title: "Three Years in a Twelve-Foot Boat"
author: "Steve Ladd" or "Stephen G. Ladd"
cost: arount $16. 400 pages.
Looks like a good book, thanks for the refer.
Mike Calva
"Panacea" P19 #719 (KC0FXZ)
-----Original Message-----
From: David & chardy Lang <chrdvd@gte.net>
To: ww potter <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:27 PM
Subject: Three years in a 12 1/2 foot boat
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>While I was on vacation staying in Enumclaw WA. I attended a small town
fair
>they were having. My wife came running up and said I had to see something.
>She walked me to a spot where a man had a very unusual boat on display to
>help him sell his book. He had designed a boat 12 /12 foot long boat he
>sailed down rivers from the Canadian boarder into the gulf then through
>South America, Had it carried over the Andes and sailed it through the
>Caribbean. It was very intelligently designed. I have pictures of it. It
had
>leeboards on both sides. The mast was from a windsurfer, sails tied down
>with rope. It was yawl rigged with the cockpit in the center of the boat.
>Above the cockpit was a hatch that secured by sliding it to the side with a
>pulley system. inside the cabin you had to sleep with your legs under the
>cockpit, but there was quite a bit of room. He made specially designed wood
>boxes that fit perfectly in the cabin. He would take them out at bedtime.
>There was an aft compartment for maps, navigation etc that was all water
>tight. He had just put one coat of fiberglass over the wood so he could see
>rot if it appeared. there were two heavy duty handles mounted on the bow to
>pull the boat up on shore with. the gunwales were very high for a small
boat
>but the cockpit was very roomy . I have to admit it was a odd looking boat,
>but everything had a purpose and brilliantly thought out. He wrote a book
>called "3 years in a 12 1/2 foot boat" supposedly available through
>amazon.com. I bought his book and he autographed it for me. We talked about
>his adventures and his boat for quite a long time. He was not familiar
about
>wwp so I told him about the web site. He might be reading this! the longest
>he sailed was 90 miles at one time and almost always spent the night on
>shore somewhere. I am reading his book and am at the Panama Canal right
now.
>He is heading off down the coast in not to friendly a place so I am sure
>adventure awaits him. If you are interested in the book e-mail me and I
will
>give you his name (the books in my wives car, she is gone now). Its reads
>more like a spritual adventure than a log. At times he did things I wouldnt
>have done but I am pretty conservitive so my opinion is from that
>perspective.
>
>Regards, Dave Lang, p15 hull # 554, to be renamed. "Go West" is a little
>confusing on the radio I get a lot of, (go where?)
>