Hull number & Raising Stays

Tom Bodine (tbodine@seasick.sps.mot.com)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:23:21 -0500 (CDT)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hi
Thanks for the info about hull number's I believe "Frimi" is number
1019.

I took her out on a small lake or big pond called "Walter E. Long
Lake" near Austin on Labor day
with a borrowed GPS. The wind was supposed to blow from 10 to 15
MPH. The GPS reported a Frimi's top speed of about 5.4 MPH.

I love my tiller tender it made single handing very possible.

Last weekend I had three guys along so we raised the mast by hand
and bent one of those things that attach the short mast lifting stays
to the U-bolts. West marine didn't have any thing the right length
to replace it. Yesterday I raised the mast with out it, by pulling
on the shrouds opposite the direction the mast was leaning. This
is scary and I don't recommend it.

When I lowered the mast I ran a line from one U-bolt, around the
gin pole to the other U bolt. This was cheap, not as quick as the
stays, but it worked.

Thanks for reading.

# Regards Tom Bodine @
# Skipper "Frimi" P-19 #1019 ,-+-'
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