I remember reading articles about the Dashews 30 years ago in Sail, and I stumbled onto their site in 2005 just as they were launching the FPB 83...
I completely agree: racing the AC 72 catamarans has as little in common with the sailing and racing I do as F1 has in common with my driving the...
I've really enjoyed watching it, but I wonder if it's as appealing to non-sailors. The camera work is awesome and the computer graphics make it a...
The Dashews' FPBs regularly cross oceans, even the 64'... If I had the $$, that's what I'd get, although for the guest capacity you mentioned in...
I skimmed through her blog and an epic thread on cruisersforum and there's something that's not quite right. I suppose it's possible that she...
Somewhere in the last few delivery posts, it mentioned a home port of Port Moody, and the boathouse pictures let me find it. They moor at Reed...
Are they in Dutch Harbour? Their Spot Tracker shows them in Adak. Assuming they come in to Vancouver at a not-too-unreasonable time, I've...
I know talking about owners isn't allowed, but hopefully this is ok: is she still owned by Jobs' estate? Or was she ever sold?
More and better pictures in this earlier thread:...
I would guess Maltese Falcon's total rig weight is higher, but not by a huge amount. Why?
I was curious, so I looked it up: Mirabella V: Length 75.2 m (247 ft) Mast height 88.5 m (290 ft) Displacement 740 tonnes Sail Area...
Well... The best configuration for upwind vs. downwind is not that clear-cut. Again, the latest, highest-tech racers are all sloops, but for a...
It depends on a huge number of factors: what the owner wants; what the boat is for (racing, cruising, where, how much...); how big is the boat;...
The Armidale looks cools and the specs are impressive... But isn't the Independence (LCS 2) the ship that had serious problems with...
Webb Chiles (multiple circumnavigations, including one in a 14-foot open boat), quoted an article in Wired magazine: His comment was:
When I worked at one of the marinas here that had a section of liveaboards, there were maybe 2 out of 30 that left the dock with any regularity....
Bourbon Dolphin Accident April 2007 This is old, but I can't find any mention of it on YF and I'm finding the report to be fascinating reading:...
Doing a quick estimate of the air draft from the drawings on Nordhavn's site, the 120 couldn't even visit you, it might not fit under the Cambie...
"It's only money." and "Let's just follow that guy, he must know where he's going." (Maybe the second one only applies to sailors trying to...
What do you have to do to be a senior member?
