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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: Mike Bruzzone Subject: Outboard selection for offshore racing Info: (10638 views) Posted: Wednesday 2-27-13 08:54:35 PM |
No way plastic Nissan with internal tank would do that.
In ocean on ultralights including SC 27s well before my e27 . . . it takes a lot finesse to place heavy outboard onto the motor mount in sea way.
Never had to do it in an emergency . . . probably really tuff if no rig.
mb
:: We are planning some offshore races this season
:: (Farallones and similar stuff).
::
:: We are somewhat new to the boat. Our outboard is the
:: standard 3.5 Nissan 2-stroke "light as you can get"
:: standard shaft model. In any kind of chop, or even if
:: too much crew goes forward on the boat, the prop will
:: pull out of the water and rev up the engine.
::
:: I'm pretty sure it would be useless in any kind of ocean
:: waves were we to need to motor home if we could not
:: sail. I'm wondering what others do about this?
::
:: Is it as useless offshore as I suspect?
:: Do people carry longer shaft motors offshore?
:: Would a longer shaft motor just be equally useless?
::
:: Thanks for the advice!
::
:: -dan
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