Tag Archives | Dashew Offshore

FPB 78-1 Cochise: Now Running Air Conditioning With Solar Energy

We are anchored at Cape Lookout, North Carolina. It has been a very warm humid weekend, the type of weather …Read More

FPB 78-1 Cochise: Ready To Roll

We’ve been out testing Cochise, checking out the many modifications executed for us by Corey and Angela McMahon’s Triton Marine …Read More

Anchoring Systems: Refining A Tried and True Approach

We have been having an internal dialogue about the ever-critical issue of anchoring systems, and the fact is that there …Read More

FPB History: A Look Back At The Design Cycle That Lead To These Yachts

Fifteen years ago, when we were just starting to build the FPB Series prototype Wind Horse, we put together a …Read More

A Revolutionary Approach to Navigation Layout

This dim photo, taken with available light, turns everything we thought about navigation gear layout on its head. We are …Read More

FPB 97 Video: Iceberg Put Through Paces off North Carolina

FPB 97 Iceberg has been up in North Carolina, where Cory McMahon and his Triton Marine team have been fine-tuning the Wicked …Read More

Life After Death Experience For Sundeer 64 Theta Volantis

When we started cruising, in the olden days, most cruisers – ourselves included – sold their home to help pay …Read More

Deerfoot 2-62 Moonshadow Tackles Tuamotan Reef

In 1998, then-owner of Deerfoot 2-62 Moonshadow George Backhus wrote in this account of slamming into a Tuamotan reef. The …Read More

FPB 70-1: Construction Update

It’s a busy time down at Circa. FPB 70-1 is on the home stretch toward splashing. Systems, interior cabinetry, finishing …Read More

FPB Feature in CCA Chronicles

The following article by Linda and Steve Dashew appeared in Voyages, Chronicles of the Cruising Club of America, and puts …Read More