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using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:51 pm
by chorleyjohn
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
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:08 pm
by dr.syn
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
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:57 am
by Norman
I put beaching legs on my Dehler 25. When moored up in Ravenglas and the tide came in they skewed back. Not recommended.
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:48 am
by chorleyjohn
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
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:29 pm
by Norman
Yes,I had bracing lines fore and aft from the bottom.
Norman.
Re: using beaching legs on fin keel yacht
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:07 am
by chorleyjohn
thanks for info Norman. hope to see you at the club soon.