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: Jason Cosler ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: halyard replacement
Info: (25370 views) Posted: Tuesday 1-15-02 03:41:00 PM
Personally, the tuning guide seems a bit overboard when it comes to tapering every last line on the boat. Most of the high-tech lines (especially Vectran) seem to wear poorly when exposed, or at least the few tapered lines on my boat do. My feeling is, if you really want to save weight aloft on a boat this size, use a thinner double braid on the main halyard (I use 5/16" Yale Crystalyne), loop the halyard through the headboard twice and tie a figure eight instead of using a shackle. Melges 24's seem fond of doing this WITH a tapered halyard...whatever. Needless to say, I use a Wichard shackle anyway. Other than that, Marlow Super Pre-Stretch makes a great, cheap line for a spin hal - rarely hockles and runs great during a douse...and I use 5/16" Samson Ultra-Tech (Technora core) for the jib hals (cheaper than vectran-core and just as good for the headsails).

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