We have a series of photos from the completed (but undecorated) owner’s suite on FPB 64-5, and then a few items on FPB 64s six through nine to share as well. Moving on now to FPB 64-9… The prefabricated assemblies are starting to come together. And on FPB 64-8 the frames are being stood […]
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FPB 64-5 Sea Trial Note – 3 Meter Seas, Winds Gusting 50 Knots
Given our morbid fascination with sea states other than benign, the following note from Bruce Farrand at Circa regarding an offshore testing day last week may shed light on what we covet in capability. Quick rundown on our most recent sea trial on Tiger on 5th of June: It was a good day to get plenty […]
Wind Horse Update – Details As This Refit Phase Ends
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 […]
Anatomy of a Trawler Capsize – Lessons For Voyagers
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 […]
Air Conditioning When Hauled Out? It Works!
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 […]
FPB 97 – Working Through Great Room Options
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 […]
Liquid Ballast, Super Ships, the Eclipse, and Factors of Safety
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 […]
Deerfoot and Sundeer History
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 […]
FPB 64-5 Tiger: A Few Details On Deck
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.
First Passage: FPB 64 Iron Lady Surfing to Fiji in a Gale
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, […]
