Here is a photo we, Circa, and the four sets owners have been waiting for – Avatar, the first of four FPB 64s at anchor.
The process of creating a vessel like this is demanding, intense, and requires long hours of effort on the part of everyone concerned.
It has been four years since we first started seriously working on the design variants which lead to this moment. Circa entered the fray two and a half years ago, and the Owners of the first series of FPB 64s came onboard two years ago.
Seeing Avatar at anchor for the first time, makes the effort of the last four years worthwhile.
Yesterday Avatar made the journey down the Hatea River to a marina close to Whangarei Heads and the Pacific Ocean. Today she will feel the lift of the sea for the first time. Everyone is looking forward to the experience.
Posted by Steve Dashew (March 25, 2010)
March 25th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Congratulations.
BZ
She looks great!
March 25th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Steve,
She is beautiful. I can’t believe you, or the name painter, left out the little bit of black that was necessary on the swim ladder to fill in for the second “A” in AVATAR when the ladder is in the stowed position. 🙂
Having commissioned boats for a living and having lived on a boat for a few years and on and off them for 35, I can honestly say I have never seen such attention to detail and the beauty that comes when form follows function.
It may have been a long gestation, but the baby is simply beautiful.
Can’t wait for the pictures and descriptions of how she melds with the sea.
Best and safe passage
Scott
March 31st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Holy Moly I’ll tell you!! She’s beautiful!! 🙂
April 24th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
She’s awesome! All that’s missing is a deck gun 🙂