Beaching your boat

tphinney said:
what time do I crash the party?
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ya know what I need some help or something LOL I could or swore you were asking about Aquapalooza and it just now hit me NOW IDIOT he's talkin about the Storm Prepardness class LOL

They did want you to signup but like cr0ck1 said it says open to public and to bring a friend. So if they give you any poop about now signing up your my friend haha

Tomorrow Thur July 12th 7pm to 8pm at the Clearwater MM on US 19
 
may be crash the party in style an come in via boat. it's actually shorter distance for me to go via boat than it is to drive.

But first i'd have to fill the tank up tomorrow.
 
tphinney said:
may be crash the party in style an come in via boat. it's actually shorter distance for me to go via boat than it is to drive.

But first i'd have to fill the tank up tomorrow.
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Now your just showing off :grin:

I'm curious to know the water in front on the sewage plant right there in front of the Bayside it looks really shallow there to get into the area where MM demo's boats.

Is there any trick to navigating that?

Now you got me wondering where you live at too I have a couple of ideas but I could be completly off.
 
cr0ck1 said:
tphinney said:
may be crash the party in style an come in via boat. it's actually shorter distance for me to go via boat than it is to drive.

But first i'd have to fill the tank up tomorrow.
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they only have 1 dock there. . make sure its open and theres noo one parