
spirainternational.com - Here's a run through of the construction of an 18' wooden dory, along with a bit of background about Jeff Spira, founder of Spira International. Spira International is the naval architecture website of Jeff Spira, a mechanical engineer, lifelong boat builder, boat designer, and boat captain, cruising, sailing and fishing offshore for over 40 years. The Spira International website sells plans to build boats from 7' to over 30' of all varieties, including canoes, kayaks, row boats drift boats, sailing sharpies, dories, pacific power dories, Carolina dory skiffs, v-bottom boats, displacement cruisers, mullet skiffs, and McKenzie River drift boats.
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