Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 2
Story
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: T Lohr
Subject: Hydraulic boom vang...legal??
Info: (14912 views) Posted: Friday 5-27-11 11:39:39 AM
We use the Boomkicker (K0800) and also their purchase plate along with std 4:1 block and tackle with a doubling block to make 8:1 total. The purchase plate works well to separate the doubling line, etc.

I like the block/tackle system since it blows quickly when you need to blow it and is plenty of purchase for the express even in the silly conditions we get up here in the gorge.

:: A hydraulic boom vang would be serious overkill for a
:: little Express. Further, you won't want to deal with the
:: mess and additional weight of a fluid system. I kept an
:: eye out for a vang on e-bay and purchased the same one
:: that the Melges 24's (vangmaster) use which is pneumatic
:: driven for support and block and tackle for the
:: purchase. Other then extreme light air and at the dock
:: the lifting force on the boom (at least for our Bay Area
:: conditions is not a need. The boomkicker is about the
:: most economic option, the pneumatic and spring vangs can
:: be pricey. I found mine on e-bay for less then 100
:: dollars, it needed new seals which I knew at time of
:: purchase, and had vangmaster rebuild the vang for about
:: 60 bucks, it looks and acts as new. I hope that helps

:: Tom
::
:: :: Hello group. ...
:: ::
:: :: I would like to know if a hydraulic boom vang / kicker
::
:: :: is class legal, and if anybody has any experience with
::
:: :: a hydraulic vang on an express 27.
:: ::
:: :: Thanks already.
:: ::
:: :: W

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