We are often anchored off St. Thomas in the USVI these days, but we have a car and storage on Tortola. When we make the half day sail up to Tortola...
Engine Room Vents
Working around rain showers I've been installing engine room vents. The scare of carbon monoxide leaking from the engine room into the living space...
VENDÉE GLOBE 2016, THE TEASER
Almost two years for the start of the big one, the more extreme of all sailing races, and there are already 4 pré entries:-) and as you can see, also...
The Wet Corner
Update on the wet corner. Parts finally arrives to hook up the faucet and spray attachment so Sasha put it all together for me. Very excited...
The Design Process for Custom Yachts
Tank testing can also be used to test the yacht in various sea states, under power and even at rest. We will normally test appendages such as skegs,...
64' Burger Flybridge Cruiser
I snapped this image of this nice looking Burger today at the Palm Beach Boat Show. The boat was originally launched as Tigertayl, in 1975. She is...
COMANCHE: FIRST SAILING VIDEO OF WHAT IS SUPPOSEDLY THE FASTEST MONOHULL
I confess that I have mixed feelings about Comanche, the new Maxi designed by Van Peteghem Lauriot Prévost (VPLP) and Guillaume Verdier: It...
Jump Seats
For months I've been scratching my head on how to make the saloon as multi functional as possible. We want it to feel big and open, but we also...
Finishing up the Fridge Box
After many week of work and mess I'm on the home stretch. I'm onto fairing the corners and smoothing the seams. I want things smooth and easy...
Design 2731 - Manhattan Sailing Club Dinghy Dock
If you recall, back in 2001-2002 we designed the floating clubhouse for the Manhattan Sailing Club, the Honorable William Wall, The dinghy dock was to...
VOR: AND ONE FOR THE GIRLS!
Cheers to them that won nice and cleanly the Abu Dhabi in Port race. On the weak wind wins they showed that they are incredibly good sailors. My take...
MORE ABOUT THE POGO 36
Well, not much, only images but as they say "images are worth more than a thousand words" and through them we can see a very modern sailboat, kind of...
Design 2244 - Siska
We don't have any small scale study plans on hand for this yacht but we're posting an article nonetheless. It's an interesting design. The boat was...
Design 1996 - Palawan IV
This is the largest of the S&S Palawans designed for Here are the plans.Principal DimensionsLOA 67'-6"LWL 50'-6"Beam 17'-6"Draft 6'-8" (board up)...
Taking Off!
Sasha snapped this picture just before we took off for the summer. Notice the full laundry lines? Yeah. Not how I pictured leaving the boat...
OLD WAYS TO BUILD A BOAT
Yes, this one is about Nostalgia. I saw on the net an old movie about boat building in England 70 years ago, a movie that contrary to the usual had a...
Design 2752 - Aileen
Click here to access a new video by Billy Black about Aileen, the 48' spirit of tradition slo...
Adding a little more funk
Sasha and I have been going back and forth on what to do with the brow of the pilot house. Usually on work boats, the brow is painted something...
Preliminary Design - 112' Performance Sloop
Here's a preliminary design of a 112' performance sloop, that was prepared in 2006. It was based on utilizing the basic engineering of s/y Zingaro, design...
XC 45 MKII
The Xc45 was the 2009 European boat of the year. I liked the boat as soon I saw it except for two small details, the interior that even high quality looked...
Stern Cabinets
We are still in the rough phase of building, but the cabinets are pretty much in place. I am back in business with a new camera body so I snapped...
First Annual Anegada Festival of Paperwork
Yep. Having fifty friends from the mainland in our backyard for a long weekend was pretty great. Only wish it could have lasted a few more...
The Heart of Operations
Probably not what you expected, but yes. The head is the heart of our living quarters right now. Things left to do in this room…....
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