Building the Avery Point Dory

 at Avery Point, Groton Connecticut

John Gardner chapter

Traditional Small Craft Association

Photos and text by

Gail Ferris

gaileferris@hotmail.com

2004 rewritten 2011

 

01 DRAWING AVERY POINT DORY DRAWING

 

02 SCARF cutting 1 to 12 scarf with jig

 

03 SCARF anchoring epoxy joined scarf

 

04 RIB in preparation

 

05 RIB application of epoxy to rib

 

06 RIB adding screws to epoxied rib

 

07 RIB Screwing together rib sections

 

08 RIB cutting arch in rib

 

09 RIB bandsaw trimming rib edge

 

10 RIB - Routing rib edge

 

11 TRANSOM PATTERN

 

12 TRANSOM fitting reinforcements

 

13 TRANSOM transom side bottom view

 

14 TRANSOM transom routing inner edge

 

15 TRANSOM tombstone transom full view

 

16 CHINE sawing edge of chine

 

17 CHINE evening off the chine

 

18 CHINE Applying glass cloth & epoxy

 

19 CHINE epoxying fiberglass cloth to chine

 

20 SEAT measuring for the seat

 

21 STERN SEAT trimming seat edge

 

22 OVERVIEW Avery Point dory facing bow interior

 

23 OVERVIEW Stern interior

 

24 OVERVIEW chine untrimmed

 

25 GUNWALE bending on the gunwale

 

26 OAR LOCKS Installing oar locks

 

27 OAR LEATHER beginning to lace oar leather

 

28 OAR LEATHER finishing lacing oar leather