Dory Story Part One: Building the "Tillamook" Dory
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2020
- Building a boat is not difficult. It's a good way to stay occupied in this time of social isolation, and when it's finished, you can enjoy using it while also staying isolated.
I built this dory because I couldn't afford to buy a seagoing boat, and, on the Oregon Coast, I needed one.
I wasn't thinking ahead to TH-cam when I reduced all the photos to small files. Watching this on a phone or laptop is good, but a large monitor or a TV will show my lack of foresight.
I've built three of Jeff Spira's designs, and I have my eye on two or three more. I've already had to sell one of my boats to make room for the others.
I should have included definitions of terms unfamiliar to people unfamiliar with boat construction. Keelson is the spine of the boat that runs from bow to stern in the bottom but inside the hull. The chine is the line at which the side meets the bottom. Chine log is the frame member that supports and defines that line.
I had to skip over a lot of details that, if you're going to build a ply-on-frame boat, might be helpful. This video is based on a PDF-file book I wrote as I built this dory. "Dory Story" is available FREE at www.ericrush.com
Jeff Spira died in 2022 and his website vanished. A year later, there has been no news regarding what will happen to Spira International. There is high demand for his boat plans but no legitimate way to acquire them. Purchasing a set of boat plans entitles you to build one boat from them, but many builders resell, trade, and give away plans. Some justify doing so by the fact that there has been, for a year now, no other way for anyone to get Spira plans.
After saying No for many months, I've found an ethical way to sell copies of my dory plans: You pay me what I paid Spira plus copy cost plus mailing. I or my heirs will hold the cost of plans in perpetuity. If and when Spira's business is resurrected and plans become available, I or my heirs turn over all money collected by me for the sale of copies.
This way, you get dory plans and I get to sleep well. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Several people have asked to buy my dory plans or copies. Legality and ethics of reselling Jeff Spira's intellectual property prevented me from doing that, but here is the workaround that doesn't cheat Spira's business and allows me to sleep well.
I had copies made of my plans for the "Tillamook" dory. For mailing to USPS domestic addresses rolled in a tube: $96.72. Mailed first class in a large envelope: $81.21. Priority Mail is $88.64. International mailing cost to be determined individually.
Breakdown is $69.99-the price I paid Spira-to be held indefinitely for Spira International or its successors by me or my heirs, $9.00 copy cost for five sheets, and the balance for mailing tube and/or postage.
I'm sure you can find others who will sell, trade, or even give you copies of plans without giving a thought to copyright if you're so inclined.
Hi, I’d be interested in ordering a set of prints if still possible
"Profanity was intense and sustained"... oh i felt that one, wonderfully done project !
Thanks, Mike.
I love his way of narrating everything he was doing,makes me feel like I am listening to a ole fronteirsmen, or 1940s ole film, of him being out in alaska building his home. And now i have to go catch some supper.
Thanks, Archie.
Great video production on this channel! Nice job on the sounds recording, voice over, photos, writing of the narration... great work on all of it really. You've got TH-cam figured out!
Thanks, David. I've still got a lot to learn. But I do pay attention to the audio. I spend probably too much time adjusting levels, but my radio broadcasting training from decades ago is still with me.
Love this video! Especially Trevor and Me sailing for our first time in the boat you made us! Tyvec sail and all. Keep them coming grandpa
Thank you! Will do! Wondered who Senpai Taco was. Now I know.
Thanks for the detailed and instructional video including the rollover. This video rocks!
A pleasure to follow your project. Great work.
Thank you, Ken. There will be more boat projects in the mix down the road.
This is awesome! Thank you for sending it to me. I am impressed with your woodworking skills. That’s a beautiful boat!
You may have a few years under your belt, but you still have it. Impressive!
From one old timer to another , if your wife loves the boat it's all good cheers !❤❤❤
She does and it is.
Wonderful narration I really enjoyed your video... Thanks...
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Hahaha profanity was intense and sustained!! Great job my friend . Your still young at heart !!
Not as young as I sometimes think I am and wish I was.
Excellent narration!
Thank you. Mental muscle memory from my radio days decades ago.
I enjoyed every minute of this! Subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing.
some advice from grandpa . I love it . Subscribed
Wow, now I know all the secrets. Thank you for sharing. This is Neftalí, like # 509
awesome, well done.
The pully system at the end made for a great cliff hanger/boat hanger.😲
That operation had me holding my breath, for sure.
Incredible video my friend!!!!!
Thank you very much!
I want to say I love his channel...he's an inspiration! Should be hired for narrative documentary shows. 😁👍
Voice is getting thin and raspy, sort of like an old man's voice. But thanks.
Brillliant and inspiring.
Well, I don't know about 'brilliant' Sandy, but I'm glad you found it inspiring.
