We had a great cruise into our beloved Florida Keys. We anchored behind Pumpkin Key next to the very exclusive Ocean Reef Club at the north end of Key Largo so we could jump out to the ocean side of the Keys for the rest of the trip to Marathon.&…
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Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown
Stratonikeia and Mugla redoux part 1
Merhaba,
This past Tuesday Randal and I retraced our steps to Mugla and Stratonikeia, but this time we went on a Gwen tour with a guide and several other cruisers from both Netsel and Yacht Marine. It was lots of fun; but it wa…
Contadora Island
Playa Cacique on the South Shore of ContadoraJanuary 10, 2013Las Perlas ArchipelagoPanamaSome fifty miles south of Panama City lies an archipelago of splendid islands, Las Perlas – The Pearl Islands. Indeed, the locals came by to offer us …
A New Look
We’ve been wrestling with how to make SetSail more user friendly for both longtime SetSailors and newcomers. Sarah, our technical Guru (amongst other duties), has been wrestling with this for the past year. The new look is the result of those labors. We are not yet ready to share, but the new year will bring […]
Care Package
I remember being in college in the late 1960s. It was the first time away from home for most of us. An exciting thing was to get a “care package” from home, a take on the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywher e humanitarian organi…
January 10, 2013; still at Gulfport, FL
Thursday: It has been some time since we posted. We haven’t been doing much other than getting a few things done on the boat. After 3 days with Charlie, the electrician, being here we finally have a working inverter system a…
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Flirting or fighting?Compass CayNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown
It Is America’s Cup Season and Time To Ogle
Your SetSail team will be reporting next week from Down Under. If we find ourselves with spare time we’ll see if we can get a look at the 72s trailing on Auckland harbor. This America’s Cup promises to be the most interesting ever. Unbelievable speeds, intense competition, and wonderful technology. Even if you preferred the […]
Can A Non-Planing Hull Like the FPB Operate Efficiently at Post-Planing Speeds?
Over the years we have had many tools with which to predict performance, some more accurate than others. With time, and real world experience, it has been possible to some degree to fine tune the computer output to match experience. When applied to the FPBs, results have been satisfactory: witness the performance claims of both […]
