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Bill,
Indeed, late model 15s have flat coachroofs. (I have taken delivery on
the teak rails in question and laid them out on my roof slides...Then I
returned them as they are too long and flat.) And I have your previous
mail re this problem on file for consideration. I suggest we keep in touch
on our various solutions; I probably won't do anything further until next
winter. Especially, if anyone makes patterns or mock ups, please save
them.
In light of this we might be able to say the owners of newer Potters have a
softer life, at least it slides by more smoothly. All these new fangled
landlubber conveniences, what can we say. Except that some Potters have
more vintage crafts than ours and we really don't want to invoke their
ire...
bill payne
p15#1075
pilgrim
Hello fellow Potter 15ers:
Why don't you consider building up the curve on the coach roof to flat
instead of cutting down the teak rails? This would allow the hatch slide to
run in a flat chase. It may very well bind as bad with a curved teak rail as
with the old 'form fit' aluminum one. I haven't gotten Sukoshi out from under
her tarp yet this year, but will be considering making delrin slides <the
black plastic Harken uses for their block cheeks/shieves/bearings> to replace
the aluminum and figuring out the proper handling of the curved coachroof and
the flat <but now worn after 20 years> hatch. Do the newer boats have a flat
area formed in the fibreglass of the deck mold to minimize this or is there
just more slop in the chase?
Bill de Ment P-15 #1044 'Sukoshi'
Eagle, Idaho
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