Re: new owner of 98' PDQ36, more water, elec winch, asymetrc

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Re: new owner of 98' PDQ36, more water, elec winch, asymetrcl

Posted by Cindy on June 01, 19100 at 07:13:53:
In Reply to: new owner of 98' PDQ36, more water, elec winch, asymetrcl posted by
hank walden on May 30, 19100 at 13:52:14:

As for the water -- you may want to look into getting a water maker. Adding
extra water tanks means adding extra weight which you want to keep down in a
cat. You're not going to be able to have the hundreds of gallons of water that
you can carry in a mono. Really the watermakeer is the way to go if you plan on
being away from a place where you can fill up. Otherwise - conservative water
usage goes a long way too.

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Re: new owner of 98' PDQ36, more water, elec winch, asymetrcl

Posted by Colin Swithenbank on May 30, 19100 at 16:34:14:
In Reply to: new owner of 98' PDQ36, more water, elec winch, asymetrcl posted by
hank walden on May 30, 19100 at 13:52:14:

Hank: I fitted a panel mounted Garmin 126 GPS/depthsounder combo to Cadenza;
(the factory mounted DS is in the SB hull). The sender unit for the Garmin DS I
mounted in the port hull under the cabinet in the forward cabin (30' of wire was
supplied and I needed every inch). I planned to glue the sender unit directly to
the inside of the hull and called both Garmin and the maker of the sender unit
for comments. There was some confusion as to whether my plan would work, but I
didn't want to put a hole in the hull and figured I would go ahead and try it. I
stuck the sender down with a thin layer of two part epoxy as recommended (a soft
polymer like silicone was not recommended)

It works like a champ. Great for the ICW: when the water is getting thin and the
deepest part of the channel is not in the center it pinpoints which side to
steer

Re: as.spinnaker. Ruth made ours from a Sailrite kit and Bonnie Ford has also
made one. Savings about 50% over a new one and its a great learning experience

Sailrite supply the pre-marked pre-cutout panels and you fasten them together
with two-sided tape then sew a jig-jag stitch over the top. Took Ruth about 8
days to complete. Ours works great particularly since Cadenza hates going down
wind with main and jib. We flew from Sandy Hook to Atlantic city in 9 - 10 hours
at 8 - 11 knots seeing apparent of 10 - 15 knots suggesting true windspeeds of
20 - 25 knots

Ruth also made the sock from a Sailrite kit but you may want to consider the ATN
sock because they use a neat plastic (or FG) ring which looks much more
efficient for dousing

Hope this helps

Colin