Re: Which sail do I have? -Reply

Gregory D. Welker (gwelker@erols.com)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:52:41 -0400 (EDT)

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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ok, ok, I forgot to divide by 2 to get the CORRECT area of a triangle. The
measurements are along the mast side 14.5 ft and along the bottom 8.5, so
make it about 62 SF. And I'm supposed to be an engineer!!!! Anyway, from
the rest of your description, I can say that the sail comes about 1 ft past
the mast, so it sounds like it's a lapper type of sail. BTW, were Odessey
sails the original equipment, or do I have a replaced sail?

At 08:53 AM 9/16/98 -0600, Ted Dyer wrote:
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>>Greg: The pottter spec sheet shows the jib for a P-19 at 52 square
>feet, the 110% lapper at 76 square feet and the genoa at 107 square
>feet. The standard jib does not quite fill the foretriangle created
>by the mast, shroud and deck. The lapper stretches just past the
>mast and the genoa is about twice the size of the jib. Of course,
>all this only works if you have a Marconi sloop. From your
>measurements and the square footage you state, your Potter must be a
>square-rigger. Could we have a picture? >> "Gregory D. Welker"
><gwelker@erols.com> 9/15/98, 05:28pm >>>
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>Having bought a used boat, which supposedly came with a genoa, I'm
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>exactly sure that's the jib I got.
>It measures approx 14.5 x 8.5, or about 123 SF. Can someone tell me
>which
>jib this is?
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>Thanks in advance.
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>Greg Welker
>P-19 #448
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Greg Welker