DORIES
2010 Euphrates
2010 Lodore
2010 Glen Canyon
2013 Rio Rojo
2014 ZsaZsa
2015 Thunder River
2017 Omo
2017 Shanes
2018 South Fork
2018 232
2019 Monongahela
2020 Chet’s

Briggs

The archetype Grand Canyon Dory was designed by Jerry Briggs in 1971. Nearly all modern whitewater dories are based on the Briggs. It is a Rogue River style, as opposed to a McKenzie, meaning it has a fuller back end, a flatter, straighter midsection, and an undeniably sexier shape. Plus they work way better in huge whitewater.

BRIGGS STYLE DORIES

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Monongahela

Monongahela At WoodenBoat School in 2019 we built Monongahela. We had a great team and had her hatched, latched, painted, and upside-down in [...]

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Omo

Omo We built Omo on consignment in 2016—a classic Briggs, to be the companion of her bigger sibling Bob. The two boats have [...]

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Thunder River

Thunder River While recovering from knee replacement in 2015 I helped or coached BJ Boyle as he constructed a classic Briggs: Thunder River. [...]

2020-10-12T20:47:09+00:00

Te Whaiau & Okupata

Te Whaiau & Okupata Andy Hutchinson and I flew to New Zealand in 2014 to build two open Briggs boats for River Valley [...]

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Rio Rojo

Rio Rojo The Rio Rojo is a Briggs-style boat for Grand Canyon, built on consignment in 2013. She’s traditionally built, glassed inside and [...]

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Irenabyss

Irenabyss The 2018 Fretwater Boat School class produced one Briggs boat. Life got in the way of a quick completion after class, but [...]

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Dzil Joo’Ba’ii

Dzil Joo’Ba’ii In 2020 we built a custom Briggs with the help of its new owners, Chet and Kat. It’s named in Navajo: [...]