Lading halyards to cockpit

Gregg Hill (ghill@hal-pc.org)
Mon, 24 May 1999 09:30:07 -0500

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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One solution to your problem is to mount over the hatchway a bar
sufficiently wide and deep to
attach cam cleats for the jib and main halyards. For may P15 I took a
piece of teak (1x3), cut off four
ends and used dowels and glue to mount the teak over the hatchway. My
hatch is kept on by two teak
rails. The bar is far enough back so that it does not interfere with
entering the cabin. I also mounted
two cheekblocks at the base of the mast so that the halyards run down
the mast, thru the blocks and
into the cam cleats. Raising the jib is easy, and the downhaul makes
lowering the jib easy. Raising and
lowering the main requires that the boat be headed into the wind. The
downhauls also go to smaller
camcleats. Looking forward from the cockpit:

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The hatch moves freely under the teak bar. The idea for this comes from
an article in the newsletter IM
use to send Potter owners. Someone had found an old boat with a similar
buit-in installation and simply
mounted it on their P15. Mine was made from scratch. If you want, I'll
send you a photo and some simple
plans. Raising and lowering sails is easy for me with this setup; I
don't have to stand up and go to the mast.

Gregg Hill
ghill@hal-pc.org
Daphne, #2034, Bellaire, TX