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Jim -
You make a strong case for a bilge plug. Combined with bladders or
other flotation low in the cabin (which is/are absent from Little
Dipper at this time), and more than the usual flotation aft (which
Holland Webb did install), it sounds very workable -- specially as
opposed to the fire drill that I envisioned.
One item to be resolved: A lot of flotation low in the cabin would
seem to make it more difficult to right a capsized and flooded P15.
How much flotation would be too much?
Must have been a real thrill, having the mainsheet as such a close
friend. I am not envious.
-- Robert Skinner, Rockville, MD '87 Potter 15 HMS #1618 "Little Dipper" ================================================================================= Jim Nolan wrote: > Another alternative to save the P-15 from floundering and perhaps make self > rescue a possibility is to install enough flotation in the boat to get the > gunwales above the water. One way to help this along is to install a large > bilge drain plug (mine at first did not have one) on the lower part of the > transom. When capsized, simply (haha!) unscrew the transom drain and right > the boat. This can also be done with the boat upright and swamped. The > bouyancy of the boat and flotation will lift the boat up and drain the water > from the boat to the point where it can be bailed.
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