Re: How much Flotation? And Where?

Steve Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 05 May 1999 13:18:57 -0700


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DAVID_KAUTZ@HP-Sunnyvale-om5.om.hp.com wrote:
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> Good point, Harry. Does anyone know whether a swamped P-15 with the standard
> floatation floats with the cb trunk above or below the waterline?

The picture in the Potter brochure shows from the outside that the cb
trunk would be well above the waterline, but the boat was probably empty
for the test, and who knows about prior years.

:)

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