Re: On potters and speed - why I care :)

The Costas (uffda@sonic.net)
Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:48:47 -0800


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Eric said:

>Reasons I want to go faster in my potter:
>* I informally race my potter, and fast skippers/boats win.
>* On a long passage, speed can mean the difference between finding a
moorage
>in the daylight vs. at night.
>* I enjoy the challenge of manipulating physics for boat speed.
>* Why don't i get a soling, melges 24, other fast boat? couple reasons: I
>LIKE my potter. I HAVE a potter. I'd hate a Melges for anything but racing
>(but they are glorious to watch).
>* I want to be the best sailor i can be, and one factor of that is getting
>the most from the boat I have.
>* Nobody EXPECTS a potter to be fast.. (remember the potter reference in
the
>SAIL horoscope?) nobody gets proud of picking off a potter in a race. If I
>had a soling, melges, etc, I'd be expected to be fast :) I like the
>'sleeper' factor of it.
>* Its fun picking off longer, faster cruisers like SJ23s when they don't
>expect it :)

Good reasons, but I guess I must be on the opposite end of the spectrum from
you. All of this sounds like work to me, and if that is what I wanted I
would sell the damn boat and take care of the ever present honey-do list at
home. I admit it, I sail to escape. If it takes me an extra six minutes
(per hour of sailing) to cover the same ground it would take me if I
reeeeeally tried to go fast, it's worth it to me.

LCL