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Month: February 2025

February 26, 2025April 2, 2025 Comments 0 Feedbacks on “Potter 15 Shakedown Cruise”Potter 15 by Don Barker

Potter 15 Shakedown Cruise

My friend Jerry Culik, who made the Potter available to me, drove down from PA to help me practice rigging and launching, and to take it for a small shakedown cruise. Since I acquired the Potter in November, Jerry helped me select, buy, and configure an electric propulsion and power…

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My next boat
February 12, 2025March 17, 2025 Comments 0 Feedbacks on “My next boat”Crabbing Skiffs by Don Barker

My next boat

This is the plan I’m working from – Two-Sail Crabbing Skiff, Figure 4 in Chapelle’s Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. I set up the strongback in September. This is station 5 near the beam. This is where we’re at now — setting up the stem and transom jigs.

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