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

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:12:20 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

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.


That's OK with a light weight boat that you can muscle around, not so
much with a heavier boat.