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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: Dan Subject: Lightship Info: (15422 views) Posted: Tuesday 3-28-06 04:43:16 AM |
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums/index.php?s=2618d12896fe533d... eafd34b69fe6&showtopic=32524
There’s a good shot of El Raton (looks like) flying.
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=po... d=23628
Looks like it must have been a blast from what is see. But from the other posts it sounded dangerous too, glad to hear nobody was hurt.
:: Glad to hear you guys are OK. That was some of the best
:: surfing I have ever see before on the 27! Good on you
:: guys for being buckled in too... Congrats to Mike for
:: sailing an excelent race and winning.
::
:: I chuckled to myself when I saw all the Antrim 27s turn
:: arround at bonita... Though I fully suport thoes who
:: turn around when they are not comfortable with the
:: conditions- I could not help but think they had the
:: wrong 27 footer!
:: Will
::
:: :: Some of you may have heard the chatter, but I'm still
:: :: alive and my boat is not for sale. It was pretty wild
:: :: out there. We witnessed one or two turnbacks, one
:: :: dismasting, and one Olson 30 with all crew in the cabin.
:: ::
:: :: Never done so much knarly surfing to the point of rudder
:: :: cavitation - crew says we got up to 17.7 on one long
:: :: ride.
:: ::
:: :: On the return leg before Mile Rock, we got into a nasty
:: :: jibe and had 3.5 people in the water at one point, but
:: :: all on tethers. Eventually everyone was pulled aboard,
:: :: but we called for the Coasties to transfer a hypothermic
:: :: crew member.
:: ::
:: :: We crossed the finish, but minus crew and myself, so we
:: :: DNF'd ourselves. Congratulations to Despy as we saw him
:: :: to be one of the first Expresses to round Lightship and
:: :: likely to place high in the overall MORA division too.
:: ::
:: :: Joe B.
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