-Chris
WWP #215
-----Original Message-----
From: BdeMent@aol.com <BdeMent@aol.com>
To: mcalva@ix.netcom.com <mcalva@ix.netcom.com>; wwpotter@tscnet.com
<wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 13:01
Subject: Re: Sailing a potter BACKWARDS
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Hi all:
>
>I used to teach junior sailing and we'd have the kids 'sail' little 8'
prams
>backwards. Actually it was just to teach them how to slow down, stop, and
>back away from the dock by pushing the boom forward. Kind of like running
>before the wind, only backwards.
>
>Bill de Ment P-19 #779 'Wind Shadow' (now in Silverdale, Wa)
>Eagle, Idaho
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