* Capt. Rob wrote, On 7/20/2007 1:17 PM:
And the WINNER IS.....


JEFF!!!! Here's the post about his PDQ 36.

"Of course, compared to other catamarans my boat is a beauty to almost
everyone's
eye."


BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Who's eyes? Other owner of butt ugly floating
radiators? I've never met anyone who thought Catamarans are good
looking compared to monohuls.

And monohulls count as "other catamarans"? We can only hope that
Thomas does not inherit your reading comprehension.

Of course, we didn't pick a cat because we thought it was better
looking than a monohull, we picked one for its speed, comfort, space,
safety. Within its genre, the PDQ is is rather sleek.

The purpose of a cruising cat is to carry a family long distances, and
our PDQ has served it purpose admirably, with 10000 miles on its log,
having taken us from Canada, Down East, down to Florida and back.
When guests come aboard they have their own stateroom, with a queen
size bunk. The cockpit seats a dozen, the foredeck has room for
volleyball.

She's a fast boat, and it has its speed with a rather modest amount of
sail. There's nothing like doing 12 knots under plain sail. Of
course, your only complaint is that it doesn't tip. I agree that
heeling over 30 degrees is fun for a few minutes, assuming your boat
is stripped out. But when you're living on board and traveling 100
miles a day, sailing fast and level is more fun.

Frankly, even a CS 27 looks better,
especially sailing!

The CS 27 is a better looking boat than your Bene.

The 35s5 won design awards.

From French interior designers?

Of course "awards" are a dime a dozen, especially for the large
companies (that is, major advertisers). PDQ got a chapter in "The
World's Best Sailboats." But more interesting, the PDQ 36 was
featured in Killing's "Yacht Design Explained" as the exemplar of its
class.

She's a modern design, but EVERYONE digs her looks.

That's a crock. Lots of people think its quite unattractive; in fact,
I've never heard it compared to any of the classic designs, such as a
Bristol. I think its a rather ugly boat, but I really dislike the
"bubble" look. My wife has refused to even go on board Bene's because
of their silly styling.

Obviously the folks I beat up here will moan about her, but
they know she's a slick and fun boat. WAY more fun to sail than a PDQ
36 BTW, which is overall a much larger vessel.

Duh! There are lots of smaller boats that are more fun to sail than
larger boats. 470's are lots of fun, especially to race. Too bad
you've never done that. Of course, our boat is faster than yours,
even upwind, so you can have "fun" while you're watching our transom
disappear over the horizon! Since you have no desire to go out of
sight of your slip, this question is really moot.

The lovely, modern and quick 35s5....

Lovely? For a Clorox bottle, maybe.

Quick? I suppose by your standards. Someday you should sail a really
fast boat.