Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 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)"
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1El Raton11
2Magic Bus22
3Peaches33
4Scandalous44
5Wile E Coyote55
6Loose Cannon66
7Take Five77
8Ergo88
9Great White99
10Libra1010
11Summer Palace1111
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Author: Jari ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Outboard alternative
Info: (29347 views) Posted: Tuesday 6-13-06 08:06:27 PM
I decided to fix my 2 hp honda - this motor broke 5 months after warranty expiration date , rebuild with parts is not cheap. I find 2 hp working really hard in delta current this time of the year . There is Tohatsu 3.5 hp only 43 lbs , perhaps next time.

:: I wouldn't recommend going to a 5.5 HP motor. The
:: support for the motor mount is not really built to
:: handle that much weight. Our boat must of had a larger
:: engine at one time because the glass around the mount
:: inside the boat was ll broken and had extra glass laid
:: down around it at one point.
::
:: I would recommend going with a 4 hp if you really need
:: something better. We borrowed Wile E. Coyote's 4 Hp for
:: the reutrn from Stockton ride and it worked great. In
:: flat water it pushed us along around 6 knots. Much
:: better than our little 2 hp motor.
:: 

:: -Jason
::
:: :: I would like to replace my 2 hp honda with little biger
:: :: motor.
::
:: :: Alternative 4-5 hp tohatsu? Is the standart motor mount
:: :: capable of carring such load?
::
:: :: It is twice the weight -around 55lbs.
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