Re: Another Night in Emerald Bay, 1998

hyettcom (hyettcom@email.msn.com)
Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:10:50 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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We (wife Lana and daughter Mei) drove up to Tahoe Keys from Reno this
afternoon in hopes of getting to meet some of the Potter Yachters on their
way home. As we were driving into the marina we passed a white P15 on the
way out and waved - we were in the green car did you see us? Then at the
ramp we met Vince Vincetti (sp?) and his wife Sharon and their P19 Julie.
They assured us they'll be there next year, as will we.

Jeff
P15 Moi Moi
Reno, NV

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>Well, Potterers, it's done for another year. As I type this there are
about
>25 or so exhausted Potter sailors heading home, probably trying like
you-know-
>what to stay awake. I'm home, but definitely amongst those trying to stay
>awake.
>
>What a time!
>
>The winds were ideal, the mountains majestic, still accented with patches
of
>snow from last year's long winter. Days, warm--nights, cool.
>
>You will hear the details in the near future. Dory Taylor, our secretary,
did
>a fabulous job of head counting and organizing. There were more than a few
>humorous situations, such as the skipper of Babe waking at 3 AM to find he
had
>dragged his anchor, or rather just left it, and awoke to find himself
adrift
>in the middle of Emerald Bay on a moonless night! The long distance award
>definitely went to Bill Combs and Ursa Minor and his first mate, Dog, (and
>navigator, Bear) who managed to traverse the entire country from Florida to
>entertain us with Potter lore. New Potterer, Vince (of Potter, Julie --
soon
>to be renamed), entertained with a little juggling on the beach this
morning.
>
>There were old salts and new sailors all sharing a wealth of sailing wisdom
in
>the California Sierra. Somehow two days and nights just did not seem like
>enough.
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>Thank you all for making this a memorable sail, even beyond imagination.
Stay
>tuned for details.
>
>Geoff
>P-15 Lollipop
>No. Lake Tahoe, NV
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