Re: Project boat? Now I'm a Potterer

Jim Sinclair (jsinc@ftconnect.com)
Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:08:47 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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You're right Bill. In 1985 I started building a 21' gaff rigged sloop with
a clipper bow. Was going to be a real beauty. Over the next five years I
found that you need three things to build a boat; time, money, and
enthusiasm. If you lose any one of them, the project stops. Well the long
and the short of it was that after 5 years I had completed the basic hull,
righted it, dropped in a 400 lb steel centerboard, and watched it collect
three years worth of dust and various things we couldn't find any other
place for! So I swallowed hard (pride is not easy to get down) and donated
it to the local Sea Scout base. Now nine years later, I'm the happy owner
of a Potter 19. Wooden boats are beautiful to look at but I'd rather have
my Potter in hand than a dream in the bush.

Jim Sinclair
WWP 19 "Second Wind"
Portland, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Kinsey <wkinsey@juno.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 6:11 PM
Subject: Project boat? Now I'm a Potterer

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Greetings all-
> Interesting thread of conversation on the topic of project boats, which
>strikes close to home for me. I found the plywood kit version of
>something very similar to a P15. I bought it, and after four years and
>about $1k, I realized that even if I did get it finished, my woodworking
>was so lousy that I wouldn't have trusted the craft in the water.
> So I did the thing I should have done in the first place: I bought a
>Potter (though it's a bit of a project itself--another story). If you
>ever get the urge to take on a boat-building project or major
>restoration, fight it with all you've got.
>
>Bill Kinsey
>Clayton, CA
>P15 #567 Howler
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