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A quick update on FPB progress in New Zealand, where the Circa team have been hard at work in spite of the America’s Cup excitement.. The Matrix deck sub assembly is almost ready for a weight check. With weight being a critical issue in this roof area, Circa have elected to use very thin skins […]

This is the most competitive, compelling, and fastest America’s Cup ever. And if you have not been watching you are missing the spectacle of a lifetime. The racing is closer than ever before, we are seeing tacking duels upwind with closing speeds of 50 knots and crosses with a hair’s breadth of separation. Even faster […]

 Victron inverters and PowerAssist – ” bleeding” edge or ready for long distance cruising? A SetSail reader writes in:“I have been very interested in your accounts of working with the Victrons and PowerAssist as I am considering such a system for my boat for all the advantages you cite. Versus a more traditional architecture, one […]

The FPB creative process goes through many phases, the last of which is fine-tuning details. With the release of the FPB 781-134 model for construction, we thought we’d take a moment and show you how things have evolved. What follows is an update on the FPB 78 project. If you are not already familiar with […]

Last week I wrote about my recent trip to San Francisco, where my hosts, Bruce Farrand and Logan Cripps of Circa Marine (builder of our FPBs), were on-hand to represent and promote Kiwi boat building skills for North American clients. As a follow up to that post, I want to share with SetSail readers what proved […]

Tomorrow, Saturday September 7, marks the start of an amazing spectacle that you don’t want to miss. Whether on network TV, or YouTube, we will be treated to heated competition between “yachts” traveling at 25 to 50 knots, with no love lost between the teams. American syndicate head, Sir Russell Coutts, was an America’s Cup […]

Mark Fritzer brings us his final at-sea post from aboard Iron Lady… Well, last night at sea and it is beautiful. The trades are blowing from the East at 18 and the temperature has cooled enough to warrant a shirt. The stars are out in full glory and the rain squalls that come through look […]

A night watch, monster blue fin, the end of Mr. Shabby, and further experiments with the high power DC charging system. Mark Fritzer writes: I absolutely love being on the water at night. It is my favorite time to be aboard. Looking up at the millions of stars slowly rolling from side to side as […]

FPB 64-3 Iron Lady is underway for Hawaii on the last leg of their journey. Mark Fritzer writes about an amazing fish story and further testing of the charging system. Yesterday afternoon after leaving Palmyra we came upon a huge school of tuna. It was the second time this trip we’ve come across a school, […]

This past weekend found me in San Francisco – courtesy of our builder Circa Marine of Whangarei, New Zealand – to witness the Kiwis’ very successful sail into the America’s Cup, with a dominant performance against the Italians in the Challengers Louis Vuitton Cup. I’m sure most of our SetSail regulars have been watching events unfold […]