A response was made by someone who didn't seem to understand or address my
point but dismissed it by saying there was no comparing Potters and "flat
bottomed' boats built only for speed. I was tempted to respond by asking if
there were any other ocean going, circumnavigation capable (by one person, no
less!) boats that he would like to exclude from consideration but decided it
would be a waste of time.
The "TrailerSailor" board really should be re-named the "TrailerBoat" board
since the conversation there is predominantly about the alleged pros and cons
of this or that boat (most in the 22' to 27' range}. These discussions get
heated at times and degenerate into "boat-bashing". Maybe one post in 25 is
actually about sailing. It sort of fits though, with what Larry Brown has
suggested in a number of his writings, the bigger the boat, the less it gets
sailed.
Dave Kautz
P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
Palo Alto, CA
In a message dated 9/6/99 7:00:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tedduke@usa.net
writes:
<< Eric,
I agree with you, and won't flame anyone. I suggested that the
gent interested in a Potter should contact someone who owned
one.
Personnally I would rather have a 32 footer (with crew to do my
bidding) in each place I might want to sail, but the Potter 19
makes a reasonable compromise (and I replaced the undersized
blocks, and if shes not square I can't see it). <VBG>
Ted Duke
>>