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: Ed Chung ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: Mast Head kite dimensions, etc.
Info: (25261 views) Posted: Saturday 2-8-03 11:15:00 AM
Depending on the PHRF penalty you want to race with, you can optimize your kite for your maximum benefit in the region where you are racing.

The variables we have here are spin pole length * 1.8 for girth and max hoist or max luff length. Always the greater of, determines your calculation.

Because I have the only e27 here, I went max height up my mast and shortened my spin pole and therefore my girth. With these adjustments, I take a 9 PHRF hit which is an excellent trade-off. My standard PHRF e27 hit with the standard set-up was 6 PHRF.

With the masthead, the boat goes much better in virtually all conditions and is much more fun to sail. I would recommend this highly, and possibly the one designs should consider this. This really powers up the boat big time.

With a small reacher in light air, the boat really heats up in the tighter angles and stays filled virtually all the time - very fun.

Go for it, you'll love it.

Also I put on runners in the standard slots and this also works great.

Good luck.

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