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
export csv

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Author: John Kearney ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Upper spreader bar
Info: (19696 views) Posted: Sunday 6-5-16 12:04:38 AM
Thanks all. I decided to bite the bullet and move to the new spreader bar type from Ballenger that Brendan mentioned.

Installation involved making the upper spreader bar holes in the mast a bit larger which was ok as the existing holes had already been worked larger by bad spreader bar fits over time.

John

::
:: Last year I made a new spreader bar from a stock
:: aluminum extrusion from a wholesaler. The extrusion had
:: square corners which I ground off with a belt sander to
:: match a borrowed spreader bar, and I bent the bar to
:: match the original extrusion. Ballenger said the
:: original extrusion came from a supplier in Australia and
:: was no longer available.
:: :: OK, correction: the old spreader sections and spreader
:: :: bar sections are no longer available. Replacements are
:: :: available, but will require some modifications to the
:: :: mast to fit...
:: :: 

:: :: --brendan
:: ::
:: ::
:: :: :: Buzz Ballenger should have these in stock. (831)
:: :: :: 763-1196.
:: :: :: 
:: :: :: --brendan
:: :: ::
:: :: :: :: Hi all,
:: :: :: ::
:: :: :: :: It seems like my rig on Salty Hotel needs a replacement
:: :: :: :: upper spreader bar. Does anybody have one of the
:: :: :: :: original keyed upper spreader bars (i.e. not the flat
:: :: :: :: bar) for me to either copy or buy?
:: :: :: ::
:: :: :: :: Thanks
:: :: ::
:: :: :: :: John
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