Re: [ecpa] Re: Bow Sprit was Furler feedback

David & chardy Lang (chrdvd@gte.net)
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 23:34:24 -0700

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I met the man that made the bow spirit out of the ax handle when I was first
looking at Potters. He was at the Long Beach boat show where there was a
Potter exhibit. According to him it was easy to do. He flew a large sail
from it and said it made a big difference in the performance of the boat. I
never did see the boat though.

-----Original Message-----
From: hlg@pacbell.net <hlg@pacbell.net>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 9:04 PM
Subject: RE: [ecpa] Re: Bow Sprit was Furler feedback

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>I recall someone making a Potter bowsprit from an axe handle.
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>Harry
>P14 #234
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>>I can hardly imagine the confusion when coming about while flying two
large
>>headsails, but what a cool thing it must be. I hope I can see one of
these
>>cutter-rigged Potters some day.
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>>Is there somewhere that one could purchase an extended bow sprit for the
>>P15? I'm not changing my rig, I just have a thing for bow sprits.
>>
>>Mike Stallings
>>85 P15 #1589, Norfolk VA
>>Bic Astro Rock, Electric Rock
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