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: Brendan Busch ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: Spinnaker pole mounts
Info: (23319 views) Posted: Friday 1-25-02 09:34:00 AM
The bag on the boom is excellent. I wouldn't do it any other way. Quantum will make you a very high quality one for around $100. I got a two-sided one, but it seems entirely unnecessary--I'd go one-sided if I bought another one.

They slide in the track on the boom, so your mains have to be loose footed for this to work. Mains can be easily converted to loose footed if yours isn't.

I think on the Express, putting the spin pole on the boom somehow is necessary. It avoids all concerns about keeping the jib sheet over the pole during jibes, doesn't require the foredeck person going forward to put the guy in the pole, contributes greatly to weather douses, and generally is a very good plan all around. The pole is easily lightweight enough to stuff in the bag.

Other folks don't use a bag but just a couple loops on the boom. Much lower windage and mess, but probably takes a more careful approach to tuck the pole away.

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