Capt. Rob wrote:
Daysailing from City Island does not make you an expert on offshore
cruising in Western Australia.



This is not ASA, Jeff.

Quite correct. There are serious sailors here - let them give
opinions on what makes an offshore boat. Newbies like you should sit
back and listen.

Let us all know how your PDQ 36 does in Western
Australia.

I don't think any have been there, but what's your point? I've had
mine out in the "real" ocean a number of times, including doing the
entire NJ coast several times. A few sisterships have crossed the
Atlantic, and about 20% have been to Bermuda.

As it turns out, my final decision to buy the PDQ was when sailing one
in nice breeze (16+ kts) and passing a Hunter 34 as we got hit by a
puff. The Hunter was briefly overpowered, heeled and rounded up,
while the PDQ just accelerated.

My cat was certainly not designed as a long distance passage maker.
If I wanted that I would have bought a Prout. But I've had it in 6 to
10 foot seas, and 35+ knots wind a number of times and have been quite
thankful it wasn't a clorox bottle, like many of the benehuntalinas.
The West Coast of Australia is well known for having large seas and a
breeze - anyone purchasing for that area would want to take that into
account.

One more thing- the Hunter 34 is not the same boat as the Hunter 33
Cherubini. While the 33 is sometimes described as a "world cruiser" I
don't hear that about the 34.