Re: older vs. newer Potters

Bernard Johnson (slithytove@earthlink.net)
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:31:34 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I agree with Ted. I am very satisfied with the quality of my boat and I found IM to be very helpful both before and after my
purchase. I think the boat is good value for the price and have no regrets at all.

Bernie Johnson, the iconoclast.

theodore f. boyer wrote:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> Dear Leander,
> Your impressions are wrong. The product under new people at IM has been striving to make a better product and have improved
> the boats alot. What you will read is our initial complaints having just spent money and expect perfection from humanity which
> will normally error. They have improved the gel coat, lines of communication, action on substandard output, and have generally
> listened to positive input and negative input, with the intent to gather infomation to fit changes into their budget.
> We the customer make are own changes that sometimes would be too costly for Potters to remain competitive if the changes
> would be generally added. I admit to this perfectionist approach myself, but only in the interest of making Potters the better
> than best for the buck. Yet others strive to improve performance, which draws alot of interest. Some ideas are made at no cost
> to anyone and a salty respect for each others desire to just generally and genuinely help each other, with our love for
> Potters.
> There is a respect for a boat that rides the swells under full sails in brisk wind, that makes you want to keep on sailing
> to a calm, and Potter is that boat.
> Ted-Milwaukee WWPotter19 'Sea Breeze"
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> leander@worldnet.att.net wrote:
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> > West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> > After lurking a lot and reading the very interesting and informative posts by everyone, I now have a question.
> > I get the impression that quality of the newer Potters is not as good as in the older models. Or is this a misconception?
> > Regards,
> > Leander
> > leander@worldnet.att.net