using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
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using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
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 ?
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
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
I spent most of my money on Booze, Women and Boats. The rest I wasted.
We're born naked, wet and hungry - then things get worse
We're born naked, wet and hungry - then things get worse
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
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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Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Hi Norman when you used legs on the Dehler 25 did you have bracing lines fore and aft from the base of the legs?
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Yes,I had bracing lines fore and aft from the bottom.
Norman.
Norman.
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Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
thanks for info Norman. hope to see you at the club soon.