Re: SAILING ADVENTURES
Steve Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 24 May 1999 13:30:09 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Scott F wrote:
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> Sometimes the chart doesn't help, though. We ran
> aground twice yesterday on uncharted sandbars! UG!
I call that "sandbar jousting." Try it with a fixed keel. I used to
always win with my P-14, now I always lose with this Capri 16.
Sometimes followed with an evening of "kedging off."
:)
Steve Barnes, now a lurker, sailing a Capri-16, #74, in San Diego.
(former WWP-14 skipper)
OLDSURFDUDE