A Potter neighbor has both

Posted By: Mark Larsen ~ P-19 #1448 "Harried Potter" ~ Eden, Utah
Date: 11/3/08 1:53p.m.

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In Response To: Love my P19.....however (pic) (Jerry Rocker, P19 #857Sarah J, Glenmoore PA)

Jerry: Yeah, the Seaward looks pretty tempting! There is couple that lives by us, Bruce and Katie McGill, who have a 1997 P-19 (Tipsy Gypsea), but last year they also bought a used Seaward and towed it back from Oregon to Utah. They tell me that they love having the extra room in the Seaward. They have still kept their P-19, however, as their son likes to sail it whenever the family is on the water. In fact, they were telling me the other day that the P-19 moves much better in light winds, and can practically sail circles around them in the Seaward. They also said that the Seaward is just as capable --perhaps moreso-- of being knocked down by the mountain gusts we get around here. That surprised me, as I assumed that it would be even more rock-solid, given its weight, but I guess that's not the case, given its rounder hull and larger sail area. I would also be curious to know what would happen if you ever grounded a Seaward, because I don't see that its motorized daggerboard has any kind of safety "release" like the P-19. Of course, maybe it is built so solidly that it doesn't need one...? Because it is a harder to launch, retrieve, and tow, the McGills leave their Seaward in a slip all summer, unlike their P-19, which they keep at the same marina in dry dock. I know that they traditionally spend Thanksgiving on the water at Lake Mead, and I see that they haven't tucked the Seaward into the barn at their house yet for the winter, so I would guess that they might be planning to haul it down there this year instead of the P-19. You might want to try to contact them and gather their input; I am pretty sure that you can find them in the Potter Registry.