Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 2
Story
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: Bryan Myers ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Hydraulic boom vang...legal...how about this one??
Info: (24085 views) Posted: Saturday 5-21-11 08:27:58 PM
That's the type I use. It supports the boom nicely. You'll need a rubber mallet when you install it. I had to make due with a hammer and wood and I beat up the mast despite being careful with it.

I need to talk to Ballanger about a better way to attach mine to the boom. I'm using the sling which works until you broach at which point the boom rises right off the sling. When you bring it back down there is a change it misses the sling and leaves it messed up.

It doesn't affect the vang at all- it mounts inside the vang/boom/mast triangle.

:: How about this type of boom kicker?
::
:: http://www.boomkicker.com/
::
:: Seems light and easy to install without

:: messing up the vang....?

:: Any ideas??
::
:: Thanks

:: Wolfgang
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::
:: :: hydraulic boom vangs assembled in the normal fashion
:: :: would not violate class rules.
:: :: 

:: :: --brendan
:: ::
:: ::
:: ::
:: ::
:: :: :: Hello group. ...
:: :: ::
:: :: :: I would like to know if a hydraulic boom vang / kicker
:: ::
:: :: :: is class legal, and if anybody has any experience with
:: ::
:: :: :: a hydraulic vang on an express 27.
:: :: ::
:: :: :: Thanks already.
:: :: ::
:: :: :: W
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