Re: Side Rails

Dennis W. Farrell (dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:23:46 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Wally: Others will probably post better pictures of cockpit side rails, but
here's a couple for starters:
http://potter-yachters.org/pics/oldsalts.jpg
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/photos/gallery1/Bit_O_Honey.jpg

-- dwf

-----Original Message-----
From: Patterson <patterwc@donet.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 04:50
Subject: Re:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>WWP,
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>Where can I see pictures of these side rails?
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>v/r
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>Wally Patterson
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>> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>>Mike Stallings wrote:
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>>>3. I'm considering side rails, because they are so handy for
>>>tying things off, but does anyone find the side rail interfere
>>>sometimes? Sometimes in gusts, or when paddling, or just for
>>>a change, I like to sit up on the edge of the cockpit.
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>>When I bought my boat I only got the rails because they were part of a
>>package deal, but I think I would just about do without anything else
other
>>than the rails now. They are a very strong attachment point for tying
>>lines, but probably just as important or more important, you can use them
to
>>lean back against. Call me lazy, but I like to be able to rest my back on
>>something. Without the rails I don't know what that would be on my P15.
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>>Lewis Baumstark
>>P15
>>Bristol, Tn.
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