capsize
MCRACKIN@aol.com
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:51:38 EDT
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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OK, you have just scared the #@out of me. One of the reasons i have been
contemplating the Potter (15 & 19) is that i have been told that they are
"practically" uncapsizable! i am a retired small man with a back problem. i
stopped sailing my 26' sloop because i couldn't raise the sails anymore with
my back injury. i have since been looking for a small easily sailable boat
for day sailing in Plymouth Harbor and perhaps an occasional a trip to
Provincetown. i wanted to teach my 6year old grandson the joys of sailing.
Capsizing is NOT a joy i wish to teach him. nor do i EVER want to be dumped
in a cold ocean. Please tell me -- is the Potter just another small sail
boat, upside down as much as rightside up?
the tide here is 9 plus feet. the beachability and shallow running of the
Potter was another reason i considered it. But if you have to lash the
centerboard down it sort of defeats the purpose doesn't it?
JackM