Re: Who knows a Potter named Otter?

Steve Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:32:57 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> > The other day while on a walk within a few blocks of my house, I found a
> > 14' Potter named "Otter," parked in a driveway on the 700 block of
> > Gretchen Avenue in Chula Vista, CA. The name of the city of Torrance
> > was also on the transom. Does anyone know this boat? Is the owner in
> > this email group, perchance?
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> There's an article on the Potter Yachter story page entitled, "Otter
> Takes on Water" written by Jason Roberts. His otter is identified as
> P-15 #555.

>On 6/16 at San Diego Mission Bay I met Bill Elkins who was just launching
>and leak testing P-14 #211. He had just bought the boat which had been
>sitting, he said, for about 10 years. He doesn't have internet access.

Well, I've got reports of at least 2 Otters. I should have mentioned
that the one I saw appears to be Mk I model, though all I could see was
the transom, which is white, by the way. It has a bolt-on ob mount to
port, and also has that decorative wood trim on the top 4" or so of the
transom, just like my Popeye, #561, a Mk I.

So, would #211 be the older style, or would it's transom look the same?
#555 would be a Mk I, right?

Oh, heck! If it ever stops raining again, I'll just go knock on the
front door and introduce myself.

Come to think of it, that might get me arrested. I'm looking more and
more like the late Jerry Garcia, these days. Well, a little better, I
hope.

:)

Steve Barnes sailing a Capri-16, #74, no name yet,
and selling a WWP-14, Popeye, #561, in San Diego.
OLDSURFDUDE