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Imperfect, but free and still useful

Posted By: Harry Gordon, WWP14 #234, Manatee , Mountain View, CA
Date: 6/30/09 12:58a.m.

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In Response To: Thank you Harry! There is a consistent number... (link) (pic) (Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port)

Bill, your registration list is cool and very useful. I like to see as many Potters listed as possible even if the latest info on some boats was from 30 years ago. I appreciate having the list sorted three ways. Sometimes I will be curious as to when a particular boat was built, and I will look up the hull number to find the boat or one close to it to get some idea of the boat's age. Sometimes I will find a familiar boat has moved to a different location.
The location sort is useful for finding other Potters in a given area, but John's map should be even better for that purpose. The map will be especially useful in locations where Potters are less common than in California, where Potters are ubiquitous and there are two large active Potter clubs.
It would all be easier if boats were federally registered like airplanes. I recently did a Web search for the N-registration number on a 1948 airplane I owned in the 60s and found that N3460H, which I bought in California and sold in Florida, has since been beautifully restored and is now in Delaware.

http://www.wwpotterowners.com/

Messages In This Thread

Massive mapping project completed...for better or worse -- John McNeely -- 6/27/09 9:30p.m.

Massive effort, lots of work... -- Bill Payne, Hobo 17 So Cal -- 6/28/09 4:03a.m.

Link to map "unlisted" in Google, to be removed...just ask -- John McNeely -- 6/28/09 5:38a.m.

Hmm, Forgot about Nolan's list... -- Bill Payne, Hobo 17 So Cal -- 6/28/09 6:06a.m.

Bill, your name has been deleted from the map -- John McNeely -- 6/28/09 9:28a.m.

John, I've got a question . . . -- Jerry kergan (P-15 "Lazy Ka" Concord/San Francisco Bay) -- 6/28/09 12:56p.m.

Map entries -- Don Person -- 6/28/09 3:00p.m.

Your memory is better than mine! -- Jerry kergan (P-15 "Lazy Ka" Concord/San Francisco Bay) -- 6/28/09 3:46p.m.

Source for map info -- John McNeely -- 6/28/09 9:58p.m.

GIGO -- Bill Payne, Hobo 14 -- 6/29/09 5:54a.m.

In the interest of accuracy -- John McNeely -- 6/29/09 6:32a.m.

Good solutions. -- Bill Payne, Hobo 14 -- 6/29/09 6:48a.m.

Potter Registration List and Map -- Harry Gordon, WWP14 #234, Manatee , Mountain View, CA -- 6/29/09 9:33a.m.

At least we can get known bad email addresses off -- John McNeely -- 6/29/09 9:50a.m.

Thank you Harry! There is a consistent number... -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 10:28a.m.

Imperfect, but free and still useful -- Harry Gordon, WWP14 #234, Manatee , Mountain View, CA -- 6/30/09 12:58a.m.

Nolen's list as a boats history map is a good theory . . . -- Jerry kergan (P-15 "Lazy Ka" Concord/San Francisco Bay) -- 6/29/09 10:51a.m.

Massing mapping -- Don Person -- 6/28/09 11:57a.m.

Massive Mapping -- Bob Ferguson, P19 Miss Perception -- 6/28/09 3:47p.m.

Mapping Project Status Update -- John McNeely -- 7/13/09 5:13p.m.

I Want To enter on map ??? -- Jim Smith -- 7/14/09 1:01p.m.

Mapping project enters second to last phase this week -- John McNeely -- 7/25/09 7:52a.m.

Mapping project completes updates now in maintenance mode -- John McNeely -- 8/16/09 7:02p.m.

Well I guess I wasn't paying attention John -- Tim"Morning Dove" P19 #457 -- 8/16/09 8:02p.m.

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