PDQ OWNERS FORUM

Hi Folks, Here is an interesting one for you.... My wife and I have done several trips to France to cruise the canals there....An outstanding experience. We recently came across a great canal boat for sale and we are trying to put together a partnership (four partners) to own and use the boat. We ha...

Hi Folks, Since posting the note on the Tides red hose (dripless shaft seal) maintenance issue I have had conversations with several owners and realized that maybe a good thing has turned into a not so good thing! As you know PDW used a "Drive saver" unit between the transmission coupling ...

Hi Folks, Since posting the note on the Tides red hose (dripless shaft seal) maintenance issue I have had conversations with several owners and realized that maybe a good thing has turned into a not so good thing! As you know PDW used a "Drive saver" unit between the transmission coupling ...

Good luck Russ,
The PSS seals were a disaster when PDQ tried to use them. PSS could never solve the problem so they tried the Tide seals and eventually wound up with the "red" which with some obvious exceptions have been outstanding. I hope you fair better!!

Hi ! To the best of my knowledge, there is no "bonding" system on the PDQ. Each underwater metal component has it's own zinc so no bonding system is required. In boats like the Mainship they use bronz thru hull fittings that use another zinc somewhere else (thru the bonding wire) for prote...

Hi folks, It's me again with a small but important tecnical update. Since the PDQ 34 was launched there have been several dripless shaft seals delivered in the boat. The factory started out with a PSS seal that did not work very well (quite wet) and they quickly changed to a unit made by Tides marin...

Hi Folks, After a month of heavy weather cruising in the Bahams I can report one other benefit from the 4 blade props...significantly less cavitation in rough water. I would guess a 50%+ reduction. Further news on the subject: Now that the "bulk purchase" on the props is over, I will no lo...

Hi Folks,
Now that we are close to receiving the first batch of 4 blade props for the 100 hp engines (75 hp to follow shortly thereafter) Michigan prop has announced that new prices will be in effect for any new orders placed from this date on. As soon as I have the new pricing I will post it.

Hi Folks, In performing some maintenance on a PDQ 34 that we just sold, we found an interesting problem that I thought I should pass on. The owner of this boat had been putting chlorine tablets in the ac strainers to keep them growth free. The tablets certainly did that, but the unanticipated side a...

Hi Jim, Just saw your posting on aqua drives and the sound tiles. I just don't know....we have not tried the 4 blade props on a boat with those options installed so I can't comment. However....logically it would seem that the benefit from the 4 blade props would be at least slightly less, as those o...

Hi Folks, Last friday we launched HERON with a set of the new DX 4 blade props. WOW....same improvement I saw on Cat's Away when I seatrialed her. Basically same RPM/Speeds. Last summer we put about 2000 miles on her and now with the new props she is like a totally different boat. The improvement is...

Merry Christmas everybody ! As of today we have 25 boats signed up (45+ people) signed up. Henry Clews has offered to do a slide presentation on the Baltic Adventure, John Tesdorph will do one on cruising to the Jementos and we will have Raymarine and Yanmar tecnicians on site to answer questions. T...

Hi Folks, Just a quick update. as of today we have ten orders in for 100hp props and only two folks requesting props for the 75 hp. We need a minimum of five to place the order. H&H has also informed me that a price increase from Michigan prop on the 100hp props is expected any day and they have...

Hi Folks, We have encountered numerous proplems with these pumps, mostly defective pumps (never any questions asked, factory just replaced them, but they suposedly solved the problem and since then we have not seen any failures) but we have also see many of the problems caused by a restriction in th...

Hi Folks, Finally....here is the info on the 4 blade props for the 75 HP engines. H&H propellor is coordinating this whole issue of props and I have found them most helpful and supportive. The US supplier for them was not interested in developing the patterns necessary to produce the smaller pro...