P&D Boats
 

A friend of mine just went to Fla. to pickup a 24 P&D I don't know much about them, just that everybody compairs them to the 24 Pantera.What are your thoughts and how do they ride and how are they built??

They were built buy Pedro & Dominique. Actually the first 2 or 3 Pantera's were P&D but under Pantera's. After that Pantera went on their own. They look similar but no where built the same. Most of them had a HUGE hook on their bottoms.

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Had a P&D it was PD on vin, title said manufacturer was magnum. So I'm guessing magnum wound up with the molds? It's racing OPA now Hurricane Force I believe.

I thought P& D are Martinis and not Magnum.

^^^^ none of the above are associated with each other....

Title said magnum vin matched on boat and started with PD I figured P&D otherwise that's some coincidence.

Would your friend be Mario?

No

I own the second pantera hull made. 1977 hull #002. It has a "wcw" (pantera) HIN number. I know the original owner and see him occasionally so I know the history of my boat from when it was commissioned to be built. Pepe also confirmed what the original owner told me.

The first 3 (maybe 4, depending on who you ask) had a round "p&d" or "Excalibur" style deck but were layed up by pantera.

Here's a pic of the first hull (wcw 001) and you can see the rounded deck:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...psd1e11ade.jpg