On tidal lakes you are also in for a good surprise with a beached boat

I almost had to swim home last weekend ...

Matt


Why do you want your 19' boat up on the beach?

Beaching a boat is always risky. I have done it a lot, but have always been
close by so that I could push the boat out into deeper water if a big wake
was coming. If you don't get the boat high enough up to clear it from the
reach of waves/wakes then the boat can really take a pounding. In addition,
it the beach has a significant slope to it then it is lifting the bow high.
If a big wakes comes along, and the back of the boat is still in the water,
the bow up attitude can make the stern "sink", (or at least not rise with
the wake) and the wake can break over the transom, filling the boat with
water.

Rod