Tag Archives | Dashew Offshore

FPB 78-1: First Sea Trial

It is a little over a week since Cochise splashed and we are on our first sea trial. As the …Read More

FPB 78-1 Cochise: Electronics Peek

Deon Ogden and Dave Minors at the Matrix con of FPB 78-1. Considering we have only been in the water …Read More

FPB 78-1: Dock Trials Report

Dock trials are always a testing period for the build boat crew and designers. There will be a list of …Read More

FPB 78-1 Free At Last!

FPB 78-1 Cochise is roaming free–at last. Running at 12 knots here, Cochise exhibits a similar bow wave to the relatives …Read More

FPB 78-1 Cochise: Launched In A Gale – And In Its Element

Wednesday, June 8, 2016: the wind is blowing 25 to 30 knots gusting into the 40s, with intermittent rain squalls. …Read More

FPB 78-1 Moving Day

FPB 781 Cochise is on the move…

FPB 781: The Time Is Near

Soon now… Cochise makes her journey to the launch facility this weekend. Depending on weather, sometime next week it begins. …Read More

Dashew Offshore History: Lessons Learned

Our family cruising photo taken in the Bora Bora lagoon in 1977. Note the banana stalk hanging off the mizzen …Read More

FPB 78-1: We Are Having A Blast (And Other Details)

There is a hint in this photo that the day of reckoning draws near. Care to guess? We will tell …Read More

Pushing That Magic Button: FPB 70-1 Is Under Construction

Having just completed a 6,200 nautical mile voyage from Thailand to New Zealand in 27 days underway on their FPB 64 Buffalo …Read More