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: todd olsen
Subject: Navigation Lights
Info: (11237 views) Posted: Friday 6-7-13 05:45:41 PM
I ended up using Perko Bicolor http://www.wmjmarine.com/pko0972dpochr.html for bow and Perko Stern http://www.wmjmarine.com/pko0965dpochr.html These are incandescent fixtures, but I purchased LED's to substitute for the bulbs http://store.marinebeam.com/perko-31mm-anchor-light.html They work fine in the daylight, but I have not seen them yet at night. Ideally, it may be better to use purpose built LED's, but I could not find any that matched a bow and stern light together, and I wanted the bow and stern light to look related to each other. There is a lopolight, but these are quite expensive.

Todd

:: :: Hi Todd,
:: ::
:: :: On a closely related subject,
:: ::
:: :: I used Dr. LED to replace my stern incandescent, but I
:: :: have not replaced the entire assembly.
:: ::
:: :: I have not found an LED to legally replace the bow bulb
:: :: though. The light emiting angle is wrong and the red
:: :: color goes pinkish.
:: ::
:: :: Joe
:: ::
:: :: :: Does anyone have a recommended brand for an LED stern
:: :: :: light? LED bow lights?
:: :: ::
:: :: :: Thanks
:: Hi Todd,

:: I replaced my bow light using the Innovative Lighting
:: LED 2 mi. combo deck mount. It works great so far & is
:: reasonable in price. The screw

:: holding the casing seems flimsy, but has remained secure
:: for several months. I got it at Svendsen's. I haven't
:: found a reasonably priced 135°

:: LED deck-mount stern light or a Dr. LED light bulb that
:: fits my stern incandescent. Let me know what you find.
::
:: Don C

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