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Thanks for the concern. Our port (and starboard) anchor locker does have a vent at the bottom, and there are no other holes into the cabin from that side. You are correct in that our anchor windlass will be installed on the starboard side. We did purchase one but have not yet installed it. And we al...

Thanks Tom. Our propane is stored in the port side anchor locker so, as you mentioned, we don't have a hatch like that.

Thanks Gus! Some very helpful pics there.

Can you tell me what the hatch in this pic is for?

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Mike

Thanks everyone! Please keep the info coming. I actually made a post on our Blog about how helpful everyone is here:

http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=2623

Although our PDQ 32 is currently on the hard for the winter, we are making plans for our Caribbean cruise beginning late next year. Our boat has just the standard (if there is such a thing) water tank with a 47 gallon capacity. We would like to increase that, and install a watermaker, and have some ...

Excellent detail!

Thank you! That's very helpful for us.

That sucks about the injury. Sore backs are the worst! Thanks in advance for the pics though.

We "just" had ours shrinkwrapped but only because this is the last year we plan on having our PDQ anywhere near snow! If we were going to be around for a while like you, we definitely would have went with a custom tarp.

We you please be able to post a photo or two of your setup, thinwater, either here or on your Blog?

We just did a "medical emergency at sea" seminar and the course instructor pointed out that the number one cause for boating deaths in our area is hypothermia. Although we are done sailing for the season we know that we need to rig up jacklines and acquire harnesses for next season. This p...

Thanks Drew. I appreciate your blog posts too!

We had a gate added to our bridle plate. This should hopefully solve the deployment issues we were having.

Thanks Eric. I'll try to come up with some less-emotional topic next time I post :) I have read about the use of a warp of line as you describe. On Maxingout.com the use of an Abbott Drogue is explained and that seems like a good idea too. My real question was about attaching the drogue (warp). You ...

Perhaps this is premature as we are still a long way off from doing any offshore sailing but I have been doing some reading on storm management and the use of a series drogue. I understand that it would need to be attached to the stern at a VERY strong point(s). Has any PDQ owner deployed one, or pl...