Chris wrote:
A new question on the topic of beaching your boats. Specifically leaving
the boat beached for longer periods, few days to 1-3 weeks.

Bad bad idea.


As an option to trailering a boat, how would one go about properly beaching
the boat so it can be easily used in a few days or a few weeks without
getting into too many problems.


Tying it to a dock, or mooring, would be acceptable. Leaving the boat
beached will lead to damage or loss of the boat.


Specifically, I think the issues here are
1. waves splashing into it.

Or lifting it slightly and dropping it, over & over & over, until the
hull starts saying 'ouch.'

Or washing it free of the beach so that somebody else on another shore
gains a free boat.


2. rain filling it up

Should not be a problem. Bilge pump?

3. sand building around it and making it harder to un-beach


Less of a problem than the water level going up or down.

IMHO it's a bad idea to leave a beached boat unattended for any length
of time. It is the nature of boats that they are looking for
opportunities to cause expensive and/or embarassing trouble. It's one of
many reasons why they are considered feminine.

Fair Skies
Doug King