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Last year the new super yacht, Yogi, lost power while on passage, turned beam to the seas, capsized in moderate conditions, and eventually sank. There was all sorts of speculation at the time about causes. Now the official report is out. It makes interesting reading both for what it does and doesn’t say. First a […]

Today’s update from FPB 64-3 Iron Lady comes to you from Latitude 25 20 S/Longitude 161 59 W. Read on about the beauties of a night watch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean… After a great stir fry dinner made by Steve last night, I went off watch at 2000.  Talked to Tevaka, the […]

FPB 64-3, Iron Lady, has now passed the mystical “halfway point” on her voyage to Papeete. She is entrained between two high pressure systems, in a convergence zone, with heavy downpours, lightning, and crossing wave trains off the bow. For the day’s report on this, and the raw squid eating contest, read on.1200 position is […]

It is the season of renewal, for those afloat and those afflicted with landed status. In the South Pacific there are two FPB 64s about to depart for points north and a third already heading west, with a fourth now in the Islands. The SetSail contingent in Arizona is stuck viewing from afar, and…thinking about […]

Pete Rossin, enroute to Papeete on FPB 64-3 Iron Lady, gives a quick lesson in weather analysis using what you see rather than outside outside sources.“Thought I would delve in to the topic of weather a bit. We have all kinds of resources available to us – a professional router, weather fax, and grib files […]

The Northern Hemisphere summer is nearly here, and with it the hurricane season. With the FPB fleet getting ready to depart New Zealand for points North, and one of the boats thinking about winding up in Hawaii or California, we have been looking at the long range weather forecasts. As for the Atlantic season the […]

Two weeks ago, at the tender age of 96, my grandfather sailed off into the sunset and on to his next great adventure. One can only assume the sails were trimmed perfectly. Daddy’s Daddy–as my sister and I, along with most of our friends and family, called him–was a consummate adventurer. He learned to sail […]

FPB 97-1 is well along now, with the main framing and plating of the hull almost complete. We spend some of our weight budget on extra heavy topside and bottom plates because these gives higher factors of safety, and they produce very fair surfaces, as you can see here. Of course once these are full […]

We’ve been gradually reorganizing our offices, and in the process trying to figure out what to do with out hull models. This plating model was in hand yesterday, and we got to thinking it might be of interest for the secrets it reveals. 3D design, Rhino, Fast Yacht, etc. have been in our arsenal for […]