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 […]
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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While perusing the Cruising Club of America (CCA) website a few days ago we noticed an item on a partially completed book by Rod Stephens, he of Sparkman and Stephens fame (along with designer brother Olin). We knew, worked with on occasion, and immensely respected this wonderful seaman. Although our meetings and chats over the […]
