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FPB 64-6: How To Make A Winter Crossing of the Atlantic In A Difficult Year
FPB 64-6 has just completed a winter crossing of the North Atlantic, which at one point featured hurricane strength compression storms in east and west regions. She did so in classic fashion, taking...
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Sue Grant at Berthon is running a series of posts written by the Berthon apprentices who are aboard FPB78-2 Grey Wolf II. They are both informative and entertaining, and cover their experiences right...
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Cochise’s Final Matrix Nav Station – A Breakthrough
It is finally done (and we mean it this time)! In the post that follows we will detail the logic that lead us to to this new paradigm for navigation stations, and the details that evolved. Most things...
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Cruising At Its Best In The Bahamas
For those of you who want to experience cruising at its best, if you live in Europe or the East Coast of the US, in your back yards is some of the very best cruising on this planet. We speak of the...
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FPB 781 Cochise Solar Update Spring 2019
It is late spring in the Bahamas, water temperature is 83/85F and air that or more. Humidity often is in the 80% range. We are making water, staying comfortable with air conditioning in the evening,...
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Steering Clear of Trouble: Our Search for Cruising Perfection
We are standing at the forward end of the great room aboard FPB 78-1 Cochise. It is eerily quiet as we watch the steam gauge climb from 13 to 20 knots, linger for a moment, before peaking at 22. A...
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Evolution of the FPB Super Cruiser
I spent my first six decades on earth despising powerboats and those who operated them. In my early days of sailing dinghies, powerboats would always speed up to cross ahead of us leaving a huge wave...
View ArticleDoing It Right – Creating the Best Possible Cruising Yacht
How do you create the best possible cruising yacht? Read on and we’ll share our formula. We have retired from the business now, have a bit of time and are happy to share a few pointers about what has...
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FPB Greenland Cruise
Following on the success of their Antarctic cruise in company, FPB78s Iron Lady ll and Grey Wolf ll are going to do another jaunt to the ice summer of 2020, this time to nearby Greenland. Several...
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Secrets of the FPB Hull Shape – A Video That Shows and Tells All
For a link to the video which show and tells it all click here. We have assembled video from the last 20,000+ miles of cruising with FPB 78-1 Cochise to show you in detail the secret formula we’ve...
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Surfing is The Way
Having grown up in Southern California, with a sailing and surfing background, riding the waves a natural part of being in or on the water. Our sailing and FPB designs have reflected this from the...
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Finally, A Detailed Tour of the FPB 97 Iceberg
When we did our posts on the Wicked FPB 97 we were unable to take you for a tour of the interior due to privacy concerns for the owners. That has now changed and Sue Grant, the managing director of...
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The Way to Weather: Upwind Cruising from Fair to Survival Conditions
This is the third video in Steve Dashew’s series on his search for the perfect cruising yacht. Using spectacular video and still photography Steve Dashew explains how yacht design impacts comfort and...
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The Nature of Lightning – Avoidance, Protection, and Recovery Video
Although we have never been hit with lightning, it is one of the few things about which we worry when at sea, in particular with modern yachts. Hence this new vide0.If the subject of lighting is of...
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Fiji to Panama – 7500 Miles – One Stop – New Video
Join Linda and Steve Dashew aboard the FPB 78 – 1 Cochise on a 7500 mile/12,070 kilometer record setting voyage,averaging 10 knots from Fiji to Panama against the winds and current, that has changed...
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Making It Happen & Free Book Offer
Linda and Steve Dashew’s four books now available as a free PDF download. We have been blessed with the support of the cruising community for many years, and we’d like to return the favor in a small...
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Making the Modern Integrated Nav System Easier to Use
Join Steve Dashew aboard FPB 78-1 Cochise and find out how the Dashews solved one of the major weaknesses of modern integrated navigation systems. We have previously discussed in detail the evolution...
View ArticleFPB Announcement
Hello Setsailors, A brief heads up regarding FB 78-1 Cochise: Cochise is headed towards Europe under new ownership. Although she was not for sale, when Sue Grant at Berthon International introduced us...
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