Singlehandling a P19

Richard Neumann (neumannr@gte.net)
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:23:31 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Group,

Although I've been sitting here watch the Potter traffic for well over a
year, I have never asked a question.

The interesting thread on single handling the mast raising and my own
situation in which I'm beached because I have no solo experience and no one
I can call upon to cruise with me leads me to ask an open ended question
about other aspects of singlehandling the boat.

Simple sail handling appears easy enough once the sails are up and in place
but how about the process of raising sails? How about approaching the dock
or slip without another pair of hands? Anchoring seems a breeze next to
docking. Oh yes, in the northwest we have a lot of buoys; how do I tie up
on a buoy single handed? There have to be a lot of other, similar
situations that I haven't thought of. Your answers as a group of interested
sailors would be appreciated and they may encourage me to get this boat out
of my driveway and back in the water where it belongs.

Dick Neumann
neumannr@gte.net