Hi All,

A new question on the topic of beaching your boats. Specifically leaving
the boat beached for longer periods, few days to 1-3 weeks. Obviously
we're not talking about something huge, but more like a runabout.

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.

Specifically, I think the issues here are
1. waves splashing into it.
2. rain filling it up
3. sand building around it and making it harder to un-beach

How have you guys done this in the past? I suppose the idea to
1. Tie the boat to a good tree
2. Bring it up on the beach as far as you can go
3. Put a tarp on it to keep some rain water out.

What about the water that does get into it? Without the bilge working
automatically (battery taken out) then there would be a chance of much water
collecting into the plywood/fiberglass rear end.

Thanks
C.

Chris wrote:
Hi All,

A new question on the topic of beaching your boats. Specifically leaving
the boat beached for longer periods, few days to 1-3 weeks. Obviously
we're not talking about something huge, but more like a runabout.

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.

Specifically, I think the issues here are
1. waves splashing into it.
2. rain filling it up
3. sand building around it and making it harder to un-beach

How have you guys done this in the past? I suppose the idea to
1. Tie the boat to a good tree
2. Bring it up on the beach as far as you can go
3. Put a tarp on it to keep some rain water out.

What about the water that does get into it? Without the bilge working
automatically (battery taken out) then there would be a chance of much water
collecting into the plywood/fiberglass rear end.

Thanks
C.


The old fishermen around here would build a skidway from smooth small
tree trunks and maybe coat with tar. They would have a drain plug near
the stern for any moisture to drain out. (don't forget to install plug
prior to launch)

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

"Don White" wrote in message
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Chris wrote:
Hi All,

A new question on the topic of beaching your boats. Specifically leaving
the boat beached for longer periods, few days to 1-3 weeks. Obviously
we're not talking about something huge, but more like a runabout.

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.

Specifically, I think the issues here are
1. waves splashing into it.
2. rain filling it up
3. sand building around it and making it harder to un-beach

How have you guys done this in the past? I suppose the idea to
1. Tie the boat to a good tree
2. Bring it up on the beach as far as you can go
3. Put a tarp on it to keep some rain water out.

What about the water that does get into it? Without the bilge working
automatically (battery taken out) then there would be a chance of much
water collecting into the plywood/fiberglass rear end.

Thanks
C.


The old fishermen around here would build a skidway from smooth small tree
trunks and maybe coat with tar. They would have a drain plug near the
stern for any moisture to drain out. (don't forget to install plug prior
to launch)

In the Cinque Terre of Italy, they have 2x4 size boards connected with a
rope and lay it down to the water, and wax the boards. Pull the boat up the
waxed boards to a waxed board platform. One place they had a winch to pull
them up a long ways.

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:25:49 -0400, DSK wrote:


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

Good one!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."