But this leaves the question, if you remove the propane, how do you
run the stove?

It's called CNG, Jeff. Costs 200 dollars to set it up with our current
stove.

But, you just bragged about a "dual use" system, now you're claiming

its so dangerous you're removing it.

Another lie from Jeff. We're changing it.

Actually, I'd even agree that if I were
to live at the dock year round

Holy backpedal Batman!!!

think you were quite explicit when you said: "We really loved the
boat, but could not find one that hadn't been raced to death."

Yep, old sails and worse ruined cushions from wet sails dumped on them
again and again. One needed updated running rigging along with new
cushions. One of the four boats had some of the interior removed, such
as the table. But the boats were generally solid and looked fine. Raced
to death doesn't mean a bad boat...it can be cosmetics which can cost a
fortune. Go price new cushions and sails. As usual you're clueless and
jump to conclusions. BTW of the four we looked at over the last 3
months, only one remains unsold! And all sold for more than what we
paid. The one with the bad deck sold for exactly what we paid!

Right, it really hurt me when you said my boat doesn't heel. What
other faults did you find - too much ventilation?

According to you, when you want to have some sailing fun you go sail a
dinghy. We all know that the PDQ 36 is something less than fun to sail.
Folks who love to sail buy 35s5's, or even Express 30's, Jeff. Nobody
equates "sporting fun" with sailing a PDQ 36. NO ONE. Not even you.
When we go sailing with family, with friends or just the three of us we
like to be on a boat that's fun, a boat that heels and can get our
blood pumping. We don't want to be on a river raft. That's what you
like and that's fine, but don't compare it to the very different
activity of sailing a monohull. When we sailed on the PDQ 36, my wife
couldn't even see the point of it. We might as well have been on a
powerboat...a really slow one.

With the 35s5 we have a boat that's fun and can cruise on our weekend
trips or longer. Hell, I posted a link to folks cruising around the
world in one. They seem to be doing fine! Based on your criteria you
have the ONLY boat here suitable for cruising in this group BTW. The
35s5 has a proven record of blue water sailing AND it has a larger
interior than most of the other boats here. So it looks like only you
and Joe can go to sea! What a laugh.
Face it, Jeff. It's check and mate. You lost. I won't even begin to
bash the idiotic idea of comparing the 35s5 directly to dinghy sailing.
Hell, I got yelled at for even suggesting it earlier.
People who love the shape of boats rarely love a monohull, Jeff.

Good luck,

RB
35s5
NY