On another topic, I recovered my trailer bunks this afternoon. To do so, I
bought a roll of, you guessed it, that nice soft trailer bunk carpet from
the local West Marine. It only took about 3 ft. of the 15 ft. roll to do both
bunks on my Shoreline trailer. I have tons left over so if any of you local
Potterers would like to re-do your bunks, please feel free to use this
surplus material. You are also welcome to borrow my staple gun., it you need
it. The carpet is black, by the way.
Dave Kautz
P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
Palo Alto, CA
In a message dated 10/24/99 7:17:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
panstett2@yahoo.com writes:
>
> Until two years ago, last June, the only boat I sailed
> for 10 years was my 14' English-made Skipper. This
> boat is a simple day-sailer with a small jib, and I
> love her. When tacking, I never used the jib to
> turn-about, yet often in somewhat difficult winds this
> boat with a loose-footed sail was not very responsive,
> and I would have to re-tack with more speed and a more
> aggressive manuever with the tiller. Coming about,
> then, always worked, but with more violence than I
> cared for.
>
> Then two years ago I took a sailing course on Lake
> Superior, and the instructors strongly advised using
> the jib to bring the boat through the wind, keeping in
> mind, always, that release of the jib sheet right
> after the bow moved through the wind was paramount.
>
> Well, when I applied this tactic with my Skipper, the
> tacking, in any wind, was so much easier, less
> violent, and more controllable, that I regretted not
> having using this procedure before.
>
> Now, with my Potter 19, I always use the wind to spin
> my bow by keeping in place the jib sheet when
> tacking...I just make sure that when I'm doing this
> the jib sheet is not clutched, but free and ready to
> release from my grip. This has given me so much more
> freedom of movement, and frankly more feeling of
> safety.
>
> Solar Fry...What am I not seeing?
>
> Paul Anstett
> Fargo
>