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Nice review of a nesting Spindrift 9 from a cruising couple!


Frank Hagan

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I follow a few cruisers on YouTube, and Sailing Florence Around the World uses a nesting dinghy instead of the inflatable kind most use. I thought it looked familiar, sure enough, they did an episode on their B&B Yacht Designs Spindrift that their father built for them right before they started their journey around the world:
 

 

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  • Frank Hagan changed the title to Nice review of a nesting Spindrift 9 from a cruising couple!

It's great seeing a Spindrift used as a proper dinghy should be. I also built mine as the dinghy to my little J/24 and it's always fun to show up to a mooring and pull a proper little sailboat off. I always get questions from other boats around me and sometimes even the dockmaster. It rows really well, sails great, and of course motors like a charm too.

 

Thanks for such an efficient design, Graham.

 

Nested on the small foredeck of the J/24:

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On the way to Catalina:

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