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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Info: (8916 views) Posted: Friday 10-2-20 11:54:34 AM
We used one for the Paccup in 2018. It works great as it is more sail area, but the gybing is tricky. You can launch it out of the bag off the rail like other spins. We fly it off the end of our regular spin pole with it lowered down just above the bow pulpit. So the pole is going to be on one side or the other of the headstay. Obviously on the Paccup we weren't gybing very much, but if you do and want to be able to rotate the pole back, you are going to have to move the pole to the windward side of the forestay each time.

Hope that helps. 

-Jason

:: Looking for help on using a Assymetrical spinnaker on
:: our E-27. We race every week here in Hawaii during the
:: season and have had this sail for a number of years but
:: never used it as we never figured out the best way to
:: launch and jibe. Any suggestions welcome.

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