beaching my boat

[LippCJ7]

Re: beaching my boat

I had a guy in a big money 36' picklefork beach his boat right next to me last weekend, I almost cried watching it, but hey if that is what you want go for it, Personally it will not happen with my boat EVER!! But its your boat do what you wish.

 

[TimBobCom]

Re: beaching my boat

I haven't been on a beach yet this year, but I regularly beached in previous years. For us on the Mississippi we idle in to the beach, trim up, and gently place it on the beach. I will then jump out and set two anchors on the beach from the mid-ship cleats. I will usually trim the drive up to the trailering position just to keep the sand or mud out of the cooling inlets.

I have a few small scratches on the very bottom of the keel, but I have put much larger and deeper scratches in visible parts of the boat from hitting the dock or my trailer. It's a boat, not a baby, use it, enjoy it.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: beaching my boat

I beached my boat in Florida all the time. bought a keel guard, installed it, had fun every weekend. parked next to everything from pontoons to 47' Fountains. The little beach is called Beercan. bow on beach, drive in 11' of water. come up to the beach, goose the throttle just a bit and set the bow on the beach.

if you want to beach it, beach it. if you dont, then dont.

 

[Ernest T]

Re: beaching my boat

Hey, I'm at Lake Norman. I beach my boat when the lake is not too busy, but I installed a KeelShield to help protect the bottom. At Norman you get a real variety of bottom conditions around the islands. Some are fine sand, others have gravel, and some with large rocks and submerged stumps you have to beware of. If the boat traffic is not too heavy, I usually just run mine onto the beach as long as its sand. I don't trust the KeelShield enough for the sites with gravel bottoms. With lots of boats out there (busy weekend) you get so much wave action that I prefer to anchor off shore with the stern towards the island and the bow pointed into the waves as others have mentioned. If there is lots of lateral action, sometimes I even deploy a sand spike and tie off the stern to keep it from swinging as much.

 

[busted-bayliner]

Re: beaching my boat

well listen to the folks ima go hard an beach it no fun going soft

 

[busted-bayliner]

Re: beaching my boat

if i sink Ernest T
has my life line