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Just for future information, I own Joe McWilliams' boat which I have renamed
Sirocco.
Richard
P-15 #1511, Sirocco
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> From: Dennis W. Farrell
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 10:14 AM
> To: 'Potter List'
> Subject: Re: Boom - above or below slot?
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Joe McWilliams, the originator of this mailing list, was AFAIK the
> originator of that modification. Joe hammered the original slot closed
> and
> opened a new one below and smaller than the original. I believe several
> others copied that idea, and I'm not aware of any complaints or negative
> aspects to it. Joe also led his mast lines aft, but not from the mast
> base.
> He added swivel blocks some distance (a foot or so?) above the mast base
> so
> the lines going aft to the cabin top cleared the hatch slide. If anyone
> wants further information, let me know.
>
> -- dwf
> "In a power boat, you get there in a hurry, in a sailboat, you are already
> there" V-17 #36; M-15 #189; P-15 #1086 "PELICAN" - Ridgecrest, CA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dickerson, Richard <Richard.Dickerson@TTMC.TTUHSC.EDU>
> To: 'JBlumhorst@aol.com' <JBlumhorst@aol.com>
> Cc: 'Potter List' <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 08:04
> Subject: RE: Boom - above or below slot?
>
>
> >Judy, on my boat the previous owner had closed the factory slot and
> opened
> a
> >new one six inches lower. With my main pulled to the top of the mast,
> the
> >boom gooseneck sits two inches above the slot. Thus, when I lower the
> sail,
> >it flakes nicely and does not come out of the slot. I do have to use a
> >stopper right under the gooseneck, however.
> >Richard
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: JBlumhorst@aol.com
> >> Reply To: JBlumhorst@aol.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 8:40 AM
> >> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> >> Subject: Re: Boom - above or below slot?
> >>
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> >> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> >> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> >> In a message dated 4/13/99 5:27:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >> sfoshee@yahoo.com writes:
> >>
> >> > This may sound like a goofy question, but I'm going to
> >> > ask it anyway. Should the boom go above or below the
> >> > wide opening in the mast slot?
> >>
> >> Hi Scott,
> >> Usually, the boom goes below the sail feed slot. Otherwise you would
> have
> >> to
> >> fuss with lowering the boom if you needed to reef the mainsail, and you
> >> don't
> >> want to be doing that when you're under pressure to reduce sail. On
> our
> >> P19,
> >> I have set the boom as low as 8 inches below the bottom of the sail
> feed,
> >> but
> >> usually it's only two inches below.
> >>
> >> On our P19, (which boat do you have?), we remove the sailstop (the
> >> removable
> >> thingie with the thumb-screw tightener) and let the first few slugs out
> of
> >>
> >> the mast slot so it sits lower on the boom when it's flaked (folded
> like
> >> an
> >> accordian).
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Judy B.
> >>
> >> Judith Blumhorst, DC
> >> HMS18/P19 Fleet Cap'n, Potters Yachters
> >> 1985 WWP19 #266 Redwing
> >> (Rigged so a petite woman can solo)
> >> Sailing on SF Bay, CA
> >> (5-35 knot winds, 2-4' chop, 2-6' swells, and currents up to 6 knots)
> >> Visit <A
> HREF="http://members.aol.com/jblumhorst/HomePage/index.htm">Judy
> >> B's
> >> West Wight Potter Pages
> >> </A>
> >> and <A HREF="http://songbird.com/potter_yachter/">The Official Web Site
> of
> >>
> >> the Potter Yachters
> >> </A>
> >>
> >
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