The DORIS is used in St Pierre et Miquelon and she is modified from the bank dories brought from the United States in the 1870s.
Motorized doris for offshore cod fishing were introduced in the early 1930s.
Fishermen often used the term doris to designate any fishing boat that engages in coastal fishing.
Lapstrake construction with flared sides; longitudinally planked flat bottom with strong rocker.
Mostly now-a-days made of plywood.
Sharp bow, raked and slightly curved stem, enclosed by the planking.
Trapezoidal transom, mildly pointed at the top; strong sheer.
Decked at bow and stern.
Three fixed thwarts set onto sturdy stringers. Outboard rudder hangs below the bottom; tiller on those with an inboard engine.
When rowed use two pairs of tholepins.
May step a short aft-racking mast through the forward thwart
Length between 6 – 8.2m. beam at gunwale 2.18m at bottom 1.1m., depth 0.9m.
St Pierre et Miquelon 1997 2f sg756, scott637
St Pierre et Miquelon 1955 10f sg 406, scott? 1967 25F. sg 442, scott C35. (the two cargo vessels on the left of the stamp are not identified.) 2012 0.60 Euro sg?, scott? http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =2&t=16117. 1989 2f20 and 13f70 sg 616 and 617, scott 518 and 519 shows us in de foreground a "doris", on the 2f20 are in the background some sailing vessels. on the 13f70 stamp in the background is a surfboarder and a sailyacht.
2019 St Pierre et Miquelon 0.90E sg?, scott?
From Aak to Zumbra, a Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.