"The flat-bottomed dories, originally built from spruce planks in a design that is unique to Oregon, are legendary for their fresh catch and their trademark launchings and landings—taking off through the waves right from the beach near Cape Kiwanda and returning with a slide up onto the sand with a day’s catch. Commercial dory fishermen have been fishing out of Pacific City since the early 1900s, although they began to rule the area as the primary fishermen in the ’60s and ’70s. There were hundreds of boats in the dory fleet then, and by the mid-’70s, Pacific City was the second largest salmon-fishing port on the Oregon Coast. The boats were first powered with oars, but most of them are now under motor power. However, all dory fish are still caught with a hook and line."
Beached dories:
Dory headed out to fish:
It's crazy watching them come into shore after a day of fishing. The captains will accelerate as they approach the shore and the boat is further propelled forward by the crashing waves. When it hits the sand, it just keeps gliding forward like an air boat until it stops and can be loaded onto a trailer.
At the launch, there is a large plaque with the names of the dory boats listed. We read through all of the titles and picked our favorites:
Annie:
Eric:
Katie:
Mom:
Dad:
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