While shimmy-ing under the seats, looking at the old marks where the
foam was, I've wondered how people went under with that stuff in there.
Seams like it would be right in your face! Take your claustrophobia
medicine ...
Derek Jensen
p-15 #694 "El Nino"
Portland, OR
Laura Bertran wrote:
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> I keep seeing references to crawling under the cockpit seats but my boat has
> some rather hefty blocks of foam flotation in those spaces and I can't see
> how you could move it. Don't other P15's have this foam flotation?
> Laura Bertran
> lbertran@npr.org
> 1988 P15 #1703
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Jensen [mailto:djensen@teleport.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 3:04 PM
> To: Betty & Bill Stockwell
> Cc: 'wwpotter@tscnet.com'
> Subject: Re: For sale /Not for sale
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> Betty & Bill,
>
> I've taken "El Nino" up into the South puget sound, and it was great. This
> area is ideal for pottering, but
> you need to be confident in your sailing skills, as it is a rather large and
> comercially active water way.
> I would suggest "Afoot and Afloat in the South Puget Sound", as it covers
> both land and water access
> to the area.
>
> My stern cleats were removed and replaced before I got the boat, but I have
> bedded and installed plenty
> of stuff on the boat. You need to be very comfortable in tight spaces, as
> you need to shimy down
> under the cockpit seats to get a wrench on the cleats while someone unscrew,
> rebeds and replaces the
> cleats. I get everything ready and try to go into that space for as short a
> time as possible. Some people
> don't like climbing down there, so they cut inspection ports into the
> cockpit and put in a screw-in
> cover.
>
> Derek Jensen
> P-15 #694 "El Nino"
> Portland, OR
>
> >
> > 3. Anyone in Olympia area Pottering?
> > Also would like to hear from anyone who has successfully replaced broken
> stern cleats while maintaining integrity. It looks to us like you might have
> to take them off with a hack saw. But how do you get them back on without
> cutting into the hull? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Bill's crew ,
> Betty
> >