Southwester Dory
Description
The Southwester Dory is a lightweight, highly versatile modern expedition/rowing/sailing/motoring dory designed by John C. Harris (founder and chief designer of Chesapeake Light Craft/CLC, known for accessible stitch-and-glue plywood kits that blend traditional aesthetics with practical performance), built primarily as pre-cut kits by Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, with international agents like Fyne Boat Kits in the UK; introduced in 2015 (prototype built ~2014–2015 as an enlarged evolution of CLC's popular Northeaster Dory to accommodate a motor well, extra buoyancy/storage, and cat-yawl rig while keeping build simplicity for amateurs), with production ongoing today via kits/plans (no mass factory hulls—DIY/amateur-built focus); quantity manufactured is not precisely tracked (CLC doesn't publish exact totals for individual designs, but hundreds likely built or in progress given the brand's volume—e.g., they shipped 500+ Northeaster Dories by 2014, and the Southwester has strong ongoing demand in sail-and-oar communities, WaterTribe events, and forums).
Construction Details
| Designer | John C. Harris |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 18.830 ft |
| LOA | 18.830 ft |
| Displacement | 280 lb |
| Max Draft | 3.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.560 ft |
| Year Built | 2015 |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Southwester Dory - STANDING LUGSAIL
| Luff | 6.563 ft - (2000 mm) |
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| Foot | 9.198 ft - (2804 mm) |
| Leech | 13.323 ft - (4061 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 81.7 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 10.5 ft - (3200 mm) |
| Head | 9.49 ft - (2893 mm) |
| Area | * 79.37 ft² |
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Southwester Dory - STANDING LUGSAIL
| Luff | 3.865 ft - (1178 mm) |
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| Foot | 5.531 ft - (1686 mm) |
| Leech | 7.854 ft - (2394 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 81.72 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 6.275 ft - (1913 mm) |
| Head | 5.635 ft - (1718 mm) |
| Area | * 28.1 ft² |
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