P-15 Pointing
john marotzke/Marotzke Inc. (jmarotz@earthlink.net)
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:26:39 -0500
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Other than setting sails correctly to make a P-15 point there is one
other thing that is even more important. Boat trim, fore and aft.
I use two 20# sand bags I made with inner tubes that I use in the bow
of my P-15 to off set the weight of the motor or crew. One can only set
just so far forward in the cock pit. When I leave the sand bags in mid
ship so the bow is up it won't point worth a damm. The beauty of the
moveable bags is you can slide them for and aft as needed. I wouldn't
sail with out them. It also frees the helmsman up to move about more in
the cockpit. Heavy winds is where you will see the most benefit of
weight forward. Give it a try, it works. :-)
Only 3 weeks to launch, last year I was out on April 4th. :-)
John Marotzke
Ortonville, MI
P-15 "Hooray"