Thanks in advance for any help you can give him -- dwf
-----Original Message-----
From: Brup@aol.com <Brup@aol.com>
To: dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us <dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 19:01
Subject: Re: Your Boats & Watercraft Classified Ad
>Dennis,
> Thanks for your response and maybe you can help me. I have
>been trying for about three years to determine how this boat got to the
U.S.
>and I cannot verify that fact. I have been told by a few people that own
W.W.
>Potters that they think it was built there because of the plate on the
stern
>and the low hull number.
>
>
> I have made repeated requests to International Marine for
any
>information and was told that they do not keep records of the older
Potters.
>I have even gone as far as going on line with a Rescue Unit on the Isle of
>Wight to get any information from the local people. All they could tell me
>was that the "Potter company left years ago."
> If I have one of the Potters that was built in the U.K. I
will
>not sell her. I would rather use her as a "floating museum" and would like
>to, when my schedule permits, sail with other Potter owners.
> I bought this boat from a gentleman from Duxbury, MA. which
is
>south of Boston. When he sold it to me he told me the boat was "at least
>thirty years old" and even put it on the bill of sale. I have since
attempted
>to contact him without any luck. My Potter is almost in the same condition
as
>the day I bought it. The only changes I have made was to replace the
porthole
>windows because they were "cloudy and cracked."
> I will continue to look for information from any source
to
>verify when and where this Potter was built and let you know when I can
>confirm the date and place of manufacture. I have other pictures or if you
>wish I can make and send you a video of the boat. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
> Steve Oliveira
> C-14 # 79 "Mydaoff"
> Fall River, MA.
>Brup@aol.com
>