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An elegant European fantail, seen from below, half-sanded to her 120 yr old planks #woodenboat #dorothysails #oldestsailboat #yacht http://dorothysails.com #boatsofinstagram #boats #canada150 #fantail #design #yacht #restoration #wood

Since we've begun #documenting Dorothy's return to sea, those who know this "grand dame of the west coast" have sent photos and filled in bits of the #history we don't know. This is from the 1960s, sometime when Phil Harrison owned her in North Vancouver, before she was bought by Chuck Charlesworth and returned to Victoria, her home waters. #dorothysails #canada150 #oldestsailboat #sailing #restoration #woodenboat #boat #boats #woodworking #caulk #tradition #yacht

Happy Birthday Dorothy!! 🎉 The #oldestsailboat In Canada is 120 yrs today. We are so excited to be part of your next adventure - the journey to 150! With care, this #woodenboat could live to be 200. All depends on how she is #restored in the coming years. #heritage #maritime #yacht #restoration #sailboat #sailing #yachting #classicboat #boat #boats #historical #pnw #pnwcollective #pnwlife #woodwork #wood #woodworking

Boatbuilder Tony Grove looks at the gap in Dorothy's lapjoint. Still from the documentary "Between Wood and Water" about the #restoration of Canada's #oldestsailboat. #dorothysails #documentary #boatbuilding #woodenboat #westcoast #wood #cedar #pnw #yacht #sailing #classicboat

Tony Grove, the #boatbuilder restoring Dorothy, shows the many different materials he picked from her seams. Cotton, oakum, tar-soaked hemp... "This one was like a big sweater just shoved in there". #shipwright #dorothysails #documentary #oldestsailboat #sailing #restoration #yacht #westcoast #sail #history @tobielliott Arise Enterprises.

The Dorothy story is so compelling because we have so many old documents - going back to 1896 - such as this letter from her owner in Victoria, BC, to her designer in the U.K., Linton Hope. The wealth of documentation on this boat is unreal. Every receipt, work order, maintenance and sailing log has been preserved and passed down. #history #historical #documentary #oldestsailboat #yacht #dorothysails #canada150 #120years #classicboat #classic #yacht #sailing #pnw #westcoast

Tony the boatbuilder, and a very, very suspect mast step and floor. Dorothy, 120 yrs old this year, is undergoing a full #restoration and on her way back to the water! #oldestsailboat #canada150 #dorothysails #yacht #westcoast #boatsofinstagram #boat #sailboat #sailing #classicboat #classic #history #historical

Need. More. Clamps. Every respectable boatbuilder has a plethora of #clamps and they sure are beautiful to shoot! #documentary #restoration #oldestsailboat #dorothysails #boatbuilding #traditional #woodwork #skills #floors #steaming #oak #westcoast #filmmaking #classicboat #yacht