I've looking for one for years?
Rene Schmidt
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> Hello Dan and other possable potter owners.
>
> << Thanks. I don't scuba. Still trying to determine the vessel to
get. I
> prefer GPS also.
> >>
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> Well, I suppose everybody has there choices as to what sailboat to
own. Money
> spent and value recived is relative. I as the son of a boatbuilder
find the
> Potter P19 to be a lot of useful boat for a nice cheap price. But
then again
> I bought a used one (88) for less than 4K.
>
> I sail with my beloved wife (who intro'ed me into SCUBA) and often
enough a
> second couple of adults. Boat camping is my thing. I often camp ON
THE
> TRAILER in National Parks. I like the enclosed Portapotty (as does
my wife
> <G>) and the storage aboard. I often Shower in the Cockpit with a
solar
> shower hoisted up the main sheet. Got one of those inflatable
shower stalls
> for privacy. Self Draining Cockpits are really nice. Boom Tents with
> mosquito netting makes the cockpit a nice porch indeed...
>
> Right now I am in the process of replacing my 2 Stroke Outboard for
a Electric
> Trolling motor, solar cells (mounted on the stern on a mounting
horseshoe) and
> forward mounted deep cycle batterys, inverter and so forth. Will go
well with
> my 12 volt Coffee Maker, Reefer, Propane BBQ Grill and CD player.
So far the
> total cost for my boat is up to about 6 K but then again I have a
LOT of
> creature comforts... <G>
>
> If you want exciting, speedy sailing the potter is not your best
choice. If
> you want to go Boat Camping, and beaching over on that nice island
for a
> picknic then the potter is a good choice. All the complaints I have
seen on
> this list are easily repaired or advoided (like NOT trailering with
a mounted
> outboard...girr).
>
> Just a few thoughts from a "Bum Boat" sailor. Or at least I
*think* that's
> what that "Big Pretty Sailboat" Sailor said in passing.... I was
passing HIM
> as he was in the Slip revarnishing his brightwork. I was going out
for a
> picknic.... <G> I own my Potter, my Potter does not own me.....
Think about
> it.... <G>
>
> Michael
> P19 Traveller
> Columbia SC
>
>
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