Re: Catalina 22 Disaster, Right, a Potter would have made it.

Steve Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 03 May 1999 13:07:52 -0700

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Wolfgang Bechstein wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Steve Barnes quoted a report in SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE about a
> dramatic rescue:
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> [snip]
> > The rescue boat was swamped with water but was otherwise OK.
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> > The same wave that washed over the rescue boat pummeled the sailboat,
> > which capsized and began breaking apart.
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> I don't know whether a Potter would have made it or not, but one
> thing seems sure: the rescue boat made it. The fact that it was
> piloted by an expert surely was a major factor, but I still can't
> help but wonder what kind of boat that was. Let me guess: two tubes
> and a lot air...?
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> Wolfgang Bechstein
> Potter-less inflatable boat sailor in Japan
> wolfie@alles.or.jp

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The San Diego lifeguards use the Boston Whaler 22' Outrage, with a 225
hp Yamaha, but are converting to a similar sized, fuel injected,
Evinrude which doesn't stall out in rough seas, (no float carburator). 
The Boston Whaler Outrage's hull is like a foot thick closed cell foam,
so it won't sink.


  :)


Steve Barnes, now a lurker, temporarily sailing a Capri-16, #74, in San
Diego.
(former WWP-14 skipper)
OLDSURFDUDE