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: Ralph Deeds ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Mast step fiberglass compression issues
Info: (28374 views) Posted: Tuesday 11-10-09 08:05:48 PM
:: The fiberglass beneath my mast step has a few cracks and
:: maybe even a bit of compression from it's normal
:: thickness.
::
:: Anybody else noticed this on their boats? What can be
:: done about it?

Our boat repair guru in Detroit, Tim Sarns, told me that he has repaired several boats (not E27s) with compression under the mast step by removing the step and the deck skin under it; removing the bad core under it and epoxying a thick aluminum plate under the mast step plate. The aluminum plate should be a fair amount wider and longer than the mast step plate in order to spread the compression load. Once the aluminum plate is in place the area above it can be filled and faired and a new fiberglass cloth epoxied in on top of the aluminum plate and faired. Then the deck plate can be re-installed. As already mentioned, any problems below with the bulkheads or the wood cross beam or ash A-frame mast support should be addressed also.

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