PDQ OWNERS FORUM

In my 32 they are all in the starboard compartment between the the holding tank and the head. The bulkheads make that a sink-proof location - useful, because when I took delivery the speed unit it was leaking badly. the owner removed the transducer and replaced it with the storage plug after the sea...

without divisions, and it works very well, as you say, for coolers, large groceries, etc. I am considering some movable/removable shelves, but, I will not give up the option for big item storage. It does have a door.

An accidental jibe in a breeze could be a mess. I am sure you are very careful, but we all go wool gathering once in a while. Or do you rig a preventer every time?

I wish I knew the answer. I can tell you that my daughter, who has smaller hands than I, filled the cabinet with silverware and spices and it took me 20 minutes to get the stuff back out! The openings in mine are smaller. I like the cabinet, though. I intend to simply make the openings much larger s...

Lightly loaded they are barely submerged (reasonable short term supluys, parts, full gear and tanks, but not enough for months), at least not in my Altair Clasic. Perhaps 1/2 inch. On the diesel versions they sink more. They were ~2" submerged on my Stiletto, and once it hit stride, who could t...

I have been looking for a good spot, but am stumped.

Thank you very much for your help.

Thanks for the advise. Is it the same if the screws are going into a cored area? I imagine the skin is rather thin and that any significant countersinking would remove most of the skin.

As a new PDQ owner I am just full of questions. I am not new to boats and FRP repairs; I had a Stiletto for years that I made all sorts of rigging mods to, including constructing composite fuel and water tanks. However, it was a epoxy Kevlar honeycomb pre-preg and not vinyl ester over foam, so I wan...

If you always use the absolute minimum, I doubt the effect is measurable, and the oil is replaced within a few turns. You should only be replacing the small deficiency of volatiles that the gasoline is not providing. In fact, I would guess what Sandy says is more true of 2-strokes, where the fuel is...

I made up a pull rope using a spare handle I had, gave it 2 pulls, and there she went. The starting fluid is a must in January, I think.

That is all encouraging - thanks.

There was a comment regarding closing the choke; I believe mine are auto choke, or am I missing something?

While I know it is possible in theory to pull-start the engines, it seems certain the angle of pull would be impossibly bad. Has anyone actually pull-started one of these, was an extra pulley needed somewhere, or other trick? I am a big believer in Murphy's Law, so a viable manual option seems wise.

It was a good read, and I promise you a story for the next one.

Oh, it's sunny here today... and 50 knots and 35 Fahrenheit.