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Jerry Culik's avatar

Now that's a hot rod Potter! Nicely done, Paul, to borrow/repurpose (?) the sail and rig from a high performance planing skiff. I'm curious if you added a backstay (permanent...difficult on a WWP15 without major mast mods) or running backstays with the extra load on the mast. Or decided if it was even needed. The size of the cable seems kind of overkill; but I haven't done any calcs or comparisons to other boats...So any input/analysis on that would also be very welcome.

Re Eric's comments...the Potter Yachters out on the west coast are on-line and still in business. But they probably have plenty of wind, compared to us!

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Susan Jewett's avatar

I have a Cape Dory Typhoon and it came with an asymmetrical spinnaker but I've never used it because I have no idea how to rig it. I wonder if your modification could also be used on my boat. But I'd need to know more about how you constructed it. Thanks for your article.

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