Re: Ballast

smylie (smylie@pnx.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:05:11 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Subject:
Re: Ballast
Date:
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:32:24 -0700
From:
"The Costas" <uffda@sonic.net>
To:
"potter mail list" <wwpotter@tscnet.com>

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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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.
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>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!