[WWP] Off topic: Help with Email editor [Was: Potter Poll #2000-1]

From: Judith Franklin Blumhorst, DC (DrJudyB@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat May 13 2000 - 16:23:29 PDT


Boy. Is this a mess! I turned on Word2000 as my email editor in
Outlook2000 so I wouldn’t have so many typos and mis-spells. Now my e-group
Potter posts are hard to read. Anybody got any sound and practical advice
on how to configure it best?

It’s okay to reply off-list to this one. I doubt others are having this
particular problem

Judy

-----Original Message-----
From: Judith Franklin Blumhorst, DC [mailto:DrJudyB@pacbell.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 4:10 PM
To: Potter Email List
Subject: [WWP] Potter Poll #2000-1: What's the most unusual and creative mod
onyour boat?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Combs [mailto:ttursine@yahoo.com]
<<snipped>>
When *you* build the
lots-of-bang-for-the-buck boats, you can do it your way (which, dear lady
would cost about $25,000 per copy if you indulge your penchant for overkill)
<<snipped>>
Yup, it’s true… and I’m getting closer to $25,000 with each passing day!
<grin> … my boat is a shining (or is that “glaring? ”) example of
“overkill”…. Redwing isn’t the first sailboat I’ve gone “overboard” on
outfitting and it probably won’t be the end of it either. <grin> . Some
folks would say it’s ridiculous how much stuff I’ve added to Redwing – and I
’m the first to agree with them.
Redwing is an ongoing experiment in “how much stuff can you put on a small
sailboat”. It’s a Potter-sized laboratory in compact rigging, gadgets,
electronics, and cabin and deck layout. I bought her for next to nothing,
just one step away from decrepitude, just so I COULD rebuild her my way. I
think of Redwing as a thirty footer in miniature – why shouldn’t she have
everything you’d find on a 30-footer?!? (except the cost of keeping in a
wet slip).
Now, before anybody misinterprets what I’m saying, there’s an IMPORTANT
point I want to emphasize : I respect any skipper who prefers to leave the
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY of the stock Potter intact. There are a LOT of good
things to be said for that approach. Take Jerry Barrilleaux’ boat
“Sunshine” as an example. “Sunshine” is about as simple as could be – and
she’s one of the best big Potters around and Jerry can out-skipper me
anyday. Sunshine and Redwing are on opposite ends of the spectrum. And
they’re both top-notch boats, different as they are from each other.
But, sooner or later, no matter how what our personal preference for
simplicity vs complexity, we all modify our boats. I’ll bet there’s not a
Potter (or any other sailboat, for that matter) around more than a year or
two old which hasn’t been modified in some way by the owner.
I’d like to start a poll – what’s the most unusual modification you’ve done
to your boat? I’d like to propose four categories to start you thinking–
* most creative/imaginative
* most elegantly engineered
* most ridiculously self-indulgent (betcha I’m a winner in that
category!)
* most shining example of “overkill”
I’ll start with two mods I’ve done on Redwing:
1) Most ridiculously self-indulgent – Redwing has a 7000 BTU
water-cooled portable air-conditioner and electric heat!
To explain – I think a Potter is the height of luxury in small boats. My
husband thinks otherwise, his idea of camping is “let’s stay in a hotel”.
If it’s hotter than 80 degrees, he loses all resemblance to the easy-going
guy everybody knows except if he’s on the golf course <BG>. He also has
serious allergies and sinus problems whenever we sail inland (sailing on the
ocean actually helps his allergies), and recently started making threats
about abandoning ship. I love my first-n-only mate and would do just about
anything to keep him happy and keep him sailing with me.
2) Most creative/imaginative - I use the 3” thru-deck collar on the
foredeck for more than just sticking a cowl in it. And I installed another
3” collar on the stbd side of the transom.
A) I can put a solar/battery powered ventilation fan in either end of the
boat to keep condensation down and prevent mildew. B) I made two chain
pipes on teak bases that snap in either the bow or the transom. I run the
anchor rode thru there. The chain weight keeps the chain pipe cover down to
prevent water ingress in all but the most severe conditions. C) I can snap
in solid deck plates to make the openings water tight in threatening
conditions. D) I could snap in the standard rubber cowl, but I never do
anymore.
Okay. Who’s next?
Fair breezes,
Judy B, 1985 WWP19 #266 Redwing, Danville/SF Bay, CA

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