Re: Centerboard Pin, cabin liner, porta potti

Mary Taylor (maryt@t1america.com)
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:53:35 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> 1. This is a P-15, #1063, cabin liner appears to completely block access
to
> the bilge forward of the small storage compartments inside the hatch
> 2. Why is the space under the liner inaccessible? Seems like cans of
beef
> stew would fit in there just fine. . .or is it just too narrow a space?

Cans would make too much noise rolling around?

> 3. Don't have one to try, but good grief, somebody try (delicately) to
describe the
> procedure!

A 15 is too small for some of us less flexible types (drop trou in the
bushes or? for gentlemen--don't try it into the wind <grin>

> 4. Transom drain. . .just goes straight through and is definitely
perished
> plastic. . .so. . .is there anything that has to be worried about when I
try
> to replace it? Looks like a straight forward job of reaming out the
garbage
> and installing something better. . .is there a part number for a
particular
> fitting to use?

Have heard that the plug of choice is a cork from Domaine et Chandon, but
have found plastic wine "corks" will pass in a pinch.
Mary