Carol and Mike Parker have updated their cruising logs with a series of entries from Vanuatu. Click here to see their latest.
Posted by Steve Dashew (August 23, 2010) | Comments (0)
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FPB 64 Updates
The following articles cover the FPB 64 construction sequence. You will find hundreds of detailed photos with explanations covering every phase of the build cycle. Scroll down to the bottom to see the first articles.
FPB 64 #2, Sarah-Sarah, Is Afloat
A lovely photo taken by Ed Firth of Circa, showing what every owner, builder, and designer looks forward to – launch day. This is Sarah-Sarah, the second FPB 64, destined shortly for a trip from New Zealand to the Pacific Northwest, on her own bottom of course.
Posted by Steve Dashew (July 13, 2010) | Comments (4)
Five Year Old Watermaker – How Is It Doing
We are on our first “passage” from Poole to Plymouth in the UK. While short, it is giving us a chance to run up some of the systems and electronics. In particular we wanted to test our five year old Village Marine NF800 watermaker which has been in storage mode for eight months
Posted by Steve Dashew (June 1, 2010) | Comments (0)
Carol Parker’s “Avatar” Photos
We’ve been sifting through photos which Carol Parker has been kind enough to send along to us. This is not an easy job, there are so many choices, and with the ability now to post lots of images in slide shows, we are having a hard time making decisions.
Being a quiet Sunday afternoon, we thought you might like to join us in perusing some of our choices.
Posted by Steve Dashew (May 9, 2010) | Comments (0)
FPB 64 Photo Details
We’re on a roll with this new photo server. So, for our third offering here are one hundred and one details. You will find everything from
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 26, 2010) | Comments (2)
FPB 64 High Res Slide Show
This is a test of a new photograph server. It should allow us to post much higher resolution photographs. We are starting with a set of FPB 64 photos. You can manually control the photos or have them play as a slide show.
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 23, 2010) | Comments (5)
Great Room 2
Having had a practice photo shoot with Avatar’s great room we tried again yesterday morning with better results. A few of these photos are attached (we’ll have a high resolution slide show online later this week).
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 4, 2010) | Comments (0)
The Great Room
Last night we had a chance to photograph the great room aboard Avatar for the first time. This is a test run – we’ll do better with practice – but we know there are a lot of folks waiting on these photos so we are going to post them anyway.
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 2, 2010) | Comments (2)
The Office
One of the design goals for the FPB 64 was a space that would function as an office. Having just spent the last 24 hours cruising aboard Avatar and using this space we can tell you it works really well.
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 2, 2010) | Comments (2)
Flying Bridge Tour
We’ve had several e-mails this week asking about the flying bridge. Time is short today so we’ll just load the photos for your viewing pleasure before we head down to the boat.
Posted by Steve Dashew (April 1, 2010) | Comments (6)
Update 36 – Owner’s Suite
Update 35 – A Brief Tour
We’ve been showing you build photos for so long we figured might as well give you a look at things during the last few days the first FPB 64 is coming together (before she is ready to “show”). It is amazing what being able to look outside the great room windows does for the feeling of spaciousness.
Posted by Steve Dashew (March 20, 2010) | Comments (5)
FPB 64 Update 34 – On Her Lines
First photos of Avatar afloat. She is in light ship trim plus tools, ground tackle, and dinghy. There is just 1500 liters of fuel aboard, and some water. Note the clean wake at slow speed.
Posted by Steve Dashew (March 18, 2010) | Comments (8)
FPB 64 Update #33
We’re getting close! Circa are starting to remove the protective coverings on the cabinets and prep the boat for launching. You are looking here at the galley.
Posted by Steve Dashew (March 11, 2010) | Comments (5)
