Todd Rickard, in his spare time (inside joke), put together this dock water filtration system for us to test, which he is demonstrating.
It has a sediment prefilter, shown below, and the final charcoal filter.
We are going to mount this in the forepeak, and then run a hose as required to the forward or aft fresh […]
We were going to wait for a complete set of drawings to post the outboard profile of the FPB 112. But we have had so many requests for a early look we’ve changed our minds.
We will have lots of data on this new design over the next few weeks, so check back often.
If you would […]
There are two interesting points about this photo of the inboard end of the FPB64 prop shaft.
The first is the length of the engagement for the shaft coupling to the shaft, double the norm. Any idea why?
Second is the shaft brake, about which we have spoken in the past. The brake is there to assist […]
We are rapidly bringing this phase of the FPB 112 to conclusion. Stay tuned. Details soon.
Todd and Steve are sitting in a very warm Charleston, South Carolina wrapping up details on the FPB 112 and it is hard to relate to these winter photos from New Zealand. As you will see, FPB 64 five and six are rapidly taking form. These photos cover the first two weeks in June.
The very […]
Wind Horse is securely ensconced within the confines of the Charleston Maritime Center. Our old friends aboard the lovely scow schooner, Nina, are here as well. We are a short walk from the amenities of a cosmopolitan city, which compete for our attention with the job at hand, wrapping up this phase of t he […]
Here is an interesting program from cruiser Bill Stockton that takes screen shots of Google Earth images and facilitates using them with a variety of charting programs.
We have not had a chance to test this ourselves, and in the interim asked Bill to put together a short blurb which you can access here. Let us […]
We now fully understand the appeal of the Intra Coastal Waterway as a cruising environment. It is quicker, and weather permitting, easier to go outside along the East Coast of the US . But if you are cruising the Waterway, as opposed to passing through on the way elsewhere, it has a unique appeal.
Here is […]
We’ve been going through the very short video we have posted on Osprey’s adventure, and found a few interesting waves. As previously mentioned, the steepness of the seas is a result of current opposing the wind. Note that these were taken before it started to really blow, i.e. the breeze here is 35 to 40 […]
Steve Sutter, John Gowing’s FPB 64-4 captain, has been kind enough to fill us in on some of the details of their recent brush with storm force winds (55 to 65 knots), steep seas, and a breaking entrance bar crossing. We have included the photo above of FPB64-1, Avatar, as a reminder of boat scale […]
