Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, boats, dory, Dory Shop, Lunenburg, schooner, schooners, The Dory Shop, The Dory Shop Boatyard, twin schooners, wooden boats
There was much merriment in the boatyard this weekend (too much?) as we celebrated the installation of the last plank in our twin schooners – the Shutter Plank.
Actor-adventurer Billy Campbell, for whom one of the 48-foot schooners is being built, did the honours – dousing the plank with rum and hammering in the fastenings. The more than 150 people who joined us also got a look at the dory being built by participants in the Boatbuilder Employment Preparation Training Program.
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| Jan 23, 2012
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, CBC-TV, Dory Shop, Land and Sea, Lunenburg Schooners, schooner, schooners, The Dory Shop, Tom Gallant, twin schooners, wooden, wooden boats
A new television documentary featuring interviews about the building of the twin schooners out in The Dory Shop boatyard premieres this weekend on CBC Television.
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| Nov 30, 2011
Posted by The Dory Shop | Tags: boatbuilding, Dawson Moreland and Associates, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Schooners, Nova Scotia, schooner, schooners, shutter plank, The Dory Shop, twin schooners, wooden boats
Who says all the fun ends with Old Christmas?
Not here at The Dory Shop, where we’re busy planning a special celebration to mark a major milestone in the building of the twin schooners.
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| Jan 12, 2011