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
Subject: [email protected]
Info: (15392 views) Posted: Thursday 7-21-11 07:05:08 AM
After breaking a main halyard and a jib halyard from which the cover had been stripped I have returned to halyards with covers. The weight saving aloft isn't worth the issues of chafe and UV damage to halyards without covers, in my opinion.

:: This particular failure would not apply to the spin or
:: jib halyards because it occurred due to rubbing on the
:: upper shroud through-bolt, which is above both of these
:: halyards in the mast. However you should measure where
:: your chafing is occurring on the spin halyard so you can
:: determine what is causing it (my main halyard chafe was
:: ~47" away from the shackle, which indicated it was
:: occurring inside the mast).
::
:: :: Did you take a picture? I have some chafing on spinnaker
:: :: halyard and plan to inspect it also.It would help to
:: :: know what it supposed to look like.
:: ::
:: :: :: FYI. Our main halyard has been chafing in the mast so we
:: :: :: pulled the mast today and discovered that the halyard
:: :: :: was led on the wrong side (forward) of the through-bolt
:: :: :: for the upper (rod) shroud ends. Even worse, the boat
:: :: :: must have had a wire halyard earlier with the same
:: :: :: problem, because the through-bolt was "sawn" halfway
:: :: :: through! Luckily we caught it before the rig failed.
:: :: :: Lesson-learned.

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