![]() The high prow and greater carrying capacity makes it the preferred dory for commercial use. The Rogue River dory is not quite as responsive as the McKenzie River dory but is typically larger than the McKenzie dory and is used where many people and large amounts of gear need to be carried. The Rogue River guides needed a boat with greater carrying capacity, and the ability to hold the current. Rogue River boats will often have a narrower floor but are wider at the gunnels, resulting in more "flare" in the side panels than what is found on the McKenzie boats. That means they are not only flat from side to side, but front to back through the midsection of the boat, until the floor gets close to the bow or stern, where the floor then makes a steep upward rake to the brow and the stern. Unlike the McKenzie River dories with a continuously curved floor line, the Rogue River dories, are completely flat on the bottom. Large Rogue River hull dories (left) and smaller McKenzie River hull dories in the Grand Canyon McKenzie dories without a transom are called "double-enders". Those unfamiliar with the craft would say that they are rowed backwards. The bow is then widened so that a small anchor bracket can be attached. ![]() The reason for this is that the rower faces downstream, therefore the part of the boat which first hits the waves (approaching from behind) must be pointed or very narrow to throw the water to the side. The McKenzie River dory Woodie made had a pronounced continuous rocker with a wide flat bottom for low draft, a narrow bow that is flat, often mistaken for the transom, which instead is pointed. Woodie had learned to build these steep rocker boats from master boat builder Torkel "Tom" Kaarhus. A prolific McKenzie River dory boat builder in the 1940s and 1950s was Wood "Woodie" Knoble Hindman. McKenzie River dories are specialized to run rapids on rivers, and first appeared on the McKenzie River in Oregon in the mid-20th century. It is this constant rocker that allows the boat to spin about its center for ease in maneuvering in rapids. The sole identifying characteristic of the McKenzie River dory is a continuous rocker (the arc from bow to stern along the bottom of the boat). The McKenzie designs are characterized by a wide, flat bottom, flared sides, a narrow, flat bow, and a pointed stern. A variant of the boat's hull is called a modified McKenzie dory or Rogue River dory. The McKenzie River dory, or drift boat, is an adaptation of the open-water dory converted for use in rivers. Drift boat launch on the Beaverhead river, Twin Bridges, Montana
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