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: Tom Baffico
Subject: Weight Limit
Info: (20647 views) Posted: Wednesday 9-12-07 06:25:58 PM

::
:: For the Long Distance + Fun Series only, I've proposed
:: eliminating the weight limit. Please see LD series
:: proposals.
::
:: mb
::
:: :: LEAVE THE WEIGHT LIMIT ALONE>>>> PLEASE 880 lb IS
:: :: IDEAL!..
:: ::

The weight limit at 880 lbs is ideal. Lighter weight equals lower loads on the boat. I've raced with 1,000+ on the boat (ocean, years ago). The boat isn't as fun. Feels like a destroyer upwind, slower downwind. It's too crowded and at least one crew is just a lump on the rail. The only time the boat is measurably faster with lots of weight is at the high end of the No. 1 and that's when the loads on the boat and rig are really high. You are wearing out your No. 1 really fast.

I'm one of the "bigger" drivers and I am at no disadvantage against small skippers and "bigger" crews. (If your crew is hiking significantly harder than the driver it's probably because your lifelines are too loose.) 

-Tom
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