15 or 19?

Robin Miller (roblimo@slashdot.org)
Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:39:46 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I'm getting ready to buy a Potter; I've admired them for years; they're a close
to a real (wood) boat as you can get in plastic, and I've sailed on several
P-15s over the years a feel they're the best boat for a 47-year-old guy who no
longer has the time/stamina to maintain a proper wooden vessel.

Now here's the problem: I'm married. If I buy a "no amenities" 15, I'm afraid
my wife will never spend a night aboard with me. But I still like the classic
lines and simplicity of the 15, and figure that in reality I/we will mostly do
daysailing and not spend a lot of nights on board.

Has anyone else faced this problem? If so, how do non-sailing wives adapt to a
15? Has anyone managed to make the cabin on one comfy enough to attract a
citified female? Or should I just bite it and get a 19?

Does anybody have pictured of a fancied-up 15 cabin? Or does anyone on this
list within a reasonable distance of Columbia MD own one I could peek at?

BTW, http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/ doesn't respond; seems to be a DNS
problem. ;-)

- Robin "roblimo" Miller
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