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Here's the p/n of the zinc that DOESN'T WORK with my Volvo props: 196420-02652
This will BIND! In a pinch, it could be ground down to work.


We're thinking of Maine this year - late July and most of August. We'll give a holler if we're in Penobscot Bay.

You should try posting to a forum checked by Peggie Hall, who is the expert on marine heads. The newsgroup "rec.boats.cruising" can be reached by a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, or in Google Groups. Just start your title with "Ping Peggie Hall ..." and she'll respond withi...

I don't know about the shower lines as I have a 36. However, the Whale fittings, previously sold as "System 15" are now called Whale Quick Connects and are in the current West catalog. They also sell another line, I think called Sea Tech of compatible connectors. I've seen several differen...

The problem is that there are two almost identical zincs for the saildrive. The zincs that fit mine are Yanmar Part Number 196420-02640. The other zinc which will probably show up as the "proper zinc" in some books will almost fit but my Volvo props will bind. (I don't have the P/N of the ...

I had exactly that problem with an impeller that only had about 20 hours on it. I was told it was a "one in a million" manufacturing problem, but I'm thinking its a bit more common.

FWIW, my props, as delivered on 36072 in 1999, are 16x11 Volvo two blade folding. The highest RPM I can achieve, with fresh paint, smooth water etc., is a bit over 3000.

I've always wrapped and left the panels to keep the batteries charged. The 4 trojans 6v's lasted through 6 years (5 winters) and died during the winter I was sick and didn't get a chance to brush off the snow and make sure everything's OK. The starter bats I replace dwith Optima "red tops"...

PDQ used to maintain a web page for POA. Is this still availible somewhere? If not, is there any demand? In a similar vein, the old company PDQ 36 pages are gone, and it would be nice to have these up for the historical interest. In particular, has anyone saved a copy of the manual in pdf format?

We've had a Lavac on Loki (36072) since it was new. Its had about 6 weeks use each summer plus the full year we travelled. Although it was set up as a manual, a few months into the long trip I installed the electric pump, since I didn't think our elbows could take the stress! If you setup the manual...

Do you have a link for the pdq 36 manual?

I've found that all of the "ver2" branch has been removed, and so I can't find anything other than the new product info. It would be nice if there was a historical record of the older boats.

Has anyone made or purchased a "canvas" winter cover for a PDQ? The fee for shrinkwrap in my yard is about $600, and that comes close to the cost of materials for a vinyl laminated dacron cover. I have a Sailrite clone walking foot machine and have done a number of small projects, so I'm n...

I run them a bit under 3000. The redline is 3600, and the wisdom I've heard is to run at about 80-85% of redline. With no load (in neutral), you should be able to rev right up to 3600, but in gear wide open they top out at 3200 with a clean bottom, somewhat less at the end of the season. I added pro...

Hi Brendan, Allezcat's main halyard also gets very difficult to raise the last foot of travel. I have traced it to the thick eyesplice in the double braid for the shackle which jams in the small sheave groove at the masthead. Not sure how to solve this other than have the sail cut shorter, which I ...

Some great responses. It strikes me that this boat was made to have outboards, then diesels were put in some. I have been told that with a normal load that 36 lrc can actually have a step awash and have back chainplates immersed in water. A step I could handle, but the chainplate is bad. Does this ...

Keep an eye on the official web site to see if closing are happening. You might look at past years to see how frequent they are. When we came through (1999) it was a drought and there was talk of reducing the number of lockings (it never happened). The year before there were closings due to flooding...