Today’s Pic

Boats on the BayYesterday, we passed these folks. They’re heading to Solomons and taking the slip we just left at Solomons Island Yacht Culb.We’ve met them before at Old Port Cove in Palm Beach.In passing they hailed us on the radio to tell us about …

Island Harbour, IOW

Ryde Queen, found just outside Island Harbour on the MedinaThe plan for the weekend was to whizz? over to Bembridge again, because we like it there.Mother nature had different plans for us, in that the wind over tide situation made for an uncomfortable…

Island Harbour, IOW

Ryde Queen, found just outside Island Harbour on the MedinaThe plan for the weekend was to whizz? over to Bembridge again, because we like it there.Mother nature had different plans for us, in that the wind over tide situation made for an uncomfortable…

Sept. 30 – Hampton, VA

Old Point Comfort – Anchorage We had a long day…100 miles of following seas. We felt like we were surfing all the way, not a good day for our autopilot. Besides the sea direction it was a beautiful fall day with blue skies and great temperatures…

FPB 78-1 Construction Is Officially Underway

The first cut! After many thousands of design and engineering hours, construction is underway with FPB 78-1. We are six weeks behind schedule with this start, the result of our taking extra time to refine the design. And while we, and subsequent owners, are in a hurry to get this boat in the water, we […]

Today’s Pics

Are late…We were about to pull into Deltaville and Dozier’s Marina as we always do when a fellow who’d been following us since we left Solomons called to let us know he was about to slowly overtake us to head to an anchorage. I asked where he was goi…

London of Dickens

Cheers,
  We’re mostly packed up and ready to go; our flight home tomorrow.  We’ll set out tomorrow at noon; our flight is 4ish, the tube trip about an hour.   Our pals Sue and Ed scouted out the best route to Tower Hill Tube st…

Palmetto Moon 2013-09-30 12:31:00

 On Wednesday, September 4, Jim, Su, and Alex returned to Palmetto Moon after spending the summer going back and forth between the Upstate of SC and Myrtle Beach.  We had a about a week to unpack with Alex helping, reprovision the galley, and…

Palmetto Moon 2013-09-30 12:31:00

 On Wednesday, September 4, Jim, Su, and Alex returned to Palmetto Moon after spending the summer going back and forth between the Upstate of SC and Myrtle Beach.  We had a about a week to unpack with Alex helping, reprovision the galley, and…

IBEX 2013 meets FPB 78 – Posted by Todd

IBEX 2013, put on by our friends at Professional Boatbuilder Magazine, is the largest trade show specifically for boat builders in the USA and is a good place to check in on some of the latest systems and gear available to the trade. Last week, the FPB Yachts troupe decided it was time to catch […]