Build a Pacific Power Dory, a fine choice for many boating conditions. spirainternati... has several types and a number of sizes.
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@pakde8002 Жыл бұрын
RIP 🙏 Jeff Spira I only regret not ordering a set of plans but I learned so much from your videos and website that I believe I will be able to build a simple skiff without plans. I hope the fishing is good where you are now.
@c2sc19 ай бұрын
there are some plans on his Facebook page
@WesWillard.Ай бұрын
All plans are available in the Facebook group.
@jimmorrison3062 жыл бұрын
Wish I had found this guy sooner. Wish I had become interested in boats sooner. I’ve also noticed some problems with the website. I sincerely hope it gets back to up and running. Hope there are folks there to still run the business.
@jimmascaro24564 жыл бұрын
I worked on a 65 ft sportfishing boat here in N Cal. On a particularly rough day we had 28 ft swells. I caught 2 kings that day. Once I had 1 of them at the surface we were still getting bounced around pretty well. At 1 point we are in the troth & my fish is on top of the swell. My line was at a 45 degree angle going UP to the fish. A first for me. Wont ever forget that.
@johnbolton99573 жыл бұрын
Lifetime woodworker and fisherman here. Always thought about building one. Thanks for the video!
@lv2mine4 жыл бұрын
Pacific Dory's are my favorite. I hope to build an anacapa or a Farallon. I would love to see them with a forward slanting pilot house. Love your designs Jeff! 👍😁👏
@xyzebruh10833 жыл бұрын
Hey sir, I also go fishing for steelhead Salmon and a well known area is also located up in northern Michigan in a town called Ludington. I would go with my Dad every fall and spring when the fish are running through the Pere Marquette river. I think I’m going to purchase a dory plan from you someday and build a boat for my Dad and I to try out up there. I have been serving though in the Army ever since I was 18yrs old so I have a lot of years to catch up on fishing with my father. I should be retiring medically at 15yrs of service due to my severe PTSD and some physical disabilities. I am thankful to have came across your channel and determined to build a beautiful 18’ Carolina style Dory to fish on many years.
@hcv8154Ай бұрын
I grew up around Dories, and never knew they were called that in English. I am talking about the Yola Aguadillana, a homemade wooden flat-bottomed boat used around the coastal waters of Puerto Rico, even to visit neighboring islands. They are usually between 12 and 18 footers. It's rate to find one with a console, side or center, and the engines are outboards between 10 and 25hp. Side note: Marine grade plywood is very expensive and very very hard to come by and the boats are usually built by fishermen/wood workers. The end result is a boat that has to be carefully maintained to keep seaworthy. I am in the research stage of building one. I will be using non-marine plywood that I will seal with epoxy BEFORE attaching it to the frame, and afterwards too, of course. As for Jeff Spira, I take it from the comments that he moved on to a better life. To his family and friends, my deepest condolences.
@rafiqulislam81674 жыл бұрын
I built this when i retired my job.thankssir.
@billslusher19354 жыл бұрын
I've started the Tillamook. Sure hope it works in and near the Atlantic. Kidding! hope to have it crabbing this summer.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
Great! Have fun and please send in pictures as you go and after you launch.
@davidlawrence42954 жыл бұрын
Have always wanted a boat for the Washington coast, hope to make this my next project, even though I now live in New Mexico.
@drumminsonlive91994 жыл бұрын
Good video with a lot of interesting information it was nice to see the different sizes of that same design Thanks .
@slrs39084 жыл бұрын
Mr. composure. I like this guy.
@DavRen34 жыл бұрын
Might be rethinking the Key Largo i was planning...will need to compare with the Winchester
@dennisharrington60554 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@loveofsea14 жыл бұрын
I once met John Wayne at the Newport Beach Dory Fleet .
@sirjhonson8218 Жыл бұрын
I have seen that style of boat built out of Aluminum in Southern Louisiana .
@troytrujillo13502 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have access to the 19’ Albion plans?! Looking to start building but with the passing of jeff the website is no longer available
@pakde8002 Жыл бұрын
I'm assuming the copyright is still in effect for Jeff's plans and knowing Jeff he probably won't like it if anyone shares his plans. He was a no free lunch kinda guy but he was very generous with general boat building information on his KZfaq channel and his website. Hopefully some other boat plans company can work out a deal with Jeff's estate so these plans are still available.
@DavidHogben26 ай бұрын
"Victoria Island"? I think you mean Vancouver Island, on which Victoria is the largest city.
@maywashburn28484 жыл бұрын
Would this be able to go over a foot wide concrete weir from a canal to a river, the water levels are often even a few inches above the top of the weir.
@billj5034 жыл бұрын
I am not interested in building a boat, I want to enjoy boating this summer. Are there builders offering these for sale? Also, what benefits are there over aluminum ? Thanks.
@jonhalfacre39613 жыл бұрын
On a Farallon or Anacapa, is there room for an under deck fuel tank?
@tjkid073 жыл бұрын
Yes, no problem, but it depends how big.
@Cobwobbler3 жыл бұрын
As an engine source could an old jetski be used to make one of these into a Jetboat?
@tjkid073 жыл бұрын
It's been done with the 16 foot Wye River which has the exact same bottom as the 17' Tillamook. Word is that it worked out very well.
@nledelnr4 жыл бұрын
Which boat is pictured (above) on the thumbnail photo for this video, and how much power did he hang on it?
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
It's a Albion, though he stretched it by 1 foot to 20 feet instead of 19 which I guided him through the method. It's powered with a 50 horse Mercury. It's for sale, by the way, in Massachusetts. spirainternational.com/tipsandtricks/2018/180714_albion_best_of_show.html
@jimmccorison3 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid you have the wrong hemisphere for the Roaring 40's. They take place in the southern hemisphere between 40 and 50 degrees south. The mechanism is also quite different as down in the southern latitudes there are no large land masses to interrupt the wind and weather flows.
@mikefausett2624 жыл бұрын
Jeff what would the Power requirements be for the Sitka and Kodiak. I don’t see that on the study prints.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
There's a whole report in the insider section you can download when you join that shows all of the boats and describes the power requirements. Just join up: spirainternational.com/hp_fun2017.html
@mikefausett2624 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeff. I was already a member of the insider page but had not found this chart. This will be very helpful.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
@@mikefausett262 It's in the report "Outboard Power for Homebuilt Boats."
@mikeyd2712 жыл бұрын
That’s where the Goonies were filmed
@joe-hp4nk Жыл бұрын
Do you design cutter type boats?
@JAMaxeRestoration4 жыл бұрын
Never mentioned the Great Lakes, I wonder how this boat would perform on a rough Lake Michigan with the close wave patterns.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
They do great in short chop. Not that fast, like a deep v but stable enough.
@JAMaxeRestoration4 жыл бұрын
@@tjkid07 Thanks for the response but I'm still wondering. I wasn't asking about wave height but the distance between waves which is much shorter or closer together on the Great Lakes. I would like to see how this dory handles say 4-6 ft waves on Lake Michigan. I believe 4-6 ft wave height is similar to the waves in the first part of this video where the dory is launched and heads out. This design really appeals to me because I like the large functional deck space. But I don't recall ever seeing this hull design on Lake Michigan. Generally speaking when I've witnessed a smaller boat say 22 ft get in trouble it's because when the bow goes up on a wave there is no time for the bow to recover (come down) before the next wave. With the hull still up the second wave turns the hull slightly and the third completes the turn of the hull sideways which as you know is a recipe for disaster. Recreational boaters would not launch in these conditions but they can get caught off guard by quickly changing conditions on Lake Michigan and there is little safe harbor. Boaters head to the ramps and usually only the first first few boats get out. I've seen this scenario several times over the years. The boats left on the lake can only head back out and ride it out.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
@@JAMaxeRestoration I understand the difference between short wavelength (what I would call "chop") up to 4-6 feet from localized winds, and swell, that comes over a long fetch, like the North Pacific, which is often over 20'. The roughest time is when you get both, and it happens. These boats are used quite a bit in the great lakes, also. Because they are so lightly loaded, generally (most builders load them to less than half of their displacement capabilities,) and because the shape is so buoyant from their static stability, the tend to move a lot more in these conditions than recreational boats, but are much less likely to get broached or swamped - So it's a much rougher ride, but a safer one than typical recreational boats.
@JAMaxeRestoration4 жыл бұрын
@@tjkid07 Thanks again for your response. I'm looking to build a wooden before I get to old to do so. A boat around 20-22 ft. What i call a lake boat, for recreation, Would be used primarily on Big and Little Glen Lakes and Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Dunes. Your're an old timer (no offense...LOL) I can tell with lots of knowledge packed away. I just discovered your channel, I'll be watching more of your videos. Just subscribed. Thanks.
@tjkid074 жыл бұрын
JAMaxe Restoration Yes, that's me, an old timer! 😜 I used to be on a lot of midwest lakes and rivers including Michigan and Huron, back in my growing -up years, but have been on the seacoast all of my adult life. Have fun looking them over and email any questions you may have about any of my info.
@manolosilang78263 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr.Spira,I'm Manolo Silang from the Philippines.can you lend me a measurements of your dory boats?I want to make one here .
@tjkid073 жыл бұрын
Lend them to you? You can buy any of these full plans here: spirainternational.com/hp_wood_boats.html
@toddhiggins82612 жыл бұрын
Are plans still available?
@pakde8002 Жыл бұрын
Apparently the website closed after Jeff passed away earlier this year (2022). Hopefully someone will get it up and running again. Really sad to hear he passed away.
@summerland6397 Жыл бұрын
Somebody hacked your website. It goes too MW building supplies.