Hi all out there reading our blog , we are still around and healthy , but have been working flat out on various projects .From getting race boats ready for offshore races to doing electronic installs on cruising boats to working with Steve and Linda Dashew getting their Unsailboat ready for a high latitude North Atlantic crossing to Europe .
I offered my services to Steve and Linda to sort out their computers and various electronics while they where in Marina del Rey readying their FPB Wind Horse for a trip to Europe.These folks are the real thing ,and have many thousands of miles under their keel .Their boat , is intriguing ,a mix of sailboat and powerboat and all the wisdom gained from years on the water .At first I was a little out of sorts trying to put this craft in a category ,but then I went out with them after a storm had passed with a 6-10 ft sea running , we where sitting inside eating lunch doing 11 knots beam on to the swell with not more than 1 degree of roll ,and a 360 view around us .Wow ,this is weird ,for me with thousands of hard wet often fast miles , this makes sense .What kind of idiot sits outside in the bad weather when you could be inside , ME!
We are thinking seriously of building an aluminum expedition boat that has good performance but also an enclosed area where we could run the boat comfortably .
I am thinking of mixing the Dashew's philosophy with my years of racing technology to find a happy medium that will work .If I could do this I think we will have a winner .