Roy Timpe

Building the 12 Foot Nesting Swampscott Dory Tender Roy Timpe

This unique nesting boat is designed after the fashion of a Swampscott Dory. She can motor at 5.1 knots with a 2 horsepower motor. She rows well. She sails well using the 89 sq. ft. Oz Racer sail with the balanced lug rig, and she can be stowed on deck in a 7 by 4 1/2 foot space. The Kindle book provides enough information to build the nesting dory. You can build this boat in your back yard. We have used the nesting dory as our tender for three trips up and down the East Coast of the USA. It was fun to build, has met our needs, and exceeded our expectations. If you search youtube for "12 foot nesting Swampscott dory" you can find several videos of the boat.