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Closing The Store

Thanks to all who ordered the remaining physical copies of the Dashews’ cruising books, we are now officially sold out …Read More

FPB Owner Blogs – Adventures of Avatar

From time to time we like to feature owner blogs here on SetSail. Returning readers will no doubt be familiar with …Read More

Dashew Offshore History – Fast Is Fun

Beowulf leaving Norfolk, VA on her way to the BVI at the start of the 2001 Caribbean 1500. She’s cruising …Read More

FPB 78 – The Concept Evolves

The design process for us has always been an evolutionary spiral. As we get further into the project, as the …Read More

FPB 78-1 Last Details: Quick Visit

Creating, fine tuning, and testing yachts intended for serious cruising is demanding, intense work–as you can see above. We are …Read More

FPB 70 – A New Baby Sister!

There’s a new kid on the block, a smaller sibling to the FPB 97 and 78, and like most younger …Read More

Dashew Offshore: A Bit Of History Part 2 – The Big Roach Cruising Main

You are looking at a huge mistake: a new mainsail that did not fit, with too much roach. John Conser …Read More

Dashew Offshore – A Bit Of History Part 1

Innismara, the yacht that started us thinking so many years ago… We’ve been digging through old photos and came across …Read More

FPB 78-1 Has Sole

With the annual holiday shutdown at Circa comes a massive cleanup of the work in progress… And a chance to …Read More

Re-Thinking FPB Prop Design

You are looking at one of the two ZF propellers for FPB 78-1. Very high aspect ratio blades with relative …Read More