GSTahoe@aol.com wrote:
> Richard--
>
> If you plan on only single handing your boat, as I do, why not consider the
> P-15? It is a breeze to rig and sail, easy to trailer and slips into just
> about any garage. Does it handle rough water? You bet! I have spent many
> days sailing on Lake Tahoe when others have headed for shore. Overnight?
> Fine. I have spent up to four evenings in a row on my P-15 quite comfortably.
> Many have spent weeks.
>
> Even for two, the P-15 is fine, but for one, it is perfect. When it was new I
> could rig it by myself in about 40 minutes. I'm down to about 15 or twenty
> now.
>
> My P-15 is equipped with stereo, four stroke outboard that will motor
> comfortably all day, bimini for sunny days, barbecue for pleasant evenings,
> sails for heavy air and sails for light breezy afternoons. My dog, a cocker,
> has found it comfortable for seven years.
>
> The boat is safe, simple to sail, and a breeze to maintain. The costs of
> upkeep and maintenance are negligible.
>
> You might want to join one of our sails and rig and ride in a P-15 and/or help
> rig and ride in a P-19. You may want to give this diminutive cruiser some
> thought.
>
> Geoff
> P-15 Lollipop
> N. Lake Tahoe, NV
>
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> Subject: Singlehandling a P19
> Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:23:06 -0700
> Resent-From: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:23:31 -0700
> From: "Richard Neumann" <neumannr@gte.net>
> To: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
>
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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
-- Paul Allikas Raleigh, NC WWP P19 #896 "Valhalla"