Low HP but fast nester for dinghy

[CapnK]

5'4" nested, 3 pieces, 14' assembled - basically a powered canoe. Claim 11+kts w/a 3.5hp, 1 soul, 10 kts 2 souls. Not in production, I am gonna have to see if I can pull some lines off of the available photos. Photos from their website.

https://nestawayboats.com/shop/nestaway-14ft-nesting-trio-14/

[Phantom Jim]

This looks similar to a dinghy designed by Danny Greene back in the 80s.  i ordered the plans for his "Two Bits" dinghy and the rough plans for the three piece dinghy was included.  Greene is the designer of the noted Chameleon two piece nesting dinghy. 

DuckWorks may have some information about this design.

https://www.duckworksbbs.com/

[CapnK]

PJim - Thanks! I'll look into that... Grog fer ya!  ;)

[Phantom Jim]

I was in error about the Danny Greene dinghy resembling the Nestor.  The Green dinghy, Tryst, is three piece at 16 feet or 2 piece at 12 feet.  The 16 foot dinghy is double ended like a Cajun pirogue.  The included web address is a 1987 Cruising World publication that lists the advertisement for the plans.

The Nestor seems more substantial than the Tryst, but that is from practically no information, just a hunch.

Note:  There is an advertisement below and to the right of the Tryst ad that features the 23' Glen-L Amigo, the boat Jethro Gibbs, in NCIS, built in his basement.

https://books.google.com/books?id=7i0R9QBe5aIC&pg=RA4-PA168&lpg=RA4-PA168&dq=tryst+nesting+dinghy&source=bl&ots=E0a2xw-6Jn&sig=ByZu0R9-Cb1rPat4gQIUI4taZnQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-7auS5sLbAhUkw4MKHSkmBb0Q6AEIajAK#v=onepage&q=tryst%20nesting%20dinghy&f=false

[CharlieJ]

Never have figured out what that boat was that Gibbs was working on

[Phantom Jim]

There certainly was a lot of interest in Gibbs and this boat as evidenced by the abundance of information on the web.  It certainly is an attractive design.  More information at the following links.

https://www.glen-l.com/designs/sailboat/amigo.html

http://www.ncisfanwiki.com/page/Gibbs+and+His+Boats