Really, how hard is it to drop two hooks a few feet off? C'mon.
Sheesh - is another $10 - $50 worth of ground tackle (you already have
ONE hook, right?) too much to buy so your gelcoat doesn't look like someone
took a 4" grinder to it in a couple of years?
I beach my jetski - its 10 years old and I don't give a tinker's cuss
what the bottom looks like.
It, as might be expected, looks like someone took a 4" grinder to it.
I NEVER do that to any of my "real" boats.
BTW, keel guards don't stop the abrasion either - they stop some of the
damage, but not all of it.
I was pulling your leg a little - no offense intended. :)
However, I beach my Ranger on lakes where there finger piers don't
exist and the bottom is fine. The keel guard is a little beat up, but
the bow is well protected and the gel coat around the keep guard is
fine.
I see anchored and beached boats all the time at Napatree Beach over
in Westerly, RI - some nice new ones too. The beached ones tend to
have keel quarks rather than barrier coats.
By the way, does anyone happen to know how hard it is to remove a
barrier coat if you had to? ;)
All the best,
Tom
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