Re: Unidentified subject!

Mac Davis (mcmd@innet.com)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 07:43:00 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hi all:
Back when there was an IM newsletter, they offered a replacement boom pin
that featured a integral reefing hook. Might still be on their parts list.
Cost (1996) was in the neighborhood of $10. Think Racelite was the
manufacturer.
Hope this helps,
Mac Davis, Kelpie, WWP19, Aripeka, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: William Shurr <wshurr@email.unc.edu>
To: <JBlumhorst@aol.com>
Cc: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:46 PM
Subject: Unidentified subject!

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Hi All: I need some advice. I had the oportunity to sail my WWP 15 in
> the Intercoastal Waterway in North Carolina a couple of days ago. A bit
> of a wind and I was singlehanding. So I decided to take a reef in the
> main--first time I hve ever done that.
> Then I noticed that there is no reefing hook near the mast for the
> forward cringle. I tied it down, but has anyone ever tried hooking it
> onto one of the horns of a cleat, perhaps the one that holds the main
> halyard??? Just a thought. Alternately: has anyone installed the
> appropriate hook? --what kind and how/where installed?
> A second thought--I just installed jib tracks today, and WISH that the
> job had been done at the factory!
> Thanks, BILL WWP15 "Bilzbote"