RE: capsize

Dickerson, Richard (Richard.Dickerson@TTMC.TTUHSC.EDU)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:49:12 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Don't worry about it. I have sailed a number of small boats, coronado-15,
flying jr. and the potter-15. I live in west Texas where winds are always
high and the potter is extremely stable. The c-15 used to scare my wife and
kids to death but the potter is so stable they love it. The kids are 9 and
11. With the centerboard down, we can walk all around the boat without
tipping it. The sails are easy to raise and lower if the lines are lead to
the cockpit roof.
Richard, p15 Sirocco

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> From: MCRACKIN@aol.com
> Reply To: MCRACKIN@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 1999 8:51 AM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: capsize
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> OK, you have just scared the #@out of me. One of the reasons i have been
> contemplating the Potter (15 & 19) is that i have been told that they are
> "practically" uncapsizable! i am a retired small man with a back problem.
> i
> stopped sailing my 26' sloop because i couldn't raise the sails anymore
> with
> my back injury. i have since been looking for a small easily sailable
> boat
> for day sailing in Plymouth Harbor and perhaps an occasional a trip to
> Provincetown. i wanted to teach my 6year old grandson the joys of
> sailing.
> Capsizing is NOT a joy i wish to teach him. nor do i EVER want to be
> dumped
> in a cold ocean. Please tell me -- is the Potter just another small
> sail
> boat, upside down as much as rightside up?
> the tide here is 9 plus feet. the beachability and shallow running of
> the
> Potter was another reason i considered it. But if you have to lash the
> centerboard down it sort of defeats the purpose doesn't it?
>
> JackM
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