Re: I'm talkin' 'bout pottering!

Ted Duke (tduke@cfw.com)
Wed, 04 Nov 1998 18:07:59 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Rene,

Try BOAT/US catalogue P. 564. http://www.boatus.com/

Ted Duke
WWP19 #626
Virginia

Rene Schmidt wrote:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Where did you manage to find a 12volt coffee maker?
>
> I've looking for one for years?
>
> Rene Schmidt
>
> ---HandyM2@aol.com wrote:
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> > West Wight Potter Website at URL
> > http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> > Hello Dan and other possable potter owners.
> >
> > << Thanks. I don't scuba. Still trying to determine the vessel to
> get. I
> > prefer GPS also.
> > >>
> >
> > Well, I suppose everybody has there choices as to what sailboat to
> own. Money
> > spent and value recived is relative. I as the son of a boatbuilder
> find the
> > Potter P19 to be a lot of useful boat for a nice cheap price. But
> then again
> > I bought a used one (88) for less than 4K.
> >
> > I sail with my beloved wife (who intro'ed me into SCUBA) and often
> enough a
> > second couple of adults. Boat camping is my thing. I often camp ON
> THE
> > TRAILER in National Parks. I like the enclosed Portapotty (as does
> my wife
> > <G>) and the storage aboard. I often Shower in the Cockpit with a
> solar
> > shower hoisted up the main sheet. Got one of those inflatable
> shower stalls
> > for privacy. Self Draining Cockpits are really nice. Boom Tents with
> > mosquito netting makes the cockpit a nice porch indeed...
> >
> > Right now I am in the process of replacing my 2 Stroke Outboard for
> a Electric
> > Trolling motor, solar cells (mounted on the stern on a mounting
> horseshoe) and
> > forward mounted deep cycle batterys, inverter and so forth. Will go
> well with
> > my 12 volt Coffee Maker, Reefer, Propane BBQ Grill and CD player.
> So far the
> > total cost for my boat is up to about 6 K but then again I have a
> LOT of
> > creature comforts... <G>
> >
> > If you want exciting, speedy sailing the potter is not your best
> choice. If
> > you want to go Boat Camping, and beaching over on that nice island
> for a
> > picknic then the potter is a good choice. All the complaints I have
> seen on
> > this list are easily repaired or advoided (like NOT trailering with
> a mounted
> > outboard...girr).
> >
> > Just a few thoughts from a "Bum Boat" sailor. Or at least I
> *think* that's
> > what that "Big Pretty Sailboat" Sailor said in passing.... I was
> passing HIM
> > as he was in the Slip revarnishing his brightwork. I was going out
> for a
> > picknic.... <G> I own my Potter, my Potter does not own me.....
> Think about
> > it.... <G>
> >
> > Michael
> > P19 Traveller
> > Columbia SC
> >
> >
>
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