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International Marine's P-15 End of Boom Sheeting
Installed on 2004 Potter 15's
Conversion Parts kits are available from International Marine for around $125.00.
New Mainsheet Rigging
- Attach the traveler with a Bowline knot to Pad Eye on either side transom. Then route through the 29mm Block on the base of the 40mm Ratcheting Block and down to the Pad Eye on the opposite side of the Transom. The height of the Traveler above the Transom should be about 6-8 inches.
2. Next step is to attach the Mainsheet to the 40mm Ratcheting Blocks
Fiddle with a Bowline knot. Then route the Mainsheet up through the
Forward side of the 40mm Block that is attached to bottom/aft side of the Boom. From back of that block back down to and through the back side of the 40mm Ratcheting Block, exiting through the Cam Cleat mounted on the front.
- This Sheeting Arraignment will allow the Helmsman to have the Tiller
and the Mainsheet in the same hand for better control of the boat.
Photographs and instructions courtesy of Bill Beddow of International Marine and Jim Smith, owner of P-15 #2138.