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: Bryan Myers
Subject: Bilge pump
Info: (15629 views) Posted: Saturday 9-24-11 09:10:18 PM
No bilge pump can beat a scared crewmember with a bucket.

:: After thinking about it some more, I realized we ended
:: up buying a new pump, because the old one was pretty
:: shot. We were very happy that we could find the same
:: make and model. The covering where the mechanism
:: daylights in the cockpit was slightly different, but it
:: worked out okay. We tested it by putting the hose in
:: bucket of water, but didn't have to prime it.
::
:: :: Does it work pretty well. I rebuilt my bilge pump, but
:: :: to get it to work I nearly always have to pull the hose
:: :: out of the bilge and pour water into it to prime it to
:: :: get it started???
:: ::
:: :: :: We were able to get parts at Svendsen's in Alameda. Let
:: :: :: me know if you need more info.

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