Re: First Sail / Wind Questions 5-15 MPH

Steve Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:03:22 -0700

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Gordon wrote:
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> When you sail with the main lowered, I presume you are sailing off the wind
> since I don't think either Potter will go upwind with jib alone. I know
> mine won't, although I don't think I've tried that with a genoa. I used my
> genoa only in light air.

There is a guy, whose name I forget, who sailed a P-14 with the Southern
Cal Potterers when they existed. He was a really good sailor whose
Potter looked like a blue water cruiser partly because he kept his gas
can lashed to the foredeck. Anyway, he had 3 reef points in his main
and always, I am told, sailed with his genoa. When he needed to reduce
sail, he always took in as many, 1 to 3, reefs in the main as he
needed. Maybe Dennis Farrell could shed some light on this guy. Or
maybe he is here...

:)

Steve Barnes, now a lurker, temporarily sailing a Capri-16, #74, in San
Diego.
(former WWP-14 skipper)
OLDSURFDUDE