Editing Dory (boat) (section)

===Beach dories===

{{See also|Swampscott dory}}
The earliest known dories were beach dories developed for beach-launched fishing operations. The principal example is the [[Swampscott dory]], named after [[Swampscott]], Massachusetts where they were introduced. Early wherry types were modified with flat bottoms and borrowed construction techniques found in the French bateaus. This resulted in an almost-round-sided boat with a narrow flat bottom, well suited to launching through the surf and able to hold up against aggressive ocean conditions. The narrow "tombstone" transom assured that the boat rode well against a [[following sea]] or [[Ocean surface wave|breaking surf]], and also made the boat easy to row.