@@OregonOldTimer As an aspiring old timer I’ve been toying with the idea of building a boat. I purchase the Old Wharf Dorys plans for The Lumberyard Skiff, but I keep finding reasons not to build it. We’re all running out of years. I hope your boat is still floating.
@@sandystrait3878 It's still off the trailer, but I hope to have the trailer repainted and the dory back on it by this weekend. Two more maintenance videos coming up. Maybe three.
Very nicely done. Mine was built in similar fashion, but under cover of pine trees without the benefit of a shed. I also noticed the odd curve change near the stern, but just went with it...doesn't seem to affect it much. Two big strong sons helped me with the roll over, resting it on the beam at one point, then letting it flop over onto the hull in the tall grass. These boats seem pretty forgiving, 'builder friendly', and error tolerant (if that can be considered a term). I bet you catch plenty of Dungeness with that rig.
It's a good boat for rivers, bays, and ocean. People come over to comment on it, many remarking that it's nice to see a wooden boat. I figured it was the bright yellow that attracted folks. They say it's the wood.
Hi. Nice work👍. Thanx for Your help
Happy to help.
Nice job looks grate
Thank you, Phillip.
Oh Eric! Thank you!
Glad you liked it.
Well done! 👍🏻
Still a good boat after nine years. Thank you.
@@OregonOldTimer as a fisherman who enjoys the water…. Anytime you build something that brings you closer to what you love is so worth every minute and penny you put in.
Excellent...
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice walk through. I bought the Tillamook Dory plans about 7 years ago and haven't built it yet. The family had the Eagle in the 2019 Dory Days Parade but I missed the 2020 lineup or I would have surely been drawn to your home build for commentary. Terry Learned built the Eagle for the family a few years back.
We missed the parade for the past couple of years, thanks to Covid and other things
I wish I had seen your video before finishing my framing and plywood. I had same problem with last frame of my boat. Guess I should have called Jeff. My Tillamook will not be finished til spring. Maybe bring it down for dorry days. Thanks for your vids.
You are welcome, Mike.
Thank you for this video. I want to try it, always been a fan of Spira.
Then you know Spira has plans for all sorts and sizes of boats. Just pick one and have fun.
very cool
Thanks.
Yeah, I know. Didn't catch it until after it was published.
Married all this time and still showing off for his sweetheart 😍😍😭😭
Who me? Show off? Nah.
00:17 - I Hear You Loud & Clear, Sir. It Damn-Sure Flies By. At 42yrs Old, I Wanna Create Something (other than my children) that’ll Last a Long Time, that Combines Sport with Pleasure. I’ve Logged Your Video to Memory. Thank You for Creating This for Us. TH-cam is a Hell of a Tool, Sometimes. I Feel as though I’m Your Phantom Understudy. Thanks Again, you Cool Old Man...I Plan to be a Cool Old Man, Too, so Please Allow Me to Ask a Few Qs:
1) How Does She Fare?
2) What Would You Have Done Differently?
1) No complaints.
2) Done differently? I'd have taken more time and paid more attention to detail. Things like planing sawmill stamps off of 2 by 4s and trimming glue squeeze-out. And I'd have maybe thought about it more and suspected that sliding the hull on nylon ropes to turn it over was going to cause damage, and I'd have done something different.
Structurally, I'd have made the transom out of two thicknesses of 3/4 ply.
And maybe I'd have made plywood flooring. Maybe I'd have made conventional bench seats.
And maybe... Well, hell. There's always next time.
That's a great idea making one small one first . Did you use marine plywood or regular plywood? Regular plywood at lowes doesn't seem to bend as much?
Regular construction plywood.
you have done a great job. Thanks for the video. I see you have painted both top and bottom with what looks like the same paint. What type of paint did you use and has it held up good for you? I will be using my Tillamook in the Willamette and at Newport waters.
Paint is "Safety Yellow" from Ace Hardware. After six years, it's still good, but the boat could use some touching up.
@@OregonOldTimer Thanks. Ill look into it.
Thank you for sharing such a great DIY video.
I just have one comment to make, the turning over of the hull was not just a "one" man job, it probably took a few or more men to build that barn the hull was hanging off... never mind me, I am just trying to be funny.
God bless you.
A lot of things that aren't supposed to be one-man jobs have to be if one man is all you've got.
Biggest difficulty in turning the hull over was lack of space.
Oh, and I built that shed/garage/boat-house myself, but that's another story.
@@OregonOldTimer
Did you cut down the wood too and forged the nails?
See, the point I was trying to make in a kind and funny way, is that we can't take full credit for all the things we sometimes claim to make in life, because we owe many that prepared the way before us.
