34' with a 16'10" beam!!!

[imported_Daniel]

OK I know its not wood, but I thought I'd share this with you all anyway, I thought it was a typo when I first glanced at it!

PDQ 34 Powercat (http://www.voyagingonline.com/destinations/unitedstates/spring05chesapeake/index6.html)

[Venchka]

Our Canadian-built PDQ Powercat was 34 feet 6 inches long with a beam of nearly 17 feet. It had a massive saloon with small cabins, heads, and galley in the narrow hulls. It also had a weird, snappy roll in a beam sea.

DUH! :eek:

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 05-29-2005, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Kermit]

For a minute there I thought you were talking scow schooner.

Dang.

[Mark Van]

I saw one at a boat show a few years ago, it was very impressive. I think it is nicer looking than other power cats that I have seen.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

My stepbrother is the purchasing manager for PDQ. It's the future of fuel efficient power boats.

The Marina's are catching on, and charging different rates. ;)

Hey Tal, You're famous!!!

http://www.pdqyachts.com/ver2/yachtsPower/gallery/pdqPeople/picts/Tal_Wolf.jpg

[brian.cunningham]

Pretty common for catamarans.

The 32ft tri I worked on 2 summers ago is 30ft wide, near square. :eek:

http://www.warrenmultihulls.com/images/W32lc.jpg

though I thought you might be talking about a sandbagger

http://mvb1.free.fr/images/040920-03.jpg

[ 05-31-2005, 12:08 AM: Message edited by: brian.cunningham ]

[Jim Mathieson]

The 32.5 ft. R.Woods Cat I'm building has a 19.5 ft. beam.
Earlier Sailing Catamarans had less beam and are less stable than the newer designs with more beam.