Re: Shroud Covers

Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:15:52 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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And of course the covers also increase windage, slowing down our sleek craft.

Harry
No shrouds at all on my lean, mean, screaming lateen machine.
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA

>While all the above is true, I have also heard that those stainless
>steel shrouds will rust out sooner being cover, because they get
>moisture inside the cover and don't dry out, whereas the bare ones get
>wet and dry all the time. I have not directly observed this, but read
>it somewhere.
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>--
>Steve Barnes sailing a Capri 16, and saleing a Potter 14, in San Diego.
>
>OLDSURFDUDE