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Thursday, July 09, 2009

The Dory Fleet of Newport Beach

Thursday, July 09, 2009
Anonymous asks if anyone remembers the dory fleet out of Newport Beach..
Anyone remember the Dorry (Dory, Dorrey?) fleet out of Newport Beach near the Pier?
I didn't frequent Newport Beach much while I lived in OC, but there is a website dedicated the dory boats...

http://www.doryfleet.com

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes! It is still there. Captain Bob is a nice guy who runs the place, if I'm not mistaken. He is in a wheel chair but seems to get things done well. It is alot cleaner than years ago.

Anonymous said...

Yes, very interesting, I have been there is the lATE 40'S AND 50'S.My grandparents lived in Orange Ca.
At the age of around 10 years old they would take me to the Dorey's in NewPort Pier to buy fresh fish.The History of the website is very true to I remember those same pictures there.
Most cheaper fish sold there was Maceral, Baracuca, and Seabass.
Thanks, Steve for that link, and all very true as I can remember.

maria julia said...

Thanks for the link. My parents were from Indonesia and thought that moving from Bishop to Huntington Beach was heaven. We went to buy fish early in the morning as the boats were coming in. My mom would fry the fresh fish and garnish with a sweet hot chili pepper sauce. With a bowl of steamed white rice it was heaven.

Anonymous said...

My dad used to take my brother and I walking along the beach early in the morning and we would wait for the Dorymen to come in. We used to find a lot of sand dollars on the beach. I take my kids to that spot. It brings back a lot of memories

Anonymous said...

I'm the manager of the Newport Beach Hotel near the Dory Fishing Fleet. I remember as a child watchimg their boats charge through the surf. My parents then took my children there to experience this wonderful tradition.
I now send guests to the site which is still in operation.
Don't miss it.

Anonymous said...

When do the boats charge through the surf? Is is daily? Thanks for the tip!

Norkio said...

I have great memories of the Dory Boats, wrote a post about it recently. Can I post this link here?

http://melodygibbons.com/blog/2009/07/24/175-Growing-up-OC-an-old-man-feels-like-a-young-boy

Anonymous said...

Captain Bob is far from the person that runs the Dory Fleet! And that's a fact... He is a nice guy, you can buy t-shirts from.

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