floation for a p15
william pitts (william@iland.net)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:32:05 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Greetings to as many of you as love the potter,
Any high school physic book will tell you how
to achieve positive bouyancy (yes that is spelled
correctly). So, what I did to "Small Wonder" was
to insert two 600-16 tractor tubes inside Her.One
in the forward locker, another under the floor of the
foot well. then I inflated them to the point where
they are locked in place tightly.This is in my
opinion a great improvement over the two 8"X8"
X4ft foam blocks I found there.
In light of the potters reputation, and my own
experience, I can see that people who worry
about such things probably want training
wheels on a Ford pickup. Don`t worry about
the potter, instead try to become a better
sailor, common sense is your best bet for
safe sailing. The P15 is the safest boat
under 30ft, available to most of us.
Fair Winds.....Blue Skies, Bill P15#2001 "Small Wonder"