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: Jason Crowson ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Mast bend - How much?
Info: (22439 views) Posted: Sunday 8-7-11 09:58:56 AM
The best way to tell where the max mast bend is by looking at your main sail. You will develop a wrinkle from the clew up the sail towards the middle of the mast. When you start to see that wrinkle you know that more backstay is not going to help you.

Looking up the mast it shouldn't be more than 2-3 mast column widths when on full backstay. I have never heard of failure of our masts because of too much backstay. But, you should definitely release the backstay when you can to keep from inducing any pre-bend into the mast.

Hope that helps... 

-Jason

:: How far can the mast be bent without risk of damage? Are
:: there any numbers? Maybe Inches of displacement sighting
:: up the mast or ammount of reduction in backstay length
:: from no bend to max, or something else?

:: Thanks

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