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| Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht Club | June 2 |
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| Norcalsailing report featuring Summer Palace:
http://www.norcalsailing.com/entries/2012/06/05/ditchrun2.html#.T-iWoI2Mfqs Below quoted from Pressure Drop: Drew Scott was helming a F-28. "My crew is starting to swing around to pick me up when El Raton, in perfect control slides up beside me and asks if I would like to get picked up. They had already doused their chute and stopped beside me. I took their offer and got back into a boat (trying to stop a lightweight trimaran next to someone when it is blowing in the mid-20s is not easy so I figured I would not turn down El Raton. My crew ably finished the race on Papillon, only one boat behind El Raton! And I had many adventures with El Raton, but that is their story to tell. So, a great big thank you to the Ray Lotto and the crew of El Raton for pulling my soggy hide out of Suisun Bay!! Drew Scott Papillon (most of the time)" |
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| Author: Jason Cosler ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Re: Foil versus Hanks Info: (25521 views) Posted: Monday 4-30-01 09:46:00 AM |
I admit I've had the same notion. On a boat this size, the foil just seems like more friction than it's worth during the headsail drop, but sail changes are convenient nonetheless. One trick I've seen with hanks on J-24's is to crank on a little backstay prior to hoisting the headsail. This takes the slack out of the forestay and reduces the chance of fouling...however, I do still see the kite get pinched in a hank from time to time.
-Jason Cosler
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Dan Pruzan on 4/30/101 7:52 AM said:
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>>I am considering converting from a headstay foil to hanked on headsails. I know that one drawback is having to do bare-headed jib changes on races with long upwind legs. My other concern is getting tears or pulls in the spinnaker during takedowns. We almost always do windward takedowns and it seems that when we come into the leeward mark on a reach, the spinnaker collapses behind the jib and gets dragged around the forestay during the takedown. I am worried that the hanks might damage the kite. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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