PDQ Owners Association Dinner - Reminder

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PDQ Owners Association Dinner - Reminder

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PDQ Owners Association Dinner - Reminder

Posted by Roger Ford on September 26, 2002 at 09:39:00:

The POA Meeting will be on Saturday, October 12, at the Fleet Reserve Club,
starting at 6.30pm. Come and do what POAers do best - eat, drink and talk. Get
the latest PDQ news from Simon and visit with Rory and our other good friends
from PDQ

There will be a small display of unique, hard-to-find items of interest to
cruisers - if you have anything bring it along

The menu will be the same as last year except we will revert to the keg of beer
and the wine will be bottled - the cost is $30.00/person

If you plan to attend, please let Colin know asap at swithen@dmv.com
See you there!

Four Sheets to the Wind?

When reaching or sailing downwind monohull sailors use whisker poles to pole out
their jibs for extra speed. With their wider beam, catamaran sailors can achieve
the same effect more easily by sheeting to the toerail and a number of PDQ
owners use this tactic. We find it so useful on Cadenza that most of the time we
run four sheets to the jib, one pair to the travelers on the coach roof, and the
second pair down to a block on the toerail on or near the inverted U-bolts (put
there by PDQ for this purpose), back to a second block just forward of the stern
cleat, across to a third block on the inner toerail which puts the line at an
ideal angle for leading up to the winch

The only time we remove the outer sheet from the sail is tacking in strong
winds. If the sail is allowed to flog the sheets tangle quickly and create quite
a mess

Colin Swithenbank
Cadenza.

POA ANNUAL MEETING
Please complete the attached reservation form and return it to Colin, preferably
with payment in full of $30 per person plus $10 dues for next year. If you
prefer to pay at the door please plan to pay by check if possible and return the
reservation form any way - we have to book for a precise number and pay for that
number

If you give an email address I will try to acknowledge your reservation. If you
don’t get an acknowledgement just show up. We haven’t run out of food yet

Annual Meeting Reservation
To: Colin Swithenbank, 12414 Woods Rd. Worton MD 21678
Phone: 410-778-3379
Email: swithen@dmv.com
I/We plan to attend the Annual Meeting of the PDQ Owners Association
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