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: Thomas Jenkins ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: VHF radio antena
Info: (24363 views) Posted: Tuesday 2-7-06 07:01:02 PM
I just installed a VHF on the boat with a stancion mounted antenna. The radio is a Raymarine DSC VHF and the antenna is a 8 foot Shakspeare with RG 8x coaxial cable. The range that I have been able to aachieve is right about 13 miles +-, definately further then my handheld VHF. I went the route of mounting the antenna on the stern pulpit because I did not want to run the additional weight in the mast and have to deal with the cable every time I dropped the mast for trailering. You could of course run a connector at deck level but you will increase the interferance by doing so. With the antenna on the stern pulpit I leave extra cable coiled below deck and simply pull enough cable up through the deck to lay the antenna on the deck for road travel.. In all it works REALLY WELL. Tom

:: What do folks do with their vhf radio antena?- nothing?
:: masthead? off the stern stancions?

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