On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:29:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

When he mentioned beaching it, I envisioned bringing the bow close to the
beach and tying it to whatever, but also having the anchor straight out
behind the boat so the stern wouldn't swing around and onto the beach.


"Jim" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
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However, do you need a depth finder? If you can beach a 60 foot boat,
there can't be much draft to the vessel making the whole point of a
depth finder mute.

I was thinking that if you 'beach' a 60' boat, a through hull
would be the least of your worries. :^)

-Jim


Yep, that's pretty much the idea. My reasoning behind the DF was that
Lake Lanier varies a lot by year in it's water height and where an
island that is now 5' underwater could next week be 2' underwater. If
I had a DF near the bow then I would be able to see the island rising
and turn to avoid it. As to beaching, as you said, the front is shoved
up about 7 feet onto the shore and then stern lines are attached to
trees at 45 degree angles to prevent the stern from swinging up onto
the beach.

eric