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
Subject: Raymarine Rudder Position Sensor Instalation
Info: (11598 views) Posted: Tuesday 6-24-08 08:12:22 AM
I would not recommend putting holes in the rudder post tube below deck. You'd need to add a lip-seal if you did this, which would likely require some fabrication, and also make sure the tube is still well supported. Plus, there is no quadrant, so you'd have to figure out how to attack the feedback sensor to the rudder post in an easily removable way.

If your autopilot drive is mounted above deck, you may be able to mount the rudder senser directly to the drive ram. B&G autopilots sell a rudder sensor intended to be mounted on the ram--perhaps Raymarine does as well... 

--brendan

:: I am installing a Raymarine rotary rudder position
:: reference sensor on TAZ!!. Has anyone done this? Do I
:: dare open up (high up) the rudder post housing below
:: decks?

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