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: Vin McAteer ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: Outhaul Modification
Info: (24779 views) Posted: Tuesday 4-16-02 06:47:00 AM
Here is what I did....pretty effective and very light. I removed all of the hardware from inside of the boom and replaced it with a single 3/16ths vectran line. The line is led to a small bullet block in the front of the boom that is then led to a dinghy vang type purchase that attaches to the base of the mast. VERY easy to control from the rail. So far so good...the breaking stregnth of the vectran is about 2000lbs so it should hold up.

Regards, Vin McAteer Divided Sky #115

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