https://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-through-the-years/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 https://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-through-the-years/#comment-517278 Greg Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:41:07 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17671#comment-517278 In the 70s and 80s I remember at baldys tackle at the base of Newport pier there was old photo under the glass counter top of a huge great white shark with old screwjackto lift nose and a man standing on his back. If I remember right the dimensions were 40 ft. Long and 8 tons. If anyone knows anything about this photo or details please let me know or have a picture of the photo I would appreciate that. Thanks Greg. In the 70s and 80s I remember at baldys tackle at the base of Newport pier there was old photo under the glass counter top of a huge great white shark with old screwjackto lift nose and a man standing on his back. If I remember right the dimensions were 40 ft. Long and 8 tons. If anyone knows anything about this photo or details please let me know or have a picture of the photo I would appreciate that. Thanks Greg.

]]> https://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-through-the-years/#comment-510220 kenjones Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:01:32 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17671#comment-510220 Sorry but you would probably need to contact someone connected with the dory fleet for ideas. Sorry but you would probably need to contact someone connected with the dory fleet for ideas.

]]> https://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-through-the-years/#comment-507349 Cody Tue, 12 May 2020 19:22:59 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17671#comment-507349 I’m trying to recreate one of these shallow v bottomed dories an honor of the unique Newport dory history, do you have any suggestions, scaling, models, or points on what defined these boats? Anything would help I’m trying to recreate one of these shallow v bottomed dories an honor of the unique Newport dory history, do you have any suggestions, scaling, models, or points on what defined these boats? Anything would help

]]> https://kenjonesfishing.com/2018/03/the-newport-beach-dory-fleet-%e2%80%94-through-the-years/#comment-501894 Gordon Quigg Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:23:03 +0000 http://kenjonesfishing.com/?p=17671#comment-501894 We moved to Newport Beach in 1958 to a house right on the beachfront between orange street and the Santa Ana River. They were still building the jetties and putting the last boulders by crane on them and I was about 2. As I grew up my dad would go off to work and my mom would ride me in a basket on her bike, down to the fishing dorys every morning to get in on the fresh catch. I was fascinated by the fishermen and their skills negotiating the surf, and the cooperation in placing the various rollers successively in front of each dory over and over as they were pushed up the beach to the base of the pier, and how they convert into a live on the spot market place within minutes. Later they switched from oars to outboard motors, and from heavy wooden rollers to light weight inflatable rubber/cloth rollers. And the dory designs became sleeker and racier, with the use of the motors. I've always been fascinated with their unique ocean wave penetrating and seaworthy designs. Does anyone have information on a history of just the dories and who designed and built the newer motorized dory boats of Newport pier, from 1962 onward? And are there any builder's plans for these unique work boats? We moved to Newport Beach in 1958 to a house right on the beachfront between orange street and the Santa Ana River. They were still building the jetties and putting the last boulders by crane on them and I was about 2. As I grew up my dad would go off to work and my mom would ride me in a basket on her bike, down to the fishing dorys every morning to get in on the fresh catch. I was fascinated by the fishermen and their skills negotiating the surf, and the cooperation in placing the various rollers successively in front of each dory over and over as they were pushed up the beach to the base of the pier, and how they convert into a live on the spot market place within minutes. Later they switched from oars to outboard motors, and from heavy wooden rollers to light weight inflatable rubber/cloth rollers. And the dory designs became sleeker and racier, with the use of the motors. I’ve always been fascinated with their unique ocean wave penetrating and seaworthy designs. Does anyone have information on a history of just the dories and who designed and built the newer motorized dory boats of Newport pier, from 1962 onward? And are there any builder’s plans for these unique work boats?

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