"RB, I've been watching the threads on the PDQ for a few days. I'm not
getting involved, nor will I give you the satisfaction of outing me,
but you can post this if you want to fan the flames. My wife and I
charted a PDQ 36 two years ago from a private owner in Tobago. My wife
owns property there, but we've yet to invest in a boat. It won't be a
PDQ. The thing's a pig, and quite frankly I think Jeff has alluded to
as much in his descriptions, bit by bit. It does go like the dickens
off the wind, but that's about it. Calling tacking tedious or upwind
ability poor is being generous. Our version had no daggerboards and we
had to really fight upwind in situations where a Beneteau Morgan 38
(which we chartered this year) had far less trouble. Sailing through
6-7 foots swells was sickening, like the motion of a powerboat. We
could not get used to it and I've been sailing for 26 years. When
anchored the PDQ has no rivals. It's almost a house on the water and
you see a lot just riding their anchors for days on end. There's just
no fun factor before "getting there" and I'd probably compare it to a
minivan. Under sail I'd prefer anything else, but then I swing to the
performance end as you do. For a house on the water I'm sorry, but Jeff
has you beat. As a sailing boat I'm sure Jeff knows what his boat is
and isn't. There's no comparing the PDQ to the sensation of sailing a
well balanced and fast monohull, but then no one should make that
comparison either. When he says he can't use a head on a heeled boat I
think we all know what type of sailor he is. His last boat was a
Nonsuch and he claims he can get the "fun" from sailing a dinghy. We
all know that folks who say that rarely do. The 35s5 looks like a lot
of fun. Enjoy!"


RB
35s5....so clearly superior!
NY