Re: Confessions from this weekend of a Potterer

Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 13:08:16 -0500 (CDT)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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It has been rumored that JohnPaulJo@aol.com said:
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> I had an experience at Redwood City, with "The Hawaiian Chieftain" passing
> me, earlier this year. It was quite windy with gusts to nearly 25kts or more.
> I'd forgotten to set my jiffy reefing system on my P-15 "Keysha2". While
> trying to set it up the boom swung 90 degrees over the starboard beam with
> the jiffy line blowing 3 or 4 ft straight out from the end of the boom. The
> boat was healing as I tried to retrieve the errant line. This was about the
> time the "Chieftain" motored by in the narrow channel, as she passed I heard
> on the PA system, " That little boat is obviously having trouble, you can
> tell by the sail position and that line coming off the boom." There were 40
> to 50 passengers on board to witness my display. I always check my jiffy
> reefing before I leave the dock now.

With luck like that, there was probably a video camera trained on you from
the big boat.

But I suppose I should not talk out of turn...

-- 
Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN