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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: Marcia ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: lightweight outboard Info: (22072 views) Posted: Monday 1-2-12 10:20:35 AM |
The Honda 2hp (you'll need the long shaft version) is 30lbs before fuel, and moves the boat at over 4 knots in flat water, more than enough for when there's no breeze. We don't need the motor when it's blowing, so that's really the only time we need it, if you think about it.
When it's running, just make sure you keep your crew in the back of the boat to keep the shaft and prop in the water. And, whatever you do, don't turn it around to put it in reverse, as the post will walk out and the motor will go glug-glug-glug as it disappears below the surface.
(Only has forward, the prop stops at lowest speed; but the boat is so light, don't really need a reverse.)
:: what are people recommending these days in terms of
:: lightweight outboards for the express? Freak's - #51,
:: needs a new motor.
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