Great Idea! Did you also stabilize the boom with lines to keep it from
swaying side to side? Other than the boom control sheets?
Regards,
John & Terrie
P19 Sassea, # 950
Lake Chelan, WA
"Jim Tietjen" <jtietjen@bellsouth.net> on 09/23/98 04:34:23 PM
To: Clair&Edgar/AAI/ARCO, SolarFry@aol.com
cc: wwpotter@tscnet.com
Subject: Re: P19 Shower & Topping Lift
These two subjects go well together. Having worked my way across the
Atlantic as a deck ape on a freighter many years ago, I know about topping
lifts! I replaced the original Potter twine with quarter inch nylon line
on
my P19. I snap a double block to the outhaul strap and with the bitter
end
tied to the becket on the cheek block atop the mast, and then I use my boom
to raise my Sunshower bag (5 gallons of solar heated water) about 7 feet
above the cockpit. I have also suspended a shower curtain hung from a
4-foot diameter ring of electrical conduit also hooked to the outhaul
strap.
The mainsheet keeps the shower centered over the cockpit. Works great and
stows easily.
Jim Tietjen
P-19 #1015
Huntsville, AL