Ballast

smylie (smylie@pnx.com)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:18:56 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Larry Brown in "Frugal Yachting" said "...I got rid of the heavy steel
daggerboard and replaced it with a plywood one." Plus more ideas on how
to ballast.

Has anyone else tried this? Ballast and balance are important to me
because, like some others on this list, I am almost as big as the boat
at 6'3" and 240 lb. No Potter yet, but I do have a small sailing dinghy
and a canoe. It sounds like if you follow the rules for moving about in
a canoe, the Potter will treat you fine.

jim smylie
potterless til #1son is safely in college