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: Dan Nikesch
Subject: full length battens
Info: (12853 views) Posted: Thursday 9-4-03 05:52:40 PM
Paul came up with the idea at the Detroit NOODs this year. We used it during pre-start practice and it worked well. The breeze picked up and we just left the string attached and it did not effect anything, so you could leave it on all the time if you want.

:: That's a much better explanation.
::
:: :: 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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