Re: Harness attachment points for P19?

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:33:01 EDT


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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In a message dated 4/8/99 3:12:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SolarFry@aol.com
writes:

> When I sailed the ole col 22 to FL i had a boat lifting/ski tow ring
attached
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> to the transom reinforced on the inside with a 10 inch circular piece of
1/2"
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> plywood. The ring was right in middel of rear boarding ladder so I could
> climb back up easy. I fell in ocean while sailing alone about 3 times
with
> harness tied to rear ring. Managed to get aboard easy. This was under
bare
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> poles in rough weather ( E 45mph, Waves 15 to 20') on way to Florida
> somewhere off Louisiana. I had to go up fwd to pull the anchor off and
dump
> it in water to act as a drogue.
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> Nevermore quoth the raven...
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Good idea SF. I'll try it for single handed sailing. Now how to figure out
a way to tether 4 people in the cockpit without doing macrame with the
tethers....

Best,
Judy