We are somewhat surprised by the amount of comment induced by the post on the solar array, so we thought we’d update you to the present (things are moving quickly).Earlier in the week it became obvious that the roof over the upper deck would beneft from enhancement. The negative was tshading at some angles on […]
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The Next FPB – A Breath Of Fresh Air
When you start to consider powerboat (stinkpot) systems, virtually every decision revolves around air conditioning. Air conditioning holds you hostage. High heat loads from large windows and poor-to-nonexistent shading, coupled with a lack of ventilation, force you to fit large compressors, which means a big genset. Since you cannot do without the genset, you need […]
Getting To The Point of It All
Most of the folks we know in the marine “business” (an oxymoron for sure) play the game for love, or because they simply have no choice, they are pulled to it. The hours are long, the outcome often uncertain, and the risks higher than many economic endeavors. The intellectual and emotional recompense – the catnip […]
Improving On Perfection -The Next FPB
For years we’ve been wrestling with a way to improve on the FPB 83, Wind Horse. We’ve done smaller, as in the FPB 64: a very efficient, attractively priced, well-mannered yacht. And we’ve worked up a larger version in the guise of the FPB 115, about which we can get excited. But to improve on […]
Something Wicked This Way Comes (A New FPB)
It starts as a hazy vision one sleepless night, an outline, and there is a compulsion to see where it leads, even if it is not on the master plan. When the beast strikes, you have to feed it – there is no other option. Days are long, nights are short, computers whirr overtime and […]
FPB 64 Structural Grid
We were working through some design issues last week using a new (beta) version of Rhino 3D, and thought that a quick set of graphics on the FPB 64 structural grid might be of interest. These may help put the construction photos we show into context. The structure in the bow is built with collision […]
FPB 64s – Heating Up
A new year is upon us and we are in catch up mode. We are a month behind in posting FPB 64 photos from the production line, so we shall endeavor to bring you up to date in one huge post. This first series of photos is of FPB64-5, starting with a few heater installation […]
2011 Favorite Photos
Between checking off projects on Wind Horse, working on new designs, the holidays, and a myriad of other details, the camera bag has not seen a lot of action the past six weeks. But we can only go so long without a visual fix, and the past few days has seen us dreaming, with the […]
2011 Favorite Photos
Our favorite photos from 2011.
A Shifting View Of Cruising
In 2003 when we began work on the first FPB, Wind Horse, we briefly considered an enclosed flying bridge. Our good friend, and collaborator, the late Steve Davis, was a strong advocate. He said “one day you will come around.” Our reasoning was that in conditions warranting enclosure we’d pilot from the great room, and […]
