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| Above are photos of lifeboats from the ship SS Farallon, 749 tons, built in San Francisco in 1888. She struck a rock in Cook Inlet, Alaska in the winter of 1910. Her 38 passengers and crew escaped to shore in the ship's wooden lifeboats, described in later testimony as dories. Six of the men took one of these boats out to sea in an attempt to reach Kodiak, 130 miles away, to seek help. They were wrecked by floating ice and stranded for more than two months before they were finally rescued. In the above group of boats, the one in the lower right (in color) is a modification of a much newer boat to suit the film's requirements.It will be featured on an episode of "Ray Mear's Extreme Survival" on Discovery's Travel Channel early next year. - Photos and info submitted by Steven Lloyd | |
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| "A-Dory-O" and her crew, on a hunt for sea bass off Cape Kiwanda. -Submitted by Don Grotjohn | A beautiful small lapstrake design dory moored in Newport, Oregon. Submitted by Bruce Evers |
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| Skipper David Olson launching his dory "Elizabeth Ann" for a day of fishing for rock fish. -Submitted by Don Grotjohn | Don Hiatt and friends headed out for tuna aboard "Sand Dollar". This happens to be the boat my father and I owned, "Carolyn Kay," and is the boat featured on the main page of this website. A few owners later and it's still going strong. -Submitted by Don Grotjohn |
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| Bob Matson and his Harvey dory "Mad Dog" about to get after tuna. -Submitted by Don Grotjohn | August 26, 2001 - Tuna at 12 miles!!! Most of the dories on the water today are after TUNA! Pictured are the dorymen's boat trailers and vehicles on the beach at Pacific City, OR. -Submitted by Don Grotjohn |
