Comments on: The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #2 — 1950 http://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-looking-back-2-%e2%80%94-1950/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kenjones http://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-looking-back-2-%e2%80%94-1950/#comment-520785 kenjones Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:56:22 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17787#comment-520785 I wish I could answer your question but I have no idea. However, there are a lot of boat dealers in the area. I wish I could answer your question but I have no idea. However, there are a lot of boat dealers in the area.

]]> By: Carol http://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-looking-back-2-%e2%80%94-1950/#comment-516802 Carol Sat, 12 Jun 2021 22:47:30 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17787#comment-516802 I have a dory built in 1950’s. Walnut seats, oak gunnels (need refurbished) with two long oars. Was repainted in 2005. New seats then. Oars new then. How can I find it’s worth for selling? I have a dory built in 1950’s. Walnut seats, oak gunnels (need refurbished) with two long oars. Was repainted in 2005. New seats then. Oars new then.
How can I find it’s worth for selling?

]]> By: Bill Van Riper http://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-looking-back-2-%e2%80%94-1950/#comment-475067 Bill Van Riper Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:13:56 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17787#comment-475067 Jesse Van Riper was my grandfather. I was very close to him. He began fishing in 1937, fished for 17 years minus the ww2 shut down, which I didn't know about. My dad b as Baited hooks and went out some. They used jigs for albacore. Dad said sometimes 4 fish would hit, one on each line. My Dad is still alive. I will be seeing him next month. My grandfather was thought to be lost in 1938 I think, as a giant storm. Probably a chubasco, or hurricane. If I can replicate or tape it t, you might have a great story. Let me know if there's an interest. Jesse was my mentor in some respects. Thank you so much for these stories. We may have photos, etc. Bill Van Riper. Jesse Van Riper was my grandfather. I was very close to him. He began fishing in 1937, fished for 17 years minus the ww2 shut down, which I didn’t know about. My dad b as

Baited hooks and went out some. They used jigs for albacore. Dad said sometimes 4 fish would hit, one on each line. My Dad is still alive. I will be seeing him next month. My grandfather was thought to be lost in 1938 I think, as a giant storm. Probably a chubasco, or hurricane. If I can replicate or tape it t, you might have a great story. Let me know if there’s an interest. Jesse was my mentor in some respects. Thank you so much for these stories. We may have photos, etc. Bill Van Riper.

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