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: Bill Sumerfield
Subject: Mast base
Info: (9716 views) Posted: Tuesday 10-17-17 07:04:58 PM
Not sure what exactly you are asking about, but I added some pics of mine in a new gallery called, cleverly, Mast Base. I think this is the original set up. There is a tombstone shaped shoe that fits into the mast and is secured by 4 screws through the mast wall into the shoe. The tilting mast base unit then bolts to the shoe with 4 screws.

I try to remove the base every year and clean it up because the base of the mast seems like it would be a very harsh environment. It was a bear to disassemble the first time but is pretty smooth now. The shoe had some stripped holes, so I have re-drilled a couple to the next size up and re-tapped. I use LanoCote as an anti-seize when reassembling but I know others swear by other products.

Bill

:: Hello,
::
:: Does anyone has photos of their mast base, on deck and
:: inside the base of the mast section?
::
:: Ballenger explains some sort of tubing (square tubing
:: about 2" x 2.5" with 1/8" wall) that is apparently
:: screwed onto the stainless plate and into which is the
:: section is simply in place with a bolt going through the
:: section. This allows a little play considering the base
:: of the mast always rocks a little.
::
:: I need photos to better understand the mod.
::
:: Thanks!
::
:: Jerome

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