First Potter Yachter Sail of 1999
Magico1@aol.com
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:09:22 EST
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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The first P.Y. sail of 1999 was a real winner despite the weather. We had
11 boats turn up, six P.19's, four P.15's and a Santana 22. We had two NEW
P.19's Bill Teplow, and Gary zimmer. I.M. is building a beautiful boat, and
our fleet drew alot of attention at the dock. The salty dog award had to go to
Eric and family from Davis, They are new to Pottering yet they sailed over to
Angel Island and spent the night anchored in the rain. The next morning they
got up and hiked the five miles around the Island. The most impressive Potter
had to be Redwing, Judy was up to 4:AM the day before the sail working on her.
Judy mounted the genoa tracks on the cabin top to get better performance to
weather. I gotta tell you, this potter really moves upwind. We were out in the
Bay with about 15 MPH. wind and two foot chop and I couldn't catch her. She
was pointing exeremely close and really moving. I later found out that her
crew David was doing the sailing. WOW! I was impressed. Jerry B.