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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: Paul Deeds Subject: full length battens Info: (12662 views) Posted: Thursday 9-4-03 07:59:04 AM |
:: You take a piece of string and tie it 1-2 feet above the
:: main top block on the wire of the back stay and wrap
:: rigging tape around the wire just below it a bunch of
:: times so it does not slip down the wire. Then you run
:: the string through the stern cleats on either side up to
:: the traveler cleats on either side. Tie the string to
:: those horseshoe shaped pieces of metal on top of the
:: traveler cam cleats. Now when you do this make sure that
:: the backstay is at the light air setting as not to
:: effect the tension of the backstay or the string. It
:: should be snug. After tacking the helmsman eases out the
:: main sheet out a foot (in the sheet or traveler) and
:: yanks the windward string at the same time. This whips
:: the backstay to windward as the main drops to leeward.
:: This keeps the crew from jumping on the stern and allows
:: the helmsman to be minimally distracted.
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