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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: Bryan Myers ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: VHF radio antena Info: (25395 views) Posted: Saturday 3-11-06 05:14:43 PM |
However, if you lose your mast you lose your antenna and if you put it up there your putting a pound or so at the end of a 30 foot lever arm which isn't good for boat stability if you want to stay light.
On Wildthing we used to have a stern pushpit mounted antenna which I just removed along with the radio in favor of a waterproof handheld model (standard horizon) and an earpiece. That was 3 years ago and so far so good (In the bay I listen more than talk... talking is for cell-phones). If I were to go back to a fixed radio I'd put it back on the rear push-pit stanchion if racing, if doing offshore or non-racing I'd put one on the mast with a backup on the stern.
-bryan
:: What do folks do with their vhf radio antena?- nothing?
:: masthead? off the stern stancions?
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