the coast
fishermen, the models underwent q change.
First q lee.board Ave feet long and dashed when
heating to the lee thole pins, came into vogue.
This was superseded by a small csntreboard for
peared to give stiffness to the craft when on the
wind;, next the bottom hoard narrowed and
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and finer until tho modern dory is nothing more
than a long. heavy CANOE that is exceedingly
The dory adopted by the riverside Club is II
fec. over an. Is IS feet on the bottom b9a r., and : Z
are in actual use by fishermen, rugged with q
leg.of-mutton mainsail and lib. AS ono travels
Of the dory changes materially; In Maine It i9
than along the Massachu otis shores. A spirit
sail is also used on the Maine coast, which style
mutton sail further south. As a matter Of fact,
the dory in Maine may be considered TO be still
in the embryo stage. =
With the introduction Of sails as a, means of
propelling a dory. the question OF the best prao.
adopted for its simplicity. but soon discarded
as being unhandy in setting. besides ana taking
up an unnecessary amount of room when lying
in the boat unfurled. Furthermore 1t has been
demonstrated that the one way to get the great.
the greatest sail area as much aloft as possible,
for tho reason that in u hard blow q low boom
drags in the wat r, whilc even In light airs the
weight of the breeze is almost invariably aloft.
adopted by the Nahant Dory Club, whose mem
bers are enthusiastic sailors OF these tiny YES
sells and have given more intelligent thought TO
tho subject than any other body OF small boat
os-mutton, with a boom almost rs long as the
mast, the sail being shaped like a short.headed
club topsail. This Is carried with a tiny jlb
when ON the wind, while In reaching and run
shaped like the first one, only smaller, is stepped
in the after thwart. setting up like a jiRger on a
canoe or ketch. This after sail. however. is neveI
set by the wind. as the boom OF the larger SAIL
inReniousiy. rugged. with two parts, wondering
through a block high up on the mast, which,
when the sail is gybed. lifts the boom over the
5igger masthead like shutting up a ,Jackkn1fe
until 1t passes over, when 1t Is sheeted home on
in a hard wind and heavy sea, as the boom IL
made 30 light and gybes so rapidly that many
crews have been spilled suddenly by failing to