Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 2
Story
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: Lopez blocks
Info: (14833 views) Posted: Friday 10-7-11 10:25:58 PM
I'm going to try this out when I re-rig my boat. Not sure if I'm going to go cabin top or not. One thing the J's do is have the helmsman grind in the final few inches on the sheet and I don't think this would be possible with the winch on the cabin top.

:: It looks like most boats have gone to cross sheeting or
:: winches mounted on the cabin top.
::
:: I was wondering for the cross sheeting if anyone had
:: thought about using the lopez blocks for this?
::
:: For those not familiar with the lopez block, it is a cam
:: cleat mounted to a block. This allows you to pull in the
:: genoa sheet and cleat it to stay in place before
:: wrapping it around the winch. These are used on the J/24
:: for example.

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