using beaching legs on fin keel yacht

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chorleyjohn
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using beaching legs on fin keel yacht

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Hi as anybody got an experience of using beaching legs on small say 27 foot yacht with 4 foot draught ? is it possible to leave safely on drying mooring ?
dr.syn
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Depends on if they are sturdily fixed and if any swell comes through to bang it about for 10 mins. I had one on a 36' fishing boat I crewed on, it felt like it weighed a ton and was bolted to the side with 2 big through bolts and can't remember it ever causing a problem, it was moored like this all the time the boat was in a drying harbour. Only occasionally we got worrying swells come through. I've seen them on yachts as big as the L23 but they looked like they were a temporary thing for fine weather
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Norman
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I put beaching legs on my Dehler 25. When moored up in Ravenglas and the tide came in they skewed back. Not recommended.
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Hi Norman when you used legs on the Dehler 25 did you have bracing lines fore and aft from the base of the legs?
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Yes,I had bracing lines fore and aft from the bottom.
Norman.
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thanks for info Norman. hope to see you at the club soon.
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