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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
Jim
Have you seen LB's design for the "perfect trailerable sailboat?"
I don't think I have to say anymore on the subject.
Larry
A picture is worth a thousand words!