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 […]
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FPB 64-4 Osprey – Dealing With Storm Force Winds
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 […]
Carol Parker’s Worlds Of Possibilities
We have just found the perfect Father’s Day gift, Carol Parker’s new photo collection book titled Worlds of Possibilities.
Carol is our favorite photographer, and creative guru. When she does something you can be sure it is the very best approach, with no detail overlooked, nor expense spared. We have just order three copies (one for […]
FPB 64-2 Sarah Sarah – Kayak Racks
Bill and Sue Henry, owners of FPB 64-2 Sarah Sarah, are the first to make use of the threaded inserts on the house sides for kayak storage. If you look carefully at this lovely photo, sent in by Brian Rickard (as are the others), you will see one of the kayaks stored just above the […]
FPB 64s # Five and Six Construction Details
We look at photos of FPB 64s under construction typically on a weekly basis. And although we have seen this many times before, with older designs, and with the FPBs, we still get a buzz. The long time SetSailors amongst you will have been through this with us as well, but it has been a year or […]
Inter Coastal Waterway Slide Show-1
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Inter Coastal Waterway – Getting Better
We are now into Georgia, anchored for the last few days off exquisite Cumberland Island. Nothing could better illustrate the pull of places like the Inter Coastal Waterway than the photo above. Miles of untouched wilderness, deserted beaches, interesting boats and their crew to meet, wildlife, and the occasional town, line the ICW in parts […]
The Black Swan Theory Of Cruising
We were having morning eggs and coffee at Serenity Cafe (our favorite breakfast spot in Whangarei) when Todd Rickard started to opine on the recent troubles in Japan (earthquake, tidal wave, nuclear reactor failure, total dependence on Middle East oil) and that taken together these represented a Black Swan event, and how all of this […]
Cruising WIth An Ipad For Navigation.
When we were building Wind Horse we could not find an acceptable solution to having navigation data on the flying bridge. A 10″/250mm weather resistant monitor was close to $4000. So we decided to wait until technology came up with a better answer. We didn’t expect to wait six years, but now that we are […]
Mounting Solar Panels on Dodgers and Anwings
There are large solar arrays on many of the cruising yachts we meet these days. A combination of high efficiency monocrystal panels and MPPT controllers makes it feasible to get most, if not all, of your systems power from the sun. Of course mounting space is always an issue.
These folks were docked next to us […]
