>Eric Johnson was writing about re-location cabin top handrails.
>
>May I throw in a thought?
>
>With the general tippiness of any light boat it is a good idea when going
>forward to keep one's weight close to the centreline. Thus, from the
>stability point of view a hand hold should be on that centre line, forcing
one
>to lean towards the middle of the boat.
>
>Subject then to the location and the track of the moving cabin sliding
hatch,
>the best place for a handhold would be behind the mast step, on the centre
of
>the cabin top. There may be room for more than one, in line. Another good
>place for a hand hold would be on the outer (cockpit) side of the after
cabin
>bulkhead, horizontally like a towel rail. Useful spot for keeping sail
ties
>and other short pieces of line.
>
Hey Brucy boy, once again you have shown how out of touch you are with the
Pottering scene in America you are. The original post was about the larger
Potter. The HMS-18 / P-19 is a verrrrry stable boat. Unlike your tippy,
tiny, UK Potters, the bigger (made in America) Potter can handle one going
forward outside (did he say outside?) Yes, I repeat OUTSIDE of the side
stays! I'm not a small fellow, but I can (and have on occasion when showing
my boat) stand on the rail, grab the stay and lean outboard. How about
trying that on your Potter? I would pay to watch you do it.
Now, before all of you P-15 owners get in an uproar, please let me explain
where I am coming from in this tirade. Bruce has (ever sense he signed up
to this list) ragged on the American boats, the P-19 in particular. He has
repeatedly implied that the American boats are inferior to the UK ones, and
has even stated that we have no right to call our little ships, West Wight
Potters (even though we (IM) own that right . Bruce has even stated that
the larger Potter is much less a boat then the smaller UK version, and has
implied that it shouldn't even placed in the same category as the smaller
one. I have owned, and sailed both Potters (I know he can't make that
claim) and can say that even if they aren't sisters, they are at least from
the same family, boxy little boats that are: easy to launch, easy (and
forgiving) to sail, can carry a ton of junk in their dry cabin, and another
ton in their dry cockpit. and are just fun to be out on the water on. If
that doesn't make them cousins, I don't know what would.
P.S. I also have to say that it bugs me when he refers to us as " the
former colonies". I don't remember when California was a colony of GB,
unless he is talking about the time that a British pirate, Drake, hauled out
on our northern coast to repair his leaking (even back then (just like my MG
today) British products leaked) boat before pulling his tail between his
legs and running west to escape the Spanish.
Larry
P-19 #817
NorCal