Re: Att. future potter owners
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:51:01 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>I just bought a P-15 (hull #362) that's a bit of a "project." I'm a
>sailing newbie
>and I'm not exactly sure what all the stuff is, how it goes together, and
>what it
>does. All that I'm sure of is that the thing looks like a lot of fun ...
>and looks like
>the boat for me.
>
>Rich Duffy (P-15 #362)
>113 Hapapa Road
>Kula, Hawaii 96790
>
Your #362 would be a gunter-rigged Potter. It should have a wooden mast and
two other wooden spars unless it has been updated to a different rig. The
original rigging and sailing instructions for your boat are on the web at
<http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/articles/GunterRig.htm>. Also check the
Potter Yachters web page at <http://songbird.com/potter_yachter> for many
photos and info about Potters and links to other Potter sites.
Feel free to post any questions on this mail list. I have an even older
gunter rig and will be glad to help.
There was a famous voyage of a Potter from California to Hawaii, but I
think that was an earlier gunter rig like mine. I believe it was
subsequently sold and then lost on an attempt to sail to another island.
You might want to join the Potter Yachters. We're in the San Francisco Bay
area so I guess that makes us your closest Potter club.
Harry Gordon
Potter 14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA