Calypso A 17' 2" Dory Skiff By William & John Atkin
A Dory Skiff
Our contribution this month shows complete designs of a rowing dory skiff. It retains the usual flat double-ended keel, or bottom, the lively sheer line and typical ends of most all boats of this particular type. The form and the construction are, one might say, standard practice for most all boats of this kind. And not unlike the past and present fleet of dories built up and down the coast of New England in many small shops by rule o' thumb experience; and those designed by distinguished yacht architects like Mower, Binny, Schock and others; and those modeled and built by Chaisson, Bachman, Lowell, Hammond, Gurney, Chamberlain, and others. All astonishing little boats -- and how many there are of them!
The plans of Calypso show a shipshape little hull 17 feet 2 inches in over all length; 14 feet on the water line; 5 feet 5 inches in breadth; and 5 3/4 inches in draft. The freeboard at the bow is 2 feet 1/4 inch, the least freeboard, 1 foot 2 5/8 inches, and the freeboard at the stem, 1 foot 6 1/2 inches. It will thus be seen that by any stretch of the imagination this is not a small boat. While the general form of the sides is rounding the sections both sides are formed by three straight (in an athwartship direction) planes. These are formed by the side of the keel, the two knuckles, and the edge of the deck, or sheer line; obviously an easy surface to plank.
The dory is primarily a rowing boat; but despite its beginning in oars the model is as much at home under the urge of a modest gasoline engine, or for that matter a center board and sails, as it is beneath the strong arms of an oarsman. For those that dislike muscular activities I would suggest the application of an outboard motor for this or some other dory.
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