Be sure to support that motor if you keep it on the transom.
Really though, I've been UN-impressed with how long it takes me to get
sailing, even though Southern Star IS in the water. Maybe I can "steal"
one of your ideas: Keeping the lapper bagged on the fordeck sounds good
to me. I've seen other boats do it, just never even thought about doing
it.
Two questions of other Potter owners who keep their boats in the water:
1. Any problems leaving the "retractable keel" down? My boat is kept in
fresh water and it is the newer galvanized version. It should be okay
to leave it down, but I have been raising and lowering it every time I
use the boat.
2. Leaving the rudder / tiller in place:. I wonder how much faster the
wood will degrade if left in the water all the time? Taking it in / out
of the cabin is time consuming, and always results in dinged up gelcoat
and bodies.
Does anybody else (who leaves their boat in the water) have any thoughts
or experiences with these ideas?
Thanks in advance,
James Fauver
P19 Southern Star
Lake Conroe, Texas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gatorjj@etrademail.com [SMTP:gatorjj@etrademail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 9:28 PM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Speeding up launch
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> For this year's winter project, I've taken a little different twist.
> I want to do anything I can to speed getting my boat from being
> trailed to being sailed!
>
> I've thought of a few things that might make it quicker--
> - trailer with the motor on the transom
> - trailer with the rudder on the transom (yet still holding the mast
> up somehow)
> - finding some way to bag the jib still hanked on and sheets still run
> - finding some way to keep the mainsail slugs in the mast/strap the
> mast to the boom (perhaps the most tricky of my thoughts)
> - running the halyards aft to the cockpit, and leaving them strung
> when dismasting
>
> I would expect to keep the boat rigged for quickness for quick trips
> to the lake, and probably yank it all down for the longer drives to
> overnight spots.
>
> Any thoughts? Please shed some thoughts as to the level of craziness
> of some of these ideas, or perhaps some of your own crazy ideas which
> might get me in the water faster.
>
> Thanks,
>
> J.J. Falkanger
> Cary, NC
> P-19 #792 "Fozzguppy"