FPB: The Way

[@matthewherman5980]

I’m a patron of slv. I’m a working class guy with no hope of someday owning a million dollar yacht. BUT... I can sit back with a smoke and a drink and watch KZbin videos and dream. My favorite boats in no particular order are... mjm 50z -Magnum Marine 51 Bestia- Riva 63 Virtus- Gunboat 55 and Moonwave...BUT THE FPB’s by Mr.& Mrs. D are a step above the rest.

[@duncanmacleod7210]

The voice over for this video is hands down the best I have ever heard.

[@official_dplanet]

Probably the best advert I've ever seen. I don't think I've ever wanted anything as much as one of these functional works of art.

[@DashewOffshore]

Thanks Damien.

[@maurolimaok]

This channel was a lovely discovery for me. It made my day!

[@bellenvideo5629]

Landed here today and enjoying 🌊

[@barking.dog.productions1777]

I'm ready to continue the story... sad to see the Dashews retire with no one to carry the torch.

[@denden760]

Your lives are what many yearn for, but so few achieve. What a blessing you've had! Thanks for sharing your story and experiences.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Impressive to see your whole boatbuilding history and how it has culminated in then FPB. And sobering to see the heavy weather all compiled. In our sailing Television series people are always asking to seem more heavy weather, and we know how hard it is to get the footage. Great work guys!

[@Sircraig7963]

Great ocean footage , some breathtaking and stimulating views of life onboard what could only be described as superbly designed series of vessels. Your designs have enabled these beautiful boats to safely navigate in heavy seas and extreme weather ,making dangerous passage a cruise. Certainly brought back wonderful memories of my time at sea in heavy swells. Thanks for sharing . Respect from Down Under

[@ted56637]

Love the song at the end. Sad your parents are done building boats. Will anyone continue what they started?

[@petermathewvanaardt74]

I'll be buying my first (pre owned) yacht in a month or two so will gain some experience on that before before I invest on one of these. This looks, I've the ultimate yacht for the exploring I want to do

[@ahmetkrom]

Extremely well presented and an amazing design. The ultimate yacht for long distance cruising.See you when I can afford one. Cheers

[@denisiwaszczuk1176]

I have worked and helmed southern ocean most of my life and had it all spent most on 60 ketch conoe stern , you have Designed a hull i would and will be looking for enjoying some good cruising without working . Exellent.

[@padraicmchale]

Extraodinary vessels. Extraodinarily good video.

[@mga66]

Best video I’ve seen in YT. Loved it.

[@jamessveinsson6006]

I need pretty key get AAA tour of the yacht but not everybody explains that engineering behind their boats. This video I found very informative and entertaining at the same time And you my dear have a very calming voice you could saw apples with that voice

[@jdenmark1287]

Form follows function, simple, elegant, robust.

[@Afraidinct]

that how you present a yacht. Professional all the way. Nicely done

[@brianmck7363]

Your parents built the best sea worthy yachts I think of all time!!!

[@NunoOsswald]

Excelent video! Nice advertising. With class.

[@michaelcoker3197]

I subscribed, though I will never boatrd such a craft. I think it is the narration.

[@tomwilliams8675]

Beautiful

[@eddsaw1566]

Beautiful boat. Wish i could afford one

[@johnking5691]

I think I saw one of these cruise by us in the Penobscot bay in Maine while we were hauling lobster traps this past summer or maybe the summer before.

[@MrLikeke]

5:42 I think it is not but this reminds me exactly of my beloved California central coast. I think it fair to say that Steve Dashew is the Burt Rutan of the yachting world. Consider me enthusiastic of his designs.

[@12cunow]

I love this video

[@jordanbenshea8569]

Hi Sarah! Great video! Hope and your parents are doing well! - Jordan

[@gendaminoru3195]

yeah tell Stevo, GO WILDCATS!

[@brianballard1729]

I built a Bob Oram 39C cat which I did not add a hitch-hiker dual genoa rig as money ran out. I am designing a 30ft power cat 18ft beam to cruise the waters around Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji where I worked on Plantation management (coconuts, cocoa, coffee) and love those waters - I have surfed in those waters at 19 knots briefly, except the engines could not maintain surfing speed... Fuel capacity was near 1200 litres which gave a potential range @ 7 knots or 1000km+... I have great faith in the design (regularly crossing several Australian, Queensland bars and heavy weather seas with absolutely NO adverse issues at any time)...

[@DashewOffshore]

We have many fond memories of cruising those waters in the late 1970s...

[@ghostindamachine]

Exceptional

[@_moffett]

Where was the fpb 64 in the 3rd photo at the beginning of the video at 0:10

[@johnboyf-15vet51]

The ultimate true explorer yacht…….I have a Grans Banks but I love the FPB.

[@JasonWh]

Have you put a Seakeeper in this boat? I bet, given the lines, it would make an incredible difference in stability and lateral movement.

[@DashewOffshore]

We have been watching the evolution of gyro stabilization for many years. They have many advantages but do not create anywhere near the force that active fins do.

[@Mikinct]

Question- What is actually safer in offshore blue water cruising; a sailboat that can Heel or a powerboat that doesn’t? I like the benefits of Sail but wasn’t sure if a boat that doesn’t heel design wise safer?

[@zeusapollo8688]

Rolling vs heeling

[@snowtigre1967]

This is one excellent video.. Now the Question... Money, I need Money.. Lol.. -- the big question I want one.. but don't have the money for it now....

[@MountainFisher]

I noticed it has vanes instead of a seakeeper stabilizer.

[@bw5377]

Looks like a miniature battle ship.

[@dentmann]

Great vid!

[@FighterFred]

Pity that they discontinued sailing vessels, that's the future. The power boat fuel cost kills that option.

[@N330AA]

Just top up in Ecuador

[@jarodstrain8905]

That depends on what your goals are. I used to have an old trawler style houseboat that burned a half gallon of diesel per hour at 7 knots. Detroit 3-53s

[@sirroberttaylor9969]

do you need an old salt deck hand blues harp player USN RM2

[@capecaution6288]

What range do your power boats have? Thanks.

[@TDyhl]

Cape Caution 5000+ NM +10% reserve

[@updatemysettings5095]

I think my old folkboat will have to do for now.🤣

[@opcn18]

I really like everything about them, but the size of those windows makes me uncomfortable at the thought of encountering green water.

[@aflaz171]

I was just about to comment exactly the same thing when I scrolled down to read yours!

[@DashewOffshore]

The glass varies. FPB 64s are 3/4" sides and forward. Same with FPB 83. The FPB 78s are two plies of glass and two plies of a super plastic used in hurricane glass sides, 12mm thick with a third layer of glass forward (about 16mm thick). we are not concerned with wave impact.

[@nigellbutlerrr2638]

1. seven gallons per hour , 35 euros per hour, 10 knots , 4000 miles,35 times 400 euros equals 14000 euros,2. Obviously fast twenty meter sailing vessels are safer than ten meter sailing vesselswith shorter passage times.

[@adipete9039]

It makes sense!

[@Alexloweryful]

can these aughts self right themselves if they were ever to capsize?

[@DashewOffshore]

Yes, self righting was the first predicate of the FPB design concept. Lots more details on this subject at SetSail.com

[@jopsbraga]

Lindo lindo. Obrigado.

[@georgemcdonald7922]

That's a U boat?

[@mantelas]

God, how i would like to have one of these boats and sail around the world

[@DashewOffshore]

The person to talk to is [e-mail]. She keeps very close tabs on our little fleet and knows when they are about to come onto the brokerage market.

[@greygoose4x46]

The "Airstream" of yachts

[@phishermonjon]

How come they don't make these boats anymore!?

[@DashewOffshore]

We could not find an approach that guaranteed us our standards would be met, and we wanted to get in some cruising.

[@sn20]

so thing has no sails? it is powered through motor?

[@stevenwright6573]

Yes. I've watched several videos on these boats and I may be mistaken but one of them (FPB 78 Cochise) I believe started with 2 140 hp straight six diesels. Later an upgrade was done adding 2 John Deere 300 hp straight six diesels and it actually improved gallons per mile consumption. Diesels are ideal for these type of boats. They run with very strong torque (twisting power) at a low rpm. 1 ton truck nowadays can cruise at 70 mph only turning 1750 rpm. So fuel burn on these in a boat over long distance is very good. Run it just above idle at a hum and balance that with a propeller of the right size and you can find a sweet spot between rpm and gallons per hour burned while underway. Dream boat for sure.

[@DashewOffshore]

Hi Steven: The FPB 78s all are powered with Deere 6068 series diesels producing 230HP at 2300 RPM under M1 (continuous industrial) rating. The only FPB that has been repowered was the FPB 97 Iceberg (110 feet). She was originally powered with the Deere 6068s and was repowered with the next size block up, the 6090s. HP went from 230 to 425.

[@williambissell794]

So it costs roughly $25 per hour to operate this?

[@viktorjarinov8854]

Even more with power unit maintenance and other hidden costs.

[@DashewOffshore]

From memory allowing for engine and tranny overhaul (25/40,000 hrs TBO) Wind Horse cost an average of about US$2.47/nm to operate. Similar sized Beowulf, a 78' ketch) was a little over US$3.00/nm. Both numbers are a fraction of traditional yacht operating costs.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

The big windows make me nervous.

[@DashewOffshore]

Us as well which is why they are so strong. The FPB 64, 83, and 97 have 3/4"/19mm thick glass as well as storm shutters. The FPB 78/70s with their larger windows have a special laminate that is as strong as the hull plating.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

@@DashewOffshore Remarkable!

[@duckhorn]

why are they so expensive? something legendary?

[@DashewOffshore]

Hello SK: We think we have been very efficient in our building. And the prices reflect the quality of the build, starting with the hull, the plating of which could be half as thick and still pass the Lloyds Special Craft rules. At the end of the day, our specs and details simply are costly to build. You might think this excessive, but if you are mid-ocean and caught in serious weather, it will seem like a very good idea.

[@mga66]

Name of that last song?

[@sarahdashew]

That song is called "Tide and Moon", by Sarah Dashew. Available on iTunes, Spotify, etc!

[@johnricardo4431]

This boat has to be the best boat out there!!!!! And as much as I love this boat,,, from what I can see, the interior design has to be the most horrible and cold designs I have ever seen. The interior design has so much scope for improvement. One day I hope someone will address the interior issues . Man this is my dream Boat 🤗

[@CapnCody1622]

What does FPB stand for?

[@jcfrazier5853]

I believe it stands for Functional Power Boat, but don't quote me on that. Beautiful boat tho and it is in line with all the new data, and everything that I've heard, that suggests that LENGTH is one of the number one safety factors in rough conditions, which is I believe is called LWL = Length at Water Line

[@gendaminoru3195]

nope, it's a secret. You gotta be a customer to know, but the "power boat" part is right. But I think they would read you in to the secret even if you bought a used one. I think used 64 footers were going for around $3.2M but certainly don't quote me on that. New is of course more than double for the 78.

[@Subtractive909]

Fortress

[@KitLaughlin]

Fast Power Boat; see setsail.com.

[@valentinxl]

Dear friends,first time the name was FMB.M-motor,B-boat,F-f....ing(no good word)

[@matrixi4i]

Skip and Linda 1979 Indian Ocean ?

[@DashewOffshore]

That's correct!

[@toolstimber5953]

Fuel consumption was never mentioned....

[@SirJack5885theFirst]

6:20

[@toolstimber5953]

Jack Swett thanks.

[@captmack007]

lol you took my footage from my vid at 1:03-4.

[@TairnKA]

"FPB"? F??? Power Boat? People may say it's not very stylish but it wasn't meant to be. It's meant to serve the purpose it was designed to do, comfortably and especially safely.

[@jimmymac63]

Sadder still, I can't afford one :(

[@jamesjoyce5611]

living the dream rather squeezed by compromise (send my kid a cap or two if you can use that) id forgotten about slippage ill apply it to my child rearing. may your quest to thread lightly continue

[@sirroberttaylor9969]

well if you need an old salt navy guy for a deck hand sent me a note

That bow needs more forward upper buoyancy to keep the green water off the foredeck. It nosedives like a sub.

[@shananagans5]

It's supposed to do that. It cuts through the wave instead of bouncing over. Yes, it does make for a wet ride sometimes but it's faster, more efficient and makes for a more comfortable ride inside. The only downside is you will get wet if you go up front in weather. :)

[@rightsideupvt]

What does FPB stand for?

[@DashewOffshore]

The official PC definition is Functional Power Boat.