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 Busch ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: [email protected] Info: (21011 views) Posted: Monday 2-20-17 07:07:09 PM |
I did make this case strongly with the NCORC folks when they were drafting the original guidelines, but the argument fell on deaf ears.
I'm much softer on the idea that dyneema is a good offshore lifeline material. I would personally want steel lifelines offshore. Failure from chafe is a huge issue offshore and stainless provides a much better safety margin.
--brendan
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