Well, I thought I’d be posting pics of NE Dory mods today. I’m on Harris Creek near St. Michaels. The rain has been epic. WRNR has been playing "When the Levy Breaks". But wait, there’s a shadow!
Follow this link over to Flickr for pics. Captions there splain more about the ideas.
In no particular order:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31735445@N06/albums/72157667267363123/with/21057018878/

I started to run my bridle pretty snug, and much further aft than aft oarlocks. Feel like I get tangled up in main sheet just as much but at least I’m not wrapped up in both of them anymore. What are you guys doing on this front?

Bench seats on sliders to make a sleeping platform.
DK, when sailing alone or with one other we’ll usually sit with one cheek on the 2nd thwart and one on the bench. Um, opposite sides of course. In sleeping configuration the area between third thwart and stern sheets is full of pelican box and dry bags. Sleeping pad and feet just go on top. Sadly, this is always done solo.

Jam cleats for tiller stick. They are spaced to secure the tiller full starboard, full port and amidships. With both lines in play any steering angle can be set. Used jam cleats for fast release.

Take down kick up rudder. This one needs some reengineering. It works fine but is pretty clunky, well ok, ugly as sin.

Jam cleat on daggerboard trunk.

Rake master 3000.

Compass block. I have to confess to a bit of smug on this idea. I think it was all my original thinking but I’ve probably seen it somewhere before. My wife, the civil engineer, said “Whoa!”. That’s pretty rare. She’s also pretty happy with the bench seats.

Cheers,
e

PS. Stay tuned for tent/skeeter net mods. Only in head scratching stage right now.