Worldway Posted September 28, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2021 Just a curious question. All pictures I can find of the Bluenose don't show any kind of cover over the dories even though they are stored upright. The Bluenose typically had 8 dories, stacked in 2 groups of 4. I would have thought they would get filled with water without a covering. Are my assumptions wrong? thibaultron 1 Quote Derek If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea Antoine de Saint Exupery Current Builds Bluenose - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale Fair American - Model Shipways - 1:48 Scale HMS Winchelsea 1764 - Group Build On Deck Guns of History Naval Smoothbore Deck Gun - 1:24 Scale Finished Builds Mare Nostrum - Artesania Latina - 1:35 Scale Guns of History Carronade - Model Shipways - 1:24 Scale Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted September 28, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2021 Good question Derek. I looked at some contemporary photos of fishing schooners of the early 20th century but many of the photos are grainy at best and difficult to see. None appear to have covers over the entire stack, but two that I found MAY have covers over the top most in the stack. A couple of photos that I found are below. There were more as well that popped up with a quick search on the internet. Assuming they were usually not covered I imagine they had drain holes with plugs like small boats of today. Are you speaking of the original Blue Nose? Looking at a bunch of contemporary photos of fishing schooners of her size, they seem to have at least 5 and usually 6 or 7 dories per side. I am curious if there were any rules or ratios of the size of a schooner and the number of dories, or perhaps it had to do with the size of the dory and type of fish they were targeting. Can you share your source regarding only 4 dories per side? Thanks! Cheers Allan thibaultron, Archi and mtaylor 3 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worldway Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted September 28, 2021 Thanks Allan, Yes, I am referring to the original Bluenose. One source I have is from Wikipedia which states: " Bluenose, being a Lunenburg schooner, used the dory trawl method. Lunenburg schooners carried eight dories, each manned by two members of the crew, called dorymen." I will do a bit of further investigation to see if I can find any additional detail. thibaultron and mtaylor 2 Quote Derek If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea Antoine de Saint Exupery Current Builds Bluenose - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale Fair American - Model Shipways - 1:48 Scale HMS Winchelsea 1764 - Group Build On Deck Guns of History Naval Smoothbore Deck Gun - 1:24 Scale Finished Builds Mare Nostrum - Artesania Latina - 1:35 Scale Guns of History Carronade - Model Shipways - 1:24 Scale Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted September 29, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 29, 2021 Lacking additional information, if all Lunenberg schooners carried only 8 dories this seems to be the best information to go with. It is very nice to see research going into a project like this rather than accepting that a kit is always accurate. thibaultron and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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