I respect you for the hard and great work you have done, there are very few men like you left in this world, and I take no credit away from you, I just want to give credit to those who help you along the way also.
@@cubaniton74 I agree that no man is an island, or, these days I guess, no person is an island.
Clearly the home builder needs to think carefully before the build starts as to how to rotate the hull off the strong-back.... The airplane homebuilders often use rotisserie style metal tubes to facilitate flat welding surfaces and so forth. But wood and gallons of epoxy are heavy and this weight is not evenly arranged around the axis of rotation .... simple solution is build two boats at once :^D Rotate for each day's build and the rotisserie stays balanced. Now all you need is a 60'x20'x18' well built shed, two massive uprights to hold the thick steel tube with ratchet turning mechanism and then some wrap-around scaffolding...nevermind ;( Maybe some ropes, boards, and a little mechanical advantage device or two will suffice after all.
The "think carefully before" part comes hard for some of us.
Great job where is your keels no kills how do you keep this boat going straight
Good question, Eric. At anything above dead slow, direction is controlled with the outboard motor. But, when at idle speed, say, in a crowded marina, a gentle breeze takes control of direction. My solution was to install a daggerboard as though my dory were a sailboat. It works fine. Hard part is remembering to pull it up before loading onto the trailer.
@@OregonOldTimer Maybe you can add a mast and sail to that nice dory.
@@cubaniton74 It's cluttered enough as it is. I may build a sailing dinghy one of these days, though.
👍👍🙂
I think the Egyptians flipped boats like that on the Nile ... JK, JK, ... really a great job !!! ... Good Luck sailing her ... btw, what's your boats name ???
Because of the color, we considered naming it Tweety Bird, but we couldn't find a suitable decal, so we didn't bother naming it at all.
Love the boat,great job . Who's plans did you use ,and what size is the boat
Jeff Spira and 17 feet.
@@OregonOldTimer thank you very much
Hey there, Self. You misspelled 'enthusiastic.'
Never said we were perfect.
How can I acquire a copy of the plans? Thank you.
Email me: OregonOldTimer@gmail.com
I noticed you have the face grain of the plywood running in both directions and I'm curious how the boat is holding up?
I paid no attention to grain. I wanted minimum waste.
The dory is eight years old now. It's off the trailer because both need maintenance, rust removal and paint for the trailer, bright work refinishing on the dory. I have epoxy left over from a more recent boat that is past its best-if-used-by date, so I'll add that to the lowest part of the interior where water accumulates and it's looking a little rough.And there are a couple of marks in the yellow paint I'll touch up. No structural problems at all.
Latest video should answer your question, Dennis.
th-cam.com/video/TGvUAf0b1F8/w-d-xo.html
Boa tarde meu amigo de qual País vocês são, abraço aqui de São Paulo SP Brasil
Good afternoon to you, too, Gilto.
Ele é do estado do Oregon nos EUA. Esse tipo de barco é muito comum lá. Esse fundo plano permite lançar e recolher esses barcos na praia com certa facilidade. Procure aqui no TH-cam por "pacific city Dory"
@@recifedepeixes Thank you for explaining to Gilto. I should have translated his comment as I did yours.
Would you be willing to share the plans for this boat? Jeff Spira died and we cant get plans anymore.
Several people have asked to buy my dory plans or copies. Legality and ethics of reselling Jeff Spira's intellectual property prevented me from doing that, but here is the workaround that doesn't cheat Spira's business and allows me to sleep well.
I had copies made of my plans for the "Tillamook" dory. For mailing to USPS domestic addresses rolled in a tube: $96.72. Mailed first class in a large envelope: $81.21. Priority Mail is $88.64. International mailing cost to be determined individually.
Breakdown is $69.99-the price I paid Spira-to be held indefinitely for Spira International or its successors by me or my heirs, $9.00 copy cost for five sheets, and the balance for mailing tube and/or postage.
I'm sure you can find others who will sell, trade, or even give you copies of plans without giving a thought to copyright if you're so inclined.
Plans? its a cement box
Eight years after building this dory, I've posted the first of two or three videos on major maintenance. Here is Part One:
th-cam.com/video/TGvUAf0b1F8/w-d-xo.html
You could make $ being a voice for pepperidge farms commercials
I've never heard a P-Farm commercial, but thanks, I think.
Flat bottom is going to pound, check your dentist and make sure your teeth can take it
It does, but it's a problem only for people sitting forward at speed.
Great job! I have been want to do that myself we sound so much alike. I have a handyman's encyclopedia set from the 1960s filled with boat plans sailboat plans multiple plans made from plywood, our generation was a very handy one we could make anything. Hope you are having fun greetings from Griffin Georgia.
Ply-on-frame boat construction doesn't take an expert woodworker to do successfully. Have at it!