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Prince WIlliam Sound, Alaska

Prince WIlliam Sound, in southwest Alaska, is one of those places you just have to visit.

It is ruggedly beautiful,

has abundant wild life on land,

and in the sea,

with hardy, outgoing residents. The town of Cordova, reachable only by plane or ferry, is a delight and we were fortunate to be there during the Copper River salmon […]

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Iron Lady Owner’s Trials

Todd Rickard is in New Zealand working with the owners of FPB 64-3, Iron Lady, Pete and Debbie Rossin. Todd is busy with both testing the boat and bringing the owners up to speed on handling and systems, but snuck in a few photos to keep us all appraised of what is happening. Speaking of […]

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Riding Sails

When the breeze starts to blow at anchor most yachts will shear – sail back and forth – at anchor. This can be uncomfortable, and substantially increases the load on ground tackle. The answer to this is a riding sail.

If you have a ketch or yawl a bit of mizzen will hold you steady. Single […]

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Dreaming About Ravens

Carol Parker was kind enough to share some wonderful photos of the Sundeer 64, Raven, which she and husband Mike used to own. If you are stuck in depressing weather, waiting for spring, these will do a better job as an antidepressant than those little pills that are often prescribed. This first shot is near […]

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Cornubia Slide Show

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Northern Arizona Cruise

We have always believed that the best approach to life, and keeping the mind fresh, is diversity of experience. So with an intense period coming up on the FPB 112, and a trip to New Zealand for sea trials on two FPB 64s in the offing, we decided to sneak out of the office for […]

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Northern Arizona Cruise

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Dinghy Wheels

If you spend much time going to the beach with your dinghy you are going to want to consider a set of wheels. Eventually you will find that bigger wheels are always better.

Granted they are ugly, but bigger is always going to work better.

Here is a sequence of photos walking the boat out to deep […]

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Testing Radar Closest Point of Approach Calculations

Modern radars have a wonderful ability to project the closest point of approach (CPA) between you and another vessel, and when (TCPA) this will occur. To do this the radar needs to know your speed and heading, and that of the target. Some times there is poor data in the loop in which case the […]

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Baja California and the Sea of Cortez

With photo collections and videos now somewhat more organized we have bandwidth to post a few more collections. We’ll start with Baja California and the Sea of Cortez.
This is an amazing part of the world, ruggedly beautiful, with abundant sea life – in particular whales during the winter. For a high res look at these […]