Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, boatbuilding, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, monomoy, Nova Scotia, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, traditional, wooden boats
Want to build a classic wooden boat? There’s no better way to learn how than to take one apart and fix it!
That’s just the opportunity available at The Dory Shop this spring when master boatbuilder Jay Langford restores an aging Monomoy pull boat.
Brought to The Dory Shop straight from Cape Cod, where these boats originated, this fascinating project offers a unique learning opportunity for up to four new and would-be boatbuilders.
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| Jan 27, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, dories, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Santa Claus Parade, The Dory Shop, wooden
Holiday celebrations kicked into high gear over the weekend with the running of Lunenburg’s annual Santa Claus Parade.
Started just three years ago, it’s a fantastic event – colourful and fun and wonderfully supported by the businesses and organizations of our little maritime community.
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| Nov 28, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, boat, boatbuilding, boats, building, Captain Moreland, dory building course, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Picton Castle, The Dory Shop, traditional, wooden, wooden boats
For more than a week now, Jay has had a group of students from the Picton Castle Bosun School working with him in The Dory Shop. The Bosun School is a land-based program aimed at young mariners who wish to advance their skills away from the necessary distractions of a ship that’s underway at sea. This is the third running of the program and we’re delighted to have young sailors from Canada, the USA, Finland, Iceland and Denmark in attendance.
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| Oct 18, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, Black Rocks dory, boat, dories, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Dory, Lunenburg harbour, Lunenburg Wooden Boat Reunion, Nova Scotia, Nutshell Pram, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, wooden, wooden boats, WoodenBoat Show
So the little Black Rocks sailing dory that we had planned to take to the WoodenBoat Show – but then, receiving an order for a rowing dory, took that instead – is finished.
As you can see, it’s a sweet little boat with a simple lug sail rig. Perfect for a beginner sailer as the boat provides a very safe and stable platform from which to learn. Plus a dory of this size is easily rowed by a child as young as nine or 10 but can still hold a few people (her capacity is over 1000 lbs.!).
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| Jul 15, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, Bluenose II, International Dory Races, Kitty Cochran, Lunenburg waterfront, Lunenburg Waterfront Seafood Festival, Nova Scotia
Saturday, September 12 was an extraordinarily busy day on the Lunenburg waterfront, what with the International Dory Races, the launching of the schooner Kitty Cochran at the Dory Shop, and all of the other events of the Lunenburg Waterfront Seafood Festival.
We did get to see the afternoon Charity Challenge, in support of South Shore Health. The event came down to a final between teams from the schooner Bluenose II and the Barque Picton Castle.
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| Sep 12, 2009
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Barque Picton Castle, Dave Westergaard, Dory Shop, Duncan Veasey, International Dory Races, Kitty Cochran, Lunenburg Waterfront Seafood Festival, schoonerman, wooden schooner
Lots of excitement around the Dory Shop these days as we prepare for the launch of the first newly-built wooden schooner here in maybe 40 years.
The 33-foot Kitty Cochran was built by schoonerman Dave Westergaard of Tusket for Halls Harbour resident Duncan Veasey and his family. The boat was brought to the Dory Shop for her finish work and launch, now slated for September 12.
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| Aug 21, 2009
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: Antigua Classic Sailing Regatta, Barque Picton Castle, Captain Moreland, dory, sailing, schooners
So I just got an email from the Barque Picton Castle, still in the Caribbean, currently en route to The Saints from Antigua where crew members participated in last weekend’s Antigua Classic Sailing Regatta.
Not being a racing sort (the ship’s motto is We may be slow but we get around), the Picton Castle sat at anchor for the weekend while crew members signed aboard a host of beautiful schooners that needed extra hands. Those crew who weren’t otherwise engaged took the ship’s newly refurbished dory out sailing a number of times.
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| Apr 21, 2009