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- Tue May 08, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Scupper inserts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8362
Scupper inserts
Today the insert in one of the two scupper holes in the well just outside the sliding door of my PDQ 36 shattered. I need to replace them both. The insert is 3 1/2" OD , plastic and is simply seated in the opening. Does anyone know where I can get replacements? There must be other aging boat th...
- Mon May 09, 2011 9:03 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Plexiglass fracturing
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24124
Re: Plexiglass fracturing
I've got a leak on my port side windows. Looks like I'll be using the Sikaflex 295UV with all the pretreatments. At $20.00 bucks a tube, how many tubes do I need to remove and re-bed the window? Tom Tom, having finished replacing my port front window I have confidence that I can do it again if nece...
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:20 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Plexiglass fracturing
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24124
Plexiglass fracturing
A year ago my fixed window extending laterally from close to the mast base on my PDQ36 sprung a leak. I had a local yard remove and rebed the plexiglass. This year the plexiglass split vertically and the two pieces left a sixteeth of an inch space between them. This made me think that the cause had ...
- Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:26 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: PDQ 36 Outboard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4614
PDQ 36 Outboard
My PDQ 36 when loaded for cruising and going at a fair speed through chop, accumulates a fair volume of water in the well just in front of the outboard seating. Whether this is harmful or not, it aggravates me. The trapped water increases weight and the outboard seems to get a fair amount of splashi...
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:58 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Water Heater
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4126
Water Heater
Has anyone installed a "Showermate Marine Water Heater"? If so does it have any problems that you might advise me of?
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:28 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Masthead anchor light.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10280
Masthead anchor light.
For the past few years my masthead anchor light has not worked but I have been content to use a plug-in light hoisted about ten feet above the Bimini top. This now does not satisfy the US Coast Guard regulations, despite being more suitable for the tight nooks that I usually anchor in. I now need to...
- Mon May 25, 2009 5:59 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Leaking seals.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4806
Leaking seals.
I have been lucky with my PDQ 36 being watertight for the last twelve years, but last year I had some trouble with water getting in beneath the lateral end of the foreward window of the main cabin. The problem partly results from a small pool of water forming between the cabin roof and the edge of t...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Lowering the mast
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5911
Lowering the mast
A friend of mine is trying to persuade me to spend part next the winter along with their power boat on the St. John's River, up stream from Jacksonville. One problem is a bridge of 45' clearance that is too low for my 47' mast height on my PDQ 36. He suggested that I might be able to detach the fore...
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:59 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: PDQ work tour 2009
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16989
Re: PDQ work tour 2009
James, Perhaps I am a little late in replying but I certainly would value your opinion on a few problems, not least the two I have posted today. I live and keep my 1997 PDQ 36 outboard in Norfolk and would appreciate it if you would contact me. Phone 757-489-2879. We would be very happy to offer you...
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:50 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Bent control cables
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4665
Bent control cables
Last year I bought two new Yamaha outboard motors. Yamaha has changed the configuration of the controls. Generally this does not present a problem but the cockpit throttle and gear leaver box has to be reconfigured for a push mode to the engine, rather than the draw mode to which it was previously c...
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:25 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Refinishing Flooring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9895
Refinishing Flooring
Well, my flooring is begining to look pretty ratty after eleven years. I have previously light sanded and revarnished it with fairly good results. Now I need to do something about the passage flooring between the two hulls which has suffered some discoloration due to water spillage from my water tan...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Attaching a lifting tackle to Yamaha outboards
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5522
Attaching a lifting tackle to Yamaha outboards
I have just got new Yamahas for my boat. Hitherto I has lowered the old engines from an screweye attached to the cylinder block where the flywheel cowling was attached. This makes lowering the motor into the tight space much easier than using a rope/strap sling. The design of these new motors is dif...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:29 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Trampoline wear and tear
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5903
Trampoline wear and tear
My PDQ 36 ten years old now. About five years ago I had the stitching on the trampoline renewed. Now the canvas strip and taping around the grommets is looking a bit ratty though the mesh forming the main substance of the trampoline appears fairly good. Can anyone tell me if it is reasonable to just...