Turning a fast chase boat into a cruiser is the next goal of world cruisers, Scott and Mary Flanders. They have found the right boat, trucked her to North Carolina, and in a few months begin the modifications necessary to create a highly competent pocket cruiser.
EGRET TALES OF THE SEA - Andratx, the Balearic Islands
Adventure Series Conclusion
In this final piece on the Adventure Series, Scott and Mary wrap up their discussion of this very different kind of cruising motorboat, specially designed to voyage in higher latitudes. Hopefully someone will step forward to take this design into production, and the rest of us can witness the dawn of a new concept of adventure boating.
Adventure Series Design - Part Four
Adventure Series Design Article - Part Three
In this third article of the new Adventure Series motorboat, Scott Flanders walks through some of the features and design elements that came up from a meeting with his builder, a naval architect, and Bill Parlatore. The rough edges softened into more specific design spiral elements, and the design continued to evolve.
A New Boat is Born
What's Life Without A Little Adventure
Scott and Mary Flanders begin a new journey, a new path, with a new design concept for a cruising ocean motorboat. This begins a series of posts that will follow the philosophy behind the design spiral, the construction, and all that will follow....
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A Photo Essay - Newfoundland’s Fjord Coast and St Pierre
Experienced Circumnavigators Build a Coastal Cruiser - Part 1
Scott Flanders begins a blog about the couple's search for a small, proper cruising boat so they can spend months of cruising along the East Coast and the Bahamas during the season. They begin by finding the right boat so they can use their experience to make it better, more comfortable for their cruising plans.
It’s been a long time coming but we now see tangible progress emerging to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel. If the U.S. Navy can prove that it works, isn’t it about time the concept of the modern cruising boat includes hybrid forms of propulsion?