Re: history of 14'hms hull # 446
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:39:59 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>my name is tom from eriksen's marine in vermont.i need some info about a
>14'hms,hull #446.the number on the sail is # 446.the registered year is
>1972, but i see by the "abos"book the 14' wasn't available until 1974.
>can any one help on the background? thanks.
>my email address is eriksen@together.net
Tom:
I have Potter 14 #234 that was built in 1967. The 1972 registration date
sounds about right for #446, which should be gunter-rigged with wooden
spars. They abandoned the gunter rig at #460. I think the first U.S. built
Potter was #151, built around 1966.
What is an "ABOS" book? Something like the automobile Blue Book?
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA