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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: Spinnaker sheeting angles, block position Info: (19753 views) Posted: Monday 2-18-13 09:04:24 AM |
Can anybody make a case for having the spinnaker blocks mounted all the way aft on the stern pulpit?
We're always using a twinger to provide a fair lead under the boom (twinger eased as much as possible without touching the boom).
On the guy the twinger is all the way down pretty much always.
Put those two together and it seems odd to run the sheet all the way aft.
Anybody sheeting over the boom during heavy air to depower the chute leech? This really makes me nervous because if I remember correctly this can lead to sheet/boom entanglements.
I'm thinking of moving the spinnaker sheet forward to a large U bolt we have mounted just aft and outboard of the primary winches. I'm hoping this will help with the butt-cleats that always seem to inhibit putting the pole up, and also I'm a little fearful of the 180 degree loading on that aft block right behind my back... if that were to pull out I'd be in a world of hurt.
thanks
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