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We have hull #33. I don't remember which outlets were standard equipment and which were installed at our request. The one in the galley was probably standard. Anyway, we have one forward starboard on the little shelf behind the dinette settee. It has proved useful for a 120v lamp. Another starboard ...

I would mention that the occasion may arise when you NEED a second anchor to deploy in high winds. This happened to me once in the aforementioned 17 years. Also you might someday want to anchor with the second anchor off the stern (Bahamian moor, I think it is called). Finally, one technique that mi...

For years, on our 34' sailboat, we used first a CQR-type then a 33# Bruce. We had no anchor winch, all manual. It presented no problem, really, and I am 76 yrs old. Just had to wear gloves when pulling the anchor. Now, Gadzooks! has the standard winch with a Delta. My assumption is that the second a...

We cleat to the outside hull as per Tanah-Keeta. At the stern, where a direct cleat-to-dock line would interfere with our dinghy on davits, we route the line thru the handhold bar at the bottom of the transom steps. Have had no trouble with this in six years of ownership. In the winter, when winds a...

Sounds like primary fuel filters. If you run the other engine at WOT, you will most likely find it down in RPMs as well. I've had this problem and have installed little indicator devices from West Marine for 50 bucks or so. Made by Racor. They screw onto an unused port in the filter housing, and pro...

Mike and Linda, I am not familiar with the Froli system, and have no suggestions on bed making, but I do have an answer for the moisture problem. We have a pad, about 1/2 inch thick, made of something resembling steel wool in structure, but the spaces between strands are much larger. The strands are...

Ross: I did not consider mounting the new dual horns on the mast. I thought the original single trumpet was unsightly enough sort of dangling there, and two would be worse. And of course, there is the power/wire size consideration mentioned by Ron. I avoided dealing with that problem by mounting the...

Hi We had to replace the solenoid valve that controls water flow into the toilet bowl. Sometimes it would not close completely after releasing the "Flush" button. I disassembled it several times, hoping cleaning would do it. Then for a while, would turn off the fresh water pump and manuall...

I installed a dual air horn under the flybridge "brow", on the port side. I cut a hole in the the horizontal plastic under the brow and above the windshield for the end of the trumpets. The trumpets are not visible unless you get down on the deck and look up. They came with a relay. I took...

Re: batteries. We have six 6-volt golf cart batteries that fit in the standard center aft compartment. This gives about 620 amp hours. Not the 800+ that Stray Cat has, but we find the 600 adequate for two nights at anchor (with above-average load), which has been enough in our experience. We don't h...

I inquired at PDQ (Pearson) regarding a replacement for a broken spray shield for "Gadzooks!" Reply was as follows: At this time Pearson is not building the 34. Unfortunately, this means we don't have access to parts. I have about 3 other owners wanting those spray rails as well. Since I d...

Hi Ross, Welcome to the small, exclusive group consisting of west-coast PDQ 34s!! I know of no satellite TV installations on PDQs, but a friend recently installed one on a North Pacific 42. He has been as far north as the northern tip of Vancouver Island, and says reception has been rock-solid. I ha...

When our boat was being built, we discussed with PDQ the possibility of a double helm seat. They said that, if we wanted a double seat, they would have to change the deck reinforcement supporting the seat pedestal. This indicates to me it may not be feasible to retrofit a double-pedestal seat withou...

Gadzooks! (MV 34 #33) was delivered at Annapolis in October 2003, right after the boat show. We specified a 35 lb Delta in the original order, but the boat was delivered with a Kingston, generally similar to the Delta. We returned the Kingston to PDQ (James and Jackie Power found room for it in thei...

Cleaning out some old storage, I ran across a disk with some computer renderings of the MV34 which were given to me by Chris Calver. We used them to make an attractive "business" card.

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