Seller's Description
Crab is a 2000 West Wight Potter. She has served our family well as our first boat. WWPs are great 1st time boats as they are super easy to single hand, are bomber, and have all the parts and pieces of a larger sloop sailboat. Boat and Trailer! All registrations up to date. Motor starts on 1-2 pulls every time.
Equipment: I have made many upgrades to this boat over the last 4 years, including: -Bluewater Rudder -Extendable Mast Crutch -Autotiller (essential for single hand) -120 Genoa -Draining Cooler (removed the sink as it was pretty useless) -LED nav lights -Garmin Chart Plotter -Garmin Depth Sounder -New Battery -New Battery meter -Dyneema Keel Raise/Lower cable -Trailer lights and wiring -Motor fresh water flush
Additional notable components: -Trailer -Lapper Jib -CDI roller furling -All cushions are in great shape -Main with 1 reef point -Butane Stove -Fluke AND Rocna Anchor with plenty of chain. -Chemical Toilet (never used) -Solar Battery Charging
Work that she could use - but nothing urgent: -Fresh bottom paint (if you will be keeping her on the water) -Cockpit repaint. (I removed a few things and the epoxy that I used to fill the holes is a different shade than the boat unfortunately.) -Brighten up the woodwork -Polish of the beautiful gray-blue hull
Boat is ready to sail and will give you years of joy. I am only selling her because I am investing in a larger boat.
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Specs
- Designer
- Herb Stewart
- Builder
- International Marine
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Lifting
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 18′ 11″ / 5.8 m
- Waterline Length
- 16′ 9″ / 5.1 m
- Beam
- 6′ 11″ / 2.1 m
- Draft
- 0′ 5″ / 0.2 m — 4′ 11″ / 1.5 m
- Displacement
- 1,230 lb / 556 kg
- Ballast
- 370 lb / 168 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 132′² / 12.3 m²
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 1
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
7.7 kn
Classic: 5.49 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
18.4
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
30.2
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
116.1
100-200: light
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
7.4
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.8
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
aka POTTER 19.
An earlier version was the HMS 18.
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