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Southern Banderas Bay

Wanted to post some pictures we took as we cruised the southern part of Banderas Bay yeaterday. Also there are pictures of Julie and our neighbors (Mike and Arlene Shannon from San Diego) on their way armed with margaritas and wine to look f…

Marsh Harbour

(Thurs March 10 – Dist: 27.1 mi; Avg Speed: 9.1 mph; TTT: 3:00 hrs)

Mangoe’s Marina, Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

This is a nice little marina with the best ever dockmaster.  Ray is a young guy, super friendily and responsi…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-03-14 08:03:00

Days 198 – 200    Williams Island Marina, Aventura, FLFriday, March 11, 2011 – Sunday, March 13, 2011 Waiting for the Venetian Causeway Bridge to openSeamoore at our sternDocked at Williams Island MarinaFountain directly behind our boa…

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Exhaust temperature range?

Hi,
We have a Yanmar 4 cylinder turbo charged engine of about 60 hp and would like to know the exhaust temperature range we should target when powering, as distinct from the Vetus cooling water alarm we have available to fit which will trigger at a relatively low temperature?
The boat is a Southerly 135(13.5 metres) of […]

Mar. 13 – Another Day on the ICW

Day 7 – Avery Island, LABayou Petite AnesIt’s a good thing I’m keeping this blog, because the days are already beginning to fade together.  Although the banks of the ICW are beginning to be a little more interesting…some houses, farms and&n…

PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES

TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 05 51.52N 074 22.77E
SOG: 6.1 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 9 KNOTS OUT OF 290 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
TO DESTINATION: 116 NM
ETA MALE 0722 TUE…

St. Barth!

We left St. Martin this morning after a rolly night on anchor in Anse Marcel. The cove where the Radisson is located is almost unbearable, because the island’s landfill on the far northern side of the adjoining mountain range caught fire and has been…

Bluewater Bay Marina

We had beautiful weather today, we borrowed the marina’s loaner car and took a short drive to Niceville’s brand new Walmart where we bough groceries and a few other things we needed. Back at the boat I changed the main engine’s oil and filter. Mid afte…

Loggerhead Vero Beach Resort and Marina, Vero Beach, Florida

Breakfast along the seawall at the Farmer’s Market in Fort Pierce yesterday  Woodpecker on a tree here at LoggerheadOne of the many small lakes around the complexA waterfall out by the poolBeautiful day today, cool this morning, but warmed …

Windhorse

FPB 112 Design Cycle – Working Through The Tradeoffs

Ed Firth, one of Circa’s engineers, has been with us in Arizona the past week, refining the preliminary FPB 112 design. We thought a few comments on the process might be of interest.

As we have discussed before, capsize resistance and recovery are critical components of yachts intended for offshore work. This is a function of […]