Re: re; milk containers for flotation

SolarFry@aol.com
Sun, 9 May 1999 19:34:32 EDT


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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In a message dated 5/8/99 4:56:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chrdvd@gte.net
writes:

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You can use plastic milk and/or orange juice gallon jugs also. When in need
of fender you pull out your jugs <snicker>, hang them over side and they can
take beatings instead of your gelcoat...

Good idea, If you did turtle and could get the mainsail off the mast, you
could hoist (in this case submerge) a few of the containers to the top on
the mast (in this case the bottom) using the halyard to help it self right.
How many do you think it would take?
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On a P15 probably 2 or 3. On a P 19, 4 or 5...

Plus, if yo do not find you life preservers you could use the jugs... When
empty they float pretty good...

I use Tropican OJ plastic gallor jugs as dock fenders and as tensioners to
keep boat tied to mooring whips from snapping back and forth.

Huh?

SF