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- Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: PDQ Altair (PDQ 32) Forum
- Topic: New Owner - Bulb Part #'s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15221
Re: New Owner - Bulb Part #'s
Matt, Your anchor light fixture is likely to be an Aqua Signal like this one, but check using a camera: https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C65136%7C2312550%7C2312552&id=827318 If you have a decent telephoto lens you can generally tell what it is from blowing up a camera shot (even a ...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:33 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Free 36 solar panels
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10806
Free 36 solar panels
Folks, I just replaced my 3 solar panels on the 2001 Capella 36 with slightly larger new ones. I have the old Siemens 50 watt panels in the garage. A lot of the 36s had the hard bimini especially made for these panels, so I thought someone might want some spares. They're in SW Florida right now, and...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:07 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: PDQ 36 Capsize
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13552
Re: PDQ 36 Capsize
Wow. That's quite a story. The microbursts here on the Great Lakes are no joke. I once owned a Nacra 20 foot that was kept chained on a beach in Chicago when not sailed. A microburst lifted that boat off the beach (with no sails on it at all, the trampoline acted as a sail), and threw the boat 100 y...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:40 am
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Corroded holding tank access plate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15288
Re: Corroded holding tank access plate
Hey Marc, This obviously looks like classic galvanic corrosion. Neither of my 36s has a metal holding tank. They're both some type of plastic. What hull number is yours, BTW? The bolt question is difficult. They either have washers and nuts on the back and maybe the plate was welded into place later...
- Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:42 pm
- Forum: Gear / Equipment / Maintenance
- Topic: window leak
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16570
Re: window leak
Earl, Are you thinking about actually having new windows fabricated? There's an acrylic and plastics shop here in Chicago that says that if I get them the window, they can reproduce it. I have a couple cracked windows that I was thinking about taking to them. While I'm waiting, I'd have to do the &q...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:00 pm
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Electric gremlin
- Replies: 22
- Views: 22078
Re: Electric gremlin
Tim, You may not be getting 120v from shore, even if other boats around you are. The shore power connections here corrode and become big resistors. There's real danger there, as you can start a fire and there's no circuit breaker to do anything about it. Look at the boat-side shore connection(s) (no...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:48 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Remove hot water heater
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22709
Re: Remove hot water heater
So your heater is in one of the 2 aft cockpit lazarettes? Strange, mine is under the navigation bench inside.
It'd be really nice not to cut that fiberglass. Does Force 10 have a manual with an exploded diagram? Maybe a way to get it apart.
It'd be really nice not to cut that fiberglass. Does Force 10 have a manual with an exploded diagram? Maybe a way to get it apart.
- Wed May 01, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Windlass and Anchor Chain
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24347
Re: Windlass and Anchor Chain
Hey Tim,
You’ve probably checked this, but that sounds a lot like a bad electrical contact. Check all wire connections, and if you have a multimeter check that you’re getting voltage to the windlass.
You’ve probably checked this, but that sounds a lot like a bad electrical contact. Check all wire connections, and if you have a multimeter check that you’re getting voltage to the windlass.
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:56 am
- Forum: PDQ Altair (PDQ 32) Forum
- Topic: Replacing original solar panels
- Replies: 22
- Views: 55468
Re: Replacing original solar panels
Hey guys, Here's a pic of the 2001 PDQ 36 Bimini with solar. I realize this is the 32 forum and maybe I should put it on the 36 forum, but we seem to be talking about the same solar panels here, so I guess I'll post it here. As you can see, there are 3 original Siemens panels that we've been discuss...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:51 am
- Forum: PDQ Altair (PDQ 32) Forum
- Topic: Replacing original solar panels
- Replies: 22
- Views: 55468
Re: Replacing original solar panels
Has anyone figured out a. solution to the size matching problem that iriemon mentions? On the later PDQ 36s, there are 3 "wells" on the Bimini top where the 3 panels drop in, and there is almost no room for error. The new ones really couldn't be much larger (maybe 1/2" on each side at...
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:47 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Procedure for rudder dropping
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8460
Re: Procedure for rudder dropping
OK, everyone. I hauled the boat and dropped both rudders while the boat was in the crane sling... Here's the procedure and a couple pics: 1. There should be a bolt (and nut) through the rudder near the very top of the post (maybe 2 inches down from the top ) for the emergency tiller. Temporarily rem...
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:45 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Procedure for rudder dropping
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8460
Procedure for rudder dropping
Hey y'all. I'm going to drop the rudders when I haul next week, so I can inspect the bearings and fiberglass. I have managed to loosen and re-tighten the 4 bolts on each side that hold the quadrant parts to the rudder. That wasn't too bad, since the boat has only seen fresh water. Simon Slater menti...
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:49 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Current accurate weather
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16415
Re: Current accurate weather
What's you comms situation? Sat phone? SSB? VHF?
As Terry says, Chris Parker is the answer in almost every case, but the method of access is different for different situations.
As Terry says, Chris Parker is the answer in almost every case, but the method of access is different for different situations.
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:31 pm
- Forum: PDQ Altair (PDQ 32) Forum
- Topic: What are these D-rings on the bow?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22418
Re: What are these D-rings on the bow?
Hey Aurora, I actually posted about the project and some pics a few years ago. Here's the link: http://www.pdqforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2761&p=10883#p10883 If you have any questions about it, let me know. It's obviously a rig that's meant to be up semi-perminently (I have no idea what D...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: PDQ Altair (PDQ 32) Forum
- Topic: What are these D-rings on the bow?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22418
Re: What are these D-rings on the bow?
I only have one ring on each side, but I've used them to make a bridle to hold the tack of a code zero which goes in front of the jib. I don't use it much anymore, though, because I'm old and lazy.