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Hi ken
when i go forward on My yellow potter 15 i go straight up the middle,
climb up over the hatch and sit on the cabin top. when hanking/unhanking
sails from headstay i hold the pulpit with one hand and assume the tripod
stance (down on one knee and one foot). i keep my weight centered side to
side. in higher winds i have thrown some of the heavier gear (water,
drybags with clothes, etc..) into the cockpit to try to balance the boat.
but really i have always felt pretty safe on the foredeck, even alone.
since you are sailing in the sound you might get a wete suit or something
tho...that is really cold water!
ken Silverman, p-15 "vegan lorax", sailing in the sometimes shoal waters
of lake washington
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Ken Preston wrote:
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> During a gust on Saturday afternoon I decided I wanted to get out of the
> genoa into the working jib until I started looking at the foredeck from the
> side deck viewpoint. . .and then decided maybe I'd be happy enough just
> reducing to half the main and the genoa. . .which in fact worked just fine
> and the breeze fell off again later and I shook the reef back out in time to
> sail back to the boat ramp, but now I'd like to know more. I'm 200 pounds
> without my wetsuit and the boat really seems to notice when I head toward
> the foredeck. I've only just begun sailing the Potter after bigger boats
> (and I was younger then anyway) so need a little direction here please.
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> Thanks,
> Ken Preston,
> P-15 #1063, Bainbridge Island, WA
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