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I've grown up with outboards and we would beach them all the time. I'm a little bit more skeptical with the moomba due to the tracking fins,driveshaft prop and rudder.
Do y'all ever beach your boats? I'm referring to bumping into gear and back into neutral then gliding up onto sand then pulling the boat by person up a bit to set it.
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If your going to do that often I recommend you buy and install a stick in keel protector for the front portion of the hull.
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I beach all the time. Where I boat (havasu) everyone beaches in the channel. I don't beach on rocks (if at all possible). My keel has a few scratches but nothing major. My buddy with an MB had some gnarly gouges on his 16 B52. He just recently got those fixed and is installing a keel guard.
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do it all the time on soft beaches. prefer to set it off a bit and float, but sometimes that just does not really work out.
I just ordered Keel Shield off amazon, had one on my I/O, installing it on my new to me Supra... where I go, the drop off is still significant enough that the skegs and prop should still be a foot or more from bottom. Guess it would depend on how the slope is where you beach...
I do it all the time, but only if I know that it's soft sand.
Never. What is gained? Back it up and anchor out a little bit offshore. Plus you can hear your tunes that way. [emoji41]
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never. 2 anchors. boater4life taught me how to use 1 in front and 1 sideways off the transom.
soft sand is not problem, sometimes the prop will get in the sand and then its a pain to get unstuck-depending on water depth you may want to leave it in forward gear and "dredge" out a area for the prop
Just suck at anchoring I guess hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by russellsmojo
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All the time... if I know the beach and it's steep enough! Also unintentially when my slip ring fluke anchor comes loose overnight. Box anchor is on my short list for this summer!
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I doubt that! You may just have better situation. Only places I could beach are really flat. I would have a mentioned guard if I would be beaching at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by stx.dead.I
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Finally..I thought I was minority based on how this thread was going. You'd get a middle finger from me if you were standing on the beach telling me to just cruise up and stop....Quote:
Originally Posted by russellsmojo
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Nope. Always anchor or tie up.
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Originally Posted by stx.dead.I
When I was a kid, we always beached my grandpa's boat, no matter whether it was sand or rock. Eventually, we had major hull work to do. My boat is now 10 years old and has never touched anything but water and my trailer.
Can you elaborate with the 1 sideways off the transom?Quote:
Originally Posted by sandm
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If I had a pontoon boat I would beach that no problem...never a gelcoat boat. Box anchor off the front and a small fluke style anchor off the transom.
Ya I started looking around online and couldn't find any videos on this methodQuote:
Originally Posted by Willyourun
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I think he is referring to something like this ...
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I beach all the time but our sand is so soft it's like giving the hull a massage. Also, the current in my river can make it hard to anchor up and keep the boat from hitting other boats.
I use a medium size box anchor on the front and a 25lb mushroom with 6 feet of chain out the back. If I need to swing ever, I just throw the rear and pull to where i wanna be, then tie and sit, or rethrow and then tie. I've withstood some serious wind with that setup. And in the shallows I flip the mushroom and bury it in the sand, spike end first. People appreciate that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospersigman
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I do anchor like KG has in his pictures except using one rope from the front to the back to the beach along with a bungee on the anchor. Tie off on the side that is upstream if there is a current or upwind and sometimes you have to determine what is more prevalent the wind or current. If you have neither it is a perfect day and you don't even need to tie up (just kidding). When I take off I hook a bumper to it so when I come in I swing my a$$ around and reverse thrust and the rope is where I can reach over and connect up. I use a dog tie down for the beach.
I do beach the boat but it can't have any rock and very little wave action (there are actually places like that).
No this guy not looking to destroy my new boat
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I always beach the boat.....but I live in Florida and the lakes down here have really fine sandy bottoms. The fins dig in and hold the boat secure, then it is just a matter of a gentle bush to get it off the beach.
Push not bush