Potter outfitting questions -CDI - To furl or to haul? dat is de

SolarFry@aol.com
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:45:26 EST


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I could not keep shut no mow...

You must have sailed ocean sometime...

Or had to crawl to bow, to tie sail and its downhaul down, in windy
conditions on a pitching deck...

I agree...

There is an easier way...

{:^) Give me a roller furler or leave me ashore... {:^)>

We have previously discussed roller furler solutions for less than $100.00
that will furl that sail if it gets a little too rowdy out there... No need
to spend 500 bucks.

There is a reason HOBIE Cats now have roller furler options...

In tropics many a forecasted beautiful weekend has turned nasty by mid day...
(and... I am not talking about the SS Minnow - if not for the .... of the
fearless crew... ) Forecasting is an inexact science... Lotsa times they say
5 - 15 and once you are out there it changes to 25 - 40... Potters are not
speed boats, so you cannot haul ass back to port when it gets nasty. You get
to sweat it out...

Downhauls are nice for protected small lakes. Not offshore on a small boat...

If there is an easier way why hassle with it?

Does $100.00 make such a difference on a $ 7,000 boat?

SF

In a message dated 10/31/99 5:19:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, uffda@sonic.net
writes:

<< Not meant that way. Just wanted to underline (but can't because of the
limitations of this mail list) the fact that $500 is a lot of money to spend
on something that isn't needed... >>

In a message dated 10/31/99 3:49:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
charlies-haus@mindspring.com writes:

<< Potterers:

CDI VS Hanked on foresails:

A lot depends on where you sail/how you sail/when you sail.

For the solo four-season, or cruising, sailor on relatively open
waters(Chesapeake Bay/Coastal, etc..) there is no choice. I have been
caught in sudden squalls -40 to 75kts, underway on the bay and at anchor a
number of times in the past w/o a foresail furler - it aint safe to go
foreward on small boats in those conditions. With a down haul you are still
in danger of losing control and being driven before the wind and or losing
the sail. You need to clear the decks if your engine is to have a chance to
turn, and hold you, you into the wind/waves if need be.

Denigrating remarks about Reefing-furlers(shiny cans) being replaced by
'Dutch' furling or 'Scandalizing' the main are 'Macho persiflage'.

Plan and prepare for the worst conditions - Enjoy the best in
confidence that you may handle the roughest...

72 y Paz Grover HA`PENNY WWP-19 #965
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