RE: Att. New P.19 Owners

Eric Johnson (etj@nwlink.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:18:02 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I don't know.. I kinda like my goofy unbalanced mainsheet. I have rigged it
4:1 in the past, but that requires a lot more line, and its slow (though
admittedly easier to handle in strong winds).

> Ah, that clears up some mysteries. That users manual is a
> (insert lengthy, and
> rather graphic string of profanity).
>
> Curt Westlake
> P-19 #1096
> No Name
> Greenville, SC
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> Magico1@aol.com wrote:
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> > West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> > The instructions for rigging the mainsheet on the P.19's are
> wrong! The
> > hardware is correct, but the routing diagram is incorrect. I
> wrote to Scott
> > at I.M. and he said it will get corrected as soon as possible.
> If you are
> > always fussing with the mainsheet while tacking, or if she
> doesn't to come
> > about at all, this could be the problem. The proper set up is
> to have a
> > double block on the boom, a single block on starboard, and a
> single block
> > with a becket on the port side.
> > the sheet starts at the becket on the port side, goes
> through the double
> > on the boom, over to the starboard block. Then back through the
> double over
> > to the port block, and back to the mainsheet cleat. If your
> boat isn't set up
> > like this I strongly recommend changing it. Jerry
> Barrilleaux (Commodore,
> > Potter Yachters)
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