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Welcome to SetSail! For 12 years SetSail.com has been the Internet source for serious cruisers. Over two million visitors have downloaded more than six million pages of information since 1997. Our primary authors are circumnavigator/yacht designers Steve & Linda Dashew. Follow their adventures as they navigate their FPB 83 Wind Horse to the farthest reaches of the globe, and search our archives for thousands of articles about every aspect of the cruising life.

At Dashew Offshore you will find detailed information on the FPB, Beowulf, Sundeer, and Deerfoot series of cruising yachts with thousands of photos to view and 25 videos to watch. For the latest progress on the FPB 64, click here. To stay up to date with our systems and engineering, click here.

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Download Screen Savers (July 30th, 2010)

We’ve finally figured out how to make some of our photos available as screen savers. There is a test collection now available.

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FPB 64-2 Sarah-Sarah Details (July 28th, 2010)

Sea trials for the second FPB 64, Sarah-Sarah, are coming along. She now has 25 hours on her engine and she will shortly be ready to turn over to her new owners. So far the punch list is short. We thought a few photos might be of interest.

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Algarve Coast (July 27th, 2010)

Cape Saint Vincent marks the eastward turn in the coast of Portugal. It also signifies warmer weather, long white beaches, and tourism (just check the advertisements in the travel section of your Sunday newspaper). Given our predilection for cool and quiet we were not sure if this left turn was right for us.

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FPB 64 Avatar First Passage Report (July 24th, 2010)

Avatar and crew are now happily basking in the Southern Hemisphere winter warmth of Vila in the island nation of Vanuatu. We sent her skipper, Rod Bradley, a list of questions about the passage which we was kind enough to answer. Rod’s comments provide an interesting look at how the first of the FPB 64 series performs on an ocean passage. Follow Carol and Mike Parker’s adventures with Avatar on their website by clicking here.

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