On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:30:16 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

That's the real answer. When you go agound at speed you can end up
high and dry.

I ran a duckboat high and dry a thousand times. Transom a yard past
the water's edge. Wasn't about to muscle it up the beach, if the
engine cou;ld be made to do the work.

Casady