My friend Marc Bauer, a naval architect in California with whom I have worked, sent me plans for a little dory he designed for glued plywood construction. A good friend of mine here was thinking of building his first boat and I encouraged him to consider Marc's dory. I had a sense that in building the first boat we might discover some construction and design issues and that the experience would be a precious one for my friend, and that we'd generate some useful feedback for Marc. I started with Tom in showing him how to make a half model of the boat, and he was thrilled enough with that to want to start building the real thing. Rather than re-publish the whole thing here, I suggest you follow these links to where Marc's comments on the design are posted, as well as my write-up on making the model and the boat.

Note: as of right now the dory is still unfinished, with more postings to come as we complete it.