Nesting Double Dinghy?

[ralay]

We have copies of The Ocean Sailing Yacht Vol. I and II by Donald Street.  In one of the volumes, there's a description of a boat that has a 15' nesting, sailing dinghy.  It had a canoe stern and the two pieces could be used as individual rowing dinghies.  There's a black and white photo but not a very good one.  This sounds like the Holy Grail of cruising couple dinghies.  Has anyone ever heard/seen of such a dinghy?  Know of anywhere to get plans?

[CharlieJ]

row in from where you are (or were) anchored, and talk to Graham  He has several rowing, sailing, nesting dinghies

[ralay]

We've been over there 2 or 3 times, but we've never been able to meet with anyone but the fellows working in his shop.  I saw some plans for small nesting dinghies on their site (catspaw?), but the two halves didn't seem like you could use them independently.  They were <4' long and open on one side.  The search continues.

[CharlieJ]

Are you still anchored off? If so I'll call him tomorrow and see if you can meet. He's very open to ideas

[ralay]

No, we're not anchored off anymore.  I don't want to bother them as it's pretty unlikely we're actually going to build a new dinghy anytime soon.  It's more of a long term fantasy of not having to be connected at the hip.

[CharlieJ]

OK Safe travels. Heading for Okracoke?

[ralay]

We went out and back already.  It was a pretty great place to visit during the off-season.