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: Dan
Subject: PHRF Advice Wanted
Info: (15599 views) Posted: Wednesday 10-12-05 01:59:04 PM
I believe that the mast head kite is also an 6 sec hit to the rating. Ralph Deeds would know for sure. If the conditions are mostly light and you do lots of windward / leeward races it might be something to consider. It is my belief that the gains of a masthead kite are diminished in distance or point to point racing. The mast head kite is not as good closer to the wind. There are instances here in Detroit where we’ll switch to the fractional for reaches even if we are sailing one design. However overall we as a class don’t use mast heads when sailing PHRF, which would lead me to believe that you get diminishing returns if you were to make that switch. But we don’t sail W/L in PHRF and while we do have light winds in Detroit that is not always the case and Lake St. Clair is fluky at best. Dan

:: I'm looking to improve speed of E27 # 75, Ghost, without
:: hurting my PHRF rating too much, or maybe improving it.
:: Conditions here (Narragansett Bay) are light, such that
:: we only once even considered anything but a #1 jib this
:: year, in 20 - 25 races. I'm thinking of going to an
:: asymmetrical chute on a fixed bowsprit of say 18" - this
:: will apparently give a positive rating adjustment of
:: about 6 secs, which would be a big help. Has anyone
:: tried this, and if so, how did it work?

:: Thanks -

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