Evan Gatehouse wrote:
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2. They can be parked on the beach

Not often done cause it scrapes off the bottom paint and
you're stuck there for a tidal cycle. But useful for
painting the bottom or doing maintenance.

What about if your boat has reinforced keel shoes ?
Are these made of metal so you don't have to worry about
scraping the paint ?

Fountaine Pajot actually shows you how to do this at:

http://www.fountaine-pajot.com/article263-en.html

but if you want to see the whole animation you'll have to
scroll down quickly or right click on the image and click
"Play".