January 21, 2021
A few words about FPB 97 ICEBERG – from Steve Dashew
ICEBERG is the largest and fastest of the FPB series. There are 18 Functional Power Boats in the fleet and between them they have crossed oceans many times. They have…
January 21, 2021
ICEBERG is the largest and fastest of the FPB series. There are 18 Functional Power Boats in the fleet and between them they have crossed oceans many times. They have…
November 6, 2020
‘Hello Setsailors, A brief heads up regarding FB 78-1 COCHISE: COCHISE is headed towards Europe under new ownership. Although she was not for sale, when Sue Grant at Berthon International…
May 27, 2020
The Berthon Sales Group have been busy during the lockdown period, marketing and selling yachts as usual. There are further details on our comings and goings available here. We’ve also…
March 10, 2020
Dashew Offshore’s incredible fleet of Functional Power Boats are the last word in world cruising and they have covered literally hundreds of thousands of nautical miles since the prototype FPB…
March 6, 2020
Berthon have been involved with Dashew Offshore and have been working with them on marketing the FPB range of un-sailboats for some years. Now that the FPB Programme has closed,…
January 7, 2020
The 18 strong FPB fleet continues to cross-oceans and to realise the dreams of their crews the world over. This year has seen FPBs cruising in both the northern and…
December 19, 2018
Unbreakable world cruising yacht from the board of Steve and Linda Dashew. FPB 64 AVATAR is offered fresh from a nautical makeover, which has her gleaming. All deferred maintenance and…
November 2, 2018
Feat. FPB 78#2 GREY WOLF II. You may remember the Long Voyage Home, when FPB 64 GREY WOLF made sail from New Zealand to the Channel Islands, with owner Peter…
October 25, 2018
FPB 64#03 TOCCATA joined us a couple of weeks ago for winter storage. Chris and Carolyn Groobey and their 2 Labradors – Travis and Charlie are taking a break after…
March 28, 2018
By Linda and Steve Dashew, New York Station The following article by Linda and Steve Dashew appeared in Voyages, Chronicles of the Cruising Club of America, and puts the FPB…
November 16, 2017
Effective and informative delivery of information about the yachts that we have for sale is a key requirement for us. Our Listings team have been working hard with our web…
October 13, 2017
When Steve and Linda Dashew came out of retirement to build a few FPBs (their revolutionary ocean crossing motor yachts) for friends and former sailing clients, little did they or anyone else…
August 14, 2017
Expectant Owner Valerie Creighton Weighs In. For more updates on current FPB projects you can watch this space, or visit http://www.setsail.com. We have recently been sent some final interior renderings…
May 11, 2017
After hundreds of thousands of sea miles, FPB has ultimately refined performance characteristics and efficiency into the new FPB 70. The FPB 70 incorporates elements that take this new model into…
May 5, 2017
FPB and GREY WOLF hold a place close to the heart of Berthon. Owners Peter and Judith Watson bought FPB 64 GREY WOLF via Berthon. Peter then brought her home…
January 18, 2017
What do you want? Where do you want to go? What do you dream about? https://youtu.be/oBhG30iBRbE A video in which Dashew Offshore presents the secrets behind all the ocean crossing…
January 6, 2017
FPB 78#1 COCHISE has cruised 11,400nm, since being launched 6 months ago, cruising from her build yard in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand, across the Pacific to the Panama Canal…
August 26, 2016
After 6 years of glorious cruising, AVATAR is now on the market. She will be available to see, touch and write a cheque for at the Newport Boat Show –…
August 19, 2016
Boat Show Season is about to get underway, and here at Berthon we are as involved as ever – and we would like to invite you join us. Cannes Boat…
August 12, 2016
The FPB Programme is busy with 2 x 78s in build and 2 x 70s being born too. In addition, FPB 78#1 has been trialling in New Zealand and we…
July 18, 2016
Dashew Offshore has now made some extraordinary heavy weather sailing footage available – with links below. It makes for compulsive viewing. It also shows how the Dashew designs have evolved over…
May 24, 2016
BUFFALO NICKEL has just completed the journey from Phuket, Thailand, to Circa Marine in Whangarei, New Zealand. The passage took 47 days – with 623 hours underway, and 6,289 miles…
March 30, 2016
The FPB Programme is busy as Berthon manage the sales and marketing of these extraordinary yachts, designed by Steve and Linda Dashew and built magnificently by Circa Marine in New…
January 15, 2016
There is a new baby sister on the way. An FPB whose genetic make-up includes many of the capabilities and breakthrough characteristics of her larger FPB 97 and 78 siblings,…