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| Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht Club | June 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)" |
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| Author: Brendan Subject: Mast base Info: (12741 views) Posted: Monday 5-28-12 11:27:45 PM |
By "pin", if you mean the hinge pin, it is not working when the mast is rigged and when sailing--it only takes the load of raising and lowering the mast.
There is a locating pin in the base of the mast that does the work to keep the mast base in place when sailing. Theoretically you could take the hinge pin out while sailing.
If you have any concerns about your mast base (or mast), call Buzz at Ballenger. He has or can make all the parts for our rigs. I just had him make me a new headstay and backstay.
Which is a good reminder for everyone: inspect your headstay (top & bottom) regularly--the original rigs have no toggle at the top of the headstay, and flogging jibs and floppy headstays lead to failures at the top swage where you can't easily see them. My last headstay was broken nearly halfway through when I got lucky and noticed.
Buzz mentions that most backstay failures in our types of boats are below deck, so be sure to inspect your entire backstay tackle carefully. If the tackle fails, you can lose your rig.
--brendan
:: I have hull 10 with the original mast. Does anyone know
:: if at a later date the mast base has been beefed up? My
:: pin seems small and just wondering if the new ones are
:: bigger.
::
:: Thanks
:: Don
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