{"id":39890,"date":"2016-08-19T08:14:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=39890"},"modified":"2016-09-14T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T22:19:09","slug":"fpb-78-1-cochise-aft-deck-a-study-in-refinements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-78-1-cochise-aft-deck-a-study-in-refinements\/","title":{"rendered":"FPB 78 Aft Deck: A Study in Flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-78-Aft-Deck300-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IFPB-78-Aft-Deck300-2.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 78 Aft Deck300 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The aft deck of the FPB 78 is a study in flexibility.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From a stored on-deck mode used in port, to a clear aft deck when at anchor, is easily accomplished in\u00a0a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-78-Aft-Deck301-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IFPB-78-Aft-Deck301-21.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 78 Aft Deck301 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking aft here from the galley, the engine room air vent serves as a BBQ center, with food prep area and sink integrated. This has quickly become a favorite chef&#8217;s spot, and will become the main cooking and washing up center in the tropics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-78-Aft-Deck304-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IFPB-78-Aft-Deck304-2.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 78 Aft Deck304 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the great advantages here is the ample storage for specialty and oversize galley equipment, usually relegated on other boats to hard-to-reach, inconvenient areas. There is also additional\u00a0room within for fishing gear, and a host of other items.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-78-Aft-Deck303-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IFPB-78-Aft-Deck303-2.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 78 Aft Deck303 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the starboard side, at anchor, the 16\u2019 AB inflatable sits out of the water on hinged support\u00a0arms.\u00a0Launching and retrieval from this position is quickly achieved by one person.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-78-Aft-Deck308-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IFPB-78-Aft-Deck308-2.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 78 Aft Deck308 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/>The swim step is commodious, with a large flammable stores locker on the starboard side. The port side locker on FPB 78-1\u00a0<em>Cochise<\/em> is being used primarily to store spare propellers, stern anchoring gear, hoses, shore power cords, and eventually garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Have we got your appetite whetted? If so, contact Sue.Grant@Berthon.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aft deck of the FPB 78 is a study in flexibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,124,180,248,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashew-blog","category-dashew-offshore","category-fpb-78","category-logs","category-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40100,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39890\/revisions\/40100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}