Re: P-15 Rigging

Patterson (patterwc@donet.com)
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:10:16 -0400


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Thanks for the response. I tried rigging it myself today. Everything looks
like I did it the way the former owner did it. However, I have two sails
and a small spar (with some sort of clips on the end and an eye strap in
the middle) that I don't know what to do with. The sails are both very
colorful and seem to be made of parachute material. One has white plastic
fasteners that would seem to fit on the forestay. Then it has two small
diameter lines that attach at one eyelet and are splite, kinda like a jib
but, just smaller diameter. The other sail has a clew on the one corner and
a separate (small diameter) line on each of the other two corners. I'm
thinking genoa and spinnaker. But I don't know how to rig them and I don't
know what the small spar is for. There are three pulleys on the front of
the mast. Two of them are high up and one is more like midway up. Any hints
would be appreciated.

v/r

Wally Patterson

>>Greetings,
>>
>>I'm very close to buying that 1977 P-15. Where can I find rigging
>>instructions/manual?
>>
>>v/r
>>
>>Wally Patterson
>
>There is no manual that I know of. Does the former owner know how to rig it
>and show you?
>
>Really, the best way is to have someone familiar with small sailing boats
>show you how to do it. The Potter is very simple, but it is a real "bugger"
>to try to describe how to rig it in words.
>
>If all else fails, get back to me. We'll figure out something.
>
>Sorry that I'm slow to answer: I'm on the road in a big truck and not able
>to get email connections as often as I'd wish.
>
>Best of luck,
>
>
>Allen
>
>WWP-15 "Poteet" @ Boise
>Signet 20 "Rigel" @ Whidbey Island
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