Re: Another Potter page on the Web

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:07:48 EST


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sdweatherford/Sailing/Sdw
> sail0.htm

>>>His 'specs' page says it weighs 1400lbs complete. Is that realistic? Last
time I weighed my boat, stripped (no motor or gas tank), only a tiny bit of
gear inside, there was 1780 lbs on the axle, and probably a hundred or more
on the tongue>>>

He also says his jib is 52 square feet. I know this is going to stir up an
old hornet's nest, but the jib is 32 square feet and the lapper is 67 square
feet.

Perhaps the early 1990's boats were made thinner (less epoxy) by a hundred
pounds? One of these days I'm going to weigh my WWP-19 1985 hull #266.

Judy Blumhorst, DC
WWP-19 Red Wing
Danville, CA