Re: reefing hook

David & chardy Lang (chrdvd@gte.net)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:09:56 -0800

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I bought a a stainless steel hook from west marine and mounted it to the
mast. The combination of the two different metals very quickly potmarked the
mast. I was amazed how fast this happened. I had to by a special solution to
pour over the screw to prevent this (also available at west marine). If you
go this route make sure you line it up right or the sail will be out of
shape a little. I made the mistake of mounting it to far away from the sail
track.
-----Original Message-----
From: William Shurr <wshurr@email.unc.edu>
To: JBlumhorst@aol.com <JBlumhorst@aol.com>
Cc: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: 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"
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