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We are adding a few electric bits to the flying bridge, each of which demands its own inventory of copper and insulation. The result is a busy area under the deck, and wiring ducts to the flying bridge are now very full. Cory McMahon is waiting for one of the crew up top to pull […]

When we wrote our book on survival storm tactics, Surviving the Storm, in 1999, we had no practical experience with powerboats. As a result, we relied upon interviews with a variety of professional seamen. We now have a bit of real world experience, and lots more anecdotal information on heavy weather powerboat tactics. As the […]

Your thrill seeking reporters here, calling in from the swampland of coastal North Carolina, where, we are ever so pleased to report it is hot and sticky. All the better to test our newly installed and craftily re-plumbed air conditioning system. What could be better than 90F/29C with a caressing humidity of 70%. Wind Horse […]

We’ve been working through layout options in the great room, fine tuning the original design, and creating something new and exciting for FPB 97-1. There is an interesting contrast between two concepts. The forward end of the FPB 97-1 great room has a different layout from the original concept. Angles and curves have been squared […]

We took a few hours off from our water-oriented endeavors Sunday to try our hand at shooting the annular eclipse; such a rare event made taking some time off worthwhile. We’ve been re-checking stability characteristics, and the impact thereon of the liquids aboard, both with tanks pressed (filled) and otherwise. In thinking about the safety […]

Greetings, SetSailors! Sarah Dashew here, Steve & Linda’s younger daughter and a fairly new member of the SetSail crew. For the past several months, I’ve been rummaging through our sail inventory, so to speak: cleaning, updating, organizing, and generally digging around. One of the most interesting projects on my plate at the moment is compiling […]

It is Friday, we’ve got another batch of photos from New Zealand, but time for writing captions is still in short supply. So, this week we’ll let the photos speak for themselves.                      

With a bit of offshore experience under your belt, and the right yacht, preparing for and executing ocean crossings becomes routine. You will get to the point where you will decide to go on Monday, spend the next couple days provisioning, and be gone by Thursday. But the first time you head for the horizon, […]

We are pleased to report that on this rainy morning in the Southern Hemisphere, Circa have given birth to a Tiger. Given the auspicious beginning, rain and on-schedule launching being good luck, we await with keen interest the reports to come from this newest of FPB 64s. Her owners, being vastly experienced in the driving […]

We have an amazing array of rendering tools with which to simulate the real world. This weekend the task at hand (other than keeping an eye on the flora and fauna) is experimenting with night lighting, and it can get confusing at times.   One can place individual lights, aim them, change their color temperature […]