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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: Dan P Subject: Outboard motor bracket Info: (13651 views) Posted: Wednesday 6-8-11 12:09:45 PM |
We use a strap that goes around the top of the engine (www.westmarine.com/1/1/18926-engine-caddy.html). It makes it fairly easy to drop the engine onto the bracket with one hand while holding onto the backstay with your other hand. Hope this helps, and good luck with your express.
Dan
:: Well I went out for the first time with my new express.
:: Sails like a dream but I have some questions about the
:: outboard motor bracket.
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:: It seems difficult to take the motor off with the
:: backstay in the way? We have a small light motor (4hp 2
:: stroke). It seems much more difficult to put it back on.
::
:: Any suggestions or modification to the original bracket
:: to help with this?
::
:: I see some people have put two channels down the stern
:: like the olsons?
::
:: Thanks,
:: Curt
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