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: Brendan
Subject: Main Hatch sealing
Info: (13772 views) Posted: Thursday 12-11-14 01:37:24 AM
I don't think you can wipe out hard enough to get the main hatch underwater (not in 30 knots of wind). The boats float really high when they are on their side--there's a good photo of Attack from Mars getting sideways in the 'Best Shots' album. Even the seatbacks don't get underwater. I've seen plenty of gnarly wipeouts and never worried that water would flood into the main hatch.

However, open front hatches can sink boats if they get driven underwater hard, so dogging the front hatch is better insurance against real trouble. 

--brendan

:: Question:

:: What are the shorthanded Express 27's doing to seal
:: their main hatch in-case of a bad wipeout?
::
:: I put my boards in and close the hatch but but when
:: running a kite in 25-30 singlehanded I wonder what
:: others are doing?
::
:: Having a Tuttle rudder and pushing the boat with MH up
:: to 26 true in big waves it is a dream to sail. But I
:: know there will be days with more breeze and nights when
:: I am on pilot while attending something else and she
:: will go. So just looking at my options while she is in
:: my shop for the winter.
::
:: Thanks in advance for the input.

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