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: Witchy Woman Keel Bolt Failure PLEASE READ
Info: (13655 views) Posted: Tuesday 10-2-12 08:49:34 AM
It occurs to me that existing keel bolts might be subject to failure for the same reason that caused the Witchy Woman failure??

:: Yes, Sergey, I thought of the same moficiation but was
:: thinking about someting that would thread wown farther
:: fore and aft than coupling of standard eye bolt. Eye
:: bolt by design seems most efficient for the fabrication
:: and installation cost.
::
:: mb
::
:: :: There are two extra bolts fore and aft of the two bolts
:: :: used for the original strap (it is a common design or
:: :: just my boat?) about a foot apart from each other. I am
:: :: planning to screw an eye nuts on the bolts and them as
:: :: the connection point for redundant spectra strap. The
:: :: idea is that redundant strap will take about 30% of the
:: :: initial load and will secure the boat if the original
:: :: strap had failed. Any comments.

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