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- Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:47 am
- Forum: Destinations / Trip Reports / Crew
- Topic: Whitby to NYC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13630
Re: Whitby to NYC
Went from Hell Gate to Whitby in about 4 days on a 100 hp 34 - in delivery mode. I say about as the days were not consecutive or contiguous. The Erie Canal was at flood stage and was closed off and on for several days.
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:54 am
- Forum: Gear / Equipment / Maintenance
- Topic: Livingston Catamaran dinghy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12629
Re: Livingston Catamaran dinghy
Have a Livingston 9' with an 8hp 2-stroke on my MV34 and I love it! It is the light version (without the reinforcing pieces along the gunwales) and only weighs about 110 lbs. It is extremely stable; I can stand on the gunwale amidships, and it will not flip. I've had no problems with flooding but th...
- Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:05 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Automatic Identification System - AIS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9680
Re: Automatic Identification System - AIS
Have gotten targets on AIS from over 220 mi. - no doubt with a little help from atmospheric skip.
Tom
Tom
- Sun May 17, 2009 7:46 pm
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Fabulous Delivery Team!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4140
Re: Fabulous Delivery Team!
Thanks Preston. You are most gracious. A beautiful, smooth running, no-problems boat coupled with a great owner made our task very simple. So glad we could help.
Thanks for a FUN trip!!
Anice & Tom
Thanks for a FUN trip!!
Anice & Tom
- Thu May 14, 2009 5:49 am
- Forum: Gear / Equipment / Maintenance
- Topic: EPIRB Battery Replacement
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4690
Re: EPIRB Battery Replacement
I had my ACR EPIRB serviced through a firm in the Canaveral area several years ago. The name "Viking" comes to mind. Service was good, but not fast. The price was about what you quoted. Would love to give more details but we are "on the road" and won't have access to ThomKat's ma...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:49 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Bridles and Mooring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15646
Re: Bridles and Mooring
Used the Wichard style(i.e.,made by someone else) for many years in my "pre-Cat" days. Forgot to get it off the boat before I sold it is the only reason I don't use it now. (Yeah, yeah... I know, I could buy another one) They work fine. Secret to keeping it engaged is to not let it even to...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Does Shallow Water Slow You Down?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10000
Re: Does Shallow Water Slow You Down?
It also depends on whether you are in planing mode or displacement mode. You will speed up when you are in planing mode and slow down in displacement mode. It's all because of the compressibility effects mentioned above.
Tom
Tom
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:45 am
- Forum: Destinations / Trip Reports / Crew
- Topic: Stuart FL - Southpoint Anchorage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21638
Re: Stuart FL - Southpoint Anchorage
Last we heard, and that was in the early spring of 2008, was that there will be another mooring field but it will be located either SW of the previous location (on the same side of the St Lucie River) or more likely, diagonally across the river to the WSW. A suggestion would be to contact Dick or Ca...
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:06 am
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Port engine runs hotter than Starboard.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19442
Re: Port engine runs hotter than Starboard.
Hi Sandy, Like John, we have had an overheating problem on our port engine (75 hp) - but only at max RPM. We too found several potential causes, but the over riding problem was a defective heat exchanger (HE). About the time our engines were assembled, Yanmar got a batch of HEs from their supplier t...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: saving fuel by going slow?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18629
Re: saving fuel by going slow?
Despite the fact that when on transits, we generally drive ThomKat slowly, we will ALWAYS run at 3400 rpm or more for a short period of time (15 - 30 min) at the end of the day to ensure that the turbos are brought up to temperature and the crud is burned off. The hazard with running at low speed is...
- Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:43 am
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: saving fuel by going slow?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18629
Re: saving fuel by going slow?
Hi John & Diane, Sorry we missed you on your run north this year! We generally run ThomKat at 1800 - 1900 rpm except for sprints across larger bodies of water (i.e., Gulf of Mexico, large bays, etc) with short weather windows. With 1459.7 engine hours and 212 genset hours, our fuel usage is has ...
- Sun May 04, 2008 11:39 am
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Fuel Transfer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10490
Re: Fuel Transfer
Have used James P's technique for a re-prime (at the suggestion of Chris Calver) and it worked quite well. I got into the "starvation" mode when I tried leaving the valves open to allow the fuel to flow to the rear tank "on demand". I have no idea what I did differently, but sinc...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:31 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Trouble at PDQ ??
- Replies: 35
- Views: 43714
PDQ Purchased!
Just got the following from Beth Simkins at RhumbLine NE (PDQ dealer in Boston) .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finally! We just got the word that the ink has dried on the contracts…. PDQ has just been purchased by Pearson Composites of Warren, RI! These are the same folks building the True North, Alerion...
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:26 pm
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Use the Fuel in your FWD tank
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13947
- Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:49 am
- Forum: PDQ Powercat Forum
- Topic: Use the Fuel in your FWD tank
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13947