RIP, Sir, you seem like a nice man.

The Portuguese White Fleet used schooners and dories to fish the Grand Banks until 1967 or 1968. I am pretty sure they were the last ones to fish that way. There is an old episode of Land and Sea on youtube where you can watch footage of them. It's super interesting.

The French were still using dories for a bit of commercial fishing on the Channel coast, certainly till the eighties. I always admired the way they handled the short steep seas you get, tight to the cliffs there. They tend to use a small outboard in a well. I hope a few are still doing it !

Last summer (of 2020) I was in Elburg (the Netherlands) where I saw a catamaran build with (what looked like) two rather long and/or stretched dories. I am not sure if they were 3 or 5 plank dories but I am quite sure it were dories and quite sure it was a home build. The vessel was quite long, possibly around 10m (about 30 ft). I have still to find out who the builder is but I will try and find out more about the vessel. In any case I think the use of a 3 or 5 plank dorie design (possibly stretched) for the two hulls of a catamaran quite clever. Mainly because building a dorie with the stitch and glue method is relatively easy and makes for a strong and solid build. It also a twin hull overcomes most of the instability issues a dorie suffers from...

Seiners are being used for Herring in the Bay of Fundy and seas of South West Nova Scotia.

Always called the rounds a punt. A dory was a flat bottomed working boat. They could be stacked. Idk tho

Your Nova Scotia is on my shortlist. Have never built a boat before, but woodworking is my trade, and I have built the doors and windows in our house. I live on the ocean. You say 'Construction Method: 1/6 scale'. Does this mean their are no dimensions in the drawing. My worry would be downloading and printing and holding the original 1:6 scale. I only have a A4 printer. I also have difficulty getting hold of 9mm of high quality. 12mm is no problem. Thank you for the video.

Do you think a Dory could be fitted with a steam engine

How much load can the 16' nova scotia banks dory SAFELY carry

I wish i had s Link to a lifeboat engine sale so I could pit it in a grande doris wink wink nod, really.

Appreciate the history but the title says boat building and there is none in this video, you should change the title to reflect the actual content.