Re: [PCW] Powercat Pursuit
Craig,
How about a charter?
It wasn't until after we spent a week aboard a chartered PDQ 34 that we knew
this boat would suffice. I suppose it does fall under the category of being
the smallest boat with which we feel comfortable - all the others we
considered were larger.
There's much to be said for a boat that's easily handled by two. From more
than one marina operator I've heard: "the larger the boat, the less it's
used!"
Henry
PS: I'll send you off-list my lengthy essay on how we actually came to
choose the PDQ 34. Comments on our Sunsail PDQ 34 charter can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/hanoverhouse2005/NewBoat4.html
In a message dated 4/14/2006 10:48:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tomash@shaw.ca writes:
The rule of thumb of Go with smallest boat you will be comfortable with....
.I have heard this before.
How does one who has no experience, and only wants to buy the right boat the
first time - achieve this goal.
What is the right size?
Craig
I'll second Henry's suggestion. Even if it's not the exact boat you are thinking about buying, after a couple charters you'll find that some of the things you though were important may not be and others are. (e.g. galley up or down, berth/head config, helm location). Not sure how many varieties of cats are available in the US, but also check out Australia and other places, there a number of cats for charters around the Whitsunday Islands.
Spend some time on the boat tracing down the systems. Thinking through how you'd repair things. I've had a variety of minor repairs on charters and you start to appreciate when access and design features make things easy vs a major affair. You'd think the big players in the market would have these things worked better than the small players, but I remember a certain Fountaine-Pajot sailing cat that had a number of things that just made you scratch your head wondering what they were smoking when they designed a certain arrangement.
Mark
HClews@aol.com wrote: Craig,
How about a charter?
It wasn't until after we spent a week aboard a chartered PDQ 34 that we knew
this boat would suffice. I suppose it does fall under the category of being
the smallest boat with which we feel comfortable - all the others we
considered were larger.
There's much to be said for a boat that's easily handled by two. From more
than one marina operator I've heard: "the larger the boat, the less it's
used!"
Henry
PS: I'll send you off-list my lengthy essay on how we actually came to
choose the PDQ 34. Comments on our Sunsail PDQ 34 charter can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/hanoverhouse2005/NewBoat4.html
In a message dated 4/14/2006 10:48:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tomash@shaw.ca writes:
The rule of thumb of Go with smallest boat you will be comfortable with....
.I have heard this before.
How does one who has no experience, and only wants to buy the right boat the
first time - achieve this goal.
What is the right size?
Craig
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Henry:
Thanks for the info and your thoughts on the PDQ34; it definitely is of
interest as one of the smaller power cats. I have put out a request to
Sunsail in regards to chartering - they have a PDQ34 in Vancouver for
charter.
The comments in regards to the smaller better, bigger less used is also
interesting... thank you for sharing on that.
I look forward to receiving your off line (E-mail) essay on the PDQ
process.... that would be great.
regards
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: HClews@aol.com
To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [PCW] Powercat Pursuit
Craig,
How about a charter?
It wasn't until after we spent a week aboard a chartered PDQ 34 that we
knew
this boat would suffice. I suppose it does fall under the category of
being
the smallest boat with which we feel comfortable - all the others we
considered were larger.
There's much to be said for a boat that's easily handled by two. From
more
than one marina operator I've heard: "the larger the boat, the less it's
used!"
Henry
PS: I'll send you off-list my lengthy essay on how we actually came to
choose the PDQ 34. Comments on our Sunsail PDQ 34 charter can be found
at:
http://www.geocities.com/hanoverhouse2005/NewBoat4.html
In a message dated 4/14/2006 10:48:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tomash@shaw.ca writes:
The rule of thumb of Go with smallest boat you will be comfortable
with....
.I have heard this before.
How does one who has no experience, and only wants to buy the right boat
the
first time - achieve this goal.
What is the right size?
Craig
Power-Catamaran Mailing List
Hi Craig, my first boat was a 40 foot sailboat. It was great and I used it a ton.
I strongly recommend charter. Try several boats. Each one has different advantages and challenges. I just put my MC30 in ABC charters out of Anacortes.
Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Tomash tomash@shaw.ca
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:00:40
To:Power Catamaran List power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Subject: Re: [PCW] Powercat Pursuit
Henry:
Thanks for the info and your thoughts on the PDQ34; it definitely is of
interest as one of the smaller power cats. I have put out a request to
Sunsail in regards to chartering - they have a PDQ34 in Vancouver for
charter.
The comments in regards to the smaller better, bigger less used is also
interesting... thank you for sharing on that.
I look forward to receiving your off line (E-mail) essay on the PDQ
process.... that would be great.
regards
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: HClews@aol.com
To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [PCW] Powercat Pursuit
Craig,
How about a charter?
It wasn't until after we spent a week aboard a chartered PDQ 34 that we
knew
this boat would suffice. I suppose it does fall under the category of
being
the smallest boat with which we feel comfortable - all the others we
considered were larger.
There's much to be said for a boat that's easily handled by two. From
more
than one marina operator I've heard: "the larger the boat, the less it's
used!"
Henry
PS: I'll send you off-list my lengthy essay on how we actually came to
choose the PDQ 34. Comments on our Sunsail PDQ 34 charter can be found
at:
http://www.geocities.com/hanoverhouse2005/NewBoat4.html
In a message dated 4/14/2006 10:48:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tomash@shaw.ca writes:
The rule of thumb of Go with smallest boat you will be comfortable
with....
.I have heard this before.
How does one who has no experience, and only wants to buy the right boat
the
first time - achieve this goal.
What is the right size?
Craig
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