Re: Fenders
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:16:23 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I'm new to sailing and enjoying the mail. I have a P-15 and live in
>Northern Calif. so am going to try out the lakes up here but have only
>been to Whiskeytown Lake in about 3 knot. winds, hope I can sail in a
>little heavier winds, say 5 knots. (grin) as I am still a little
>nervous. But that's not why I wrote. I found some boat fenders at West
>Marine, a little expensive but just the ticket for the P-15 and maybe the
>19. They are made for bass boats and have a 45 degree angle at the rope
>eye and then fall strait down the side of the boat (don't stick out like
>cat whiskers) as others do. Glenn Marsh Shingletown, Ca. P-15 Sanity
>#2292
Welcome to the group! I haven't sailed Whiskeytown yet but have vacationed
with my Potter at neighboring Shasta and Trinity lakes.
The 45 deg attachment sounds like a good idea, but the MOST IMPORTANT THING
to know about fenders is to remove them when you leave the dock so your
boat will look" shipshape and Bristol." :)
Regards,
Harry Gordon
A very un-Bristol P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA