RE: New to List
Eric Johnson (eric@theftnet.net)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:07:01 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Hi to everyone!
> I don't really know why I'm writing this, but perhaps it's just to reach
> out and try and make some friends. For most of my life I've wanted to
> sail the world. When I was younger, I read "Dove" and wanted to take off
> as a teenager (with no sailing experience). As I got older I read all
> the magazines, looked at all the boats, dreamed of life aboard and
> faraway islands. My wife and I started seriously dreaming of and
> planning to buy a sailboat (28 to 40 foot range) and take off forever.
> We slowly realized that we would have to save for about 5 to 10 years
> before we could afford a boat like that. She bought me the book, "Frugal
> Yachting" and we decided that we could sail more and spend less if we
> scaled down our plans.
> One thing followed another, and we bought a used Potter 19 last month.
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Welcome to the list. Which hull # did you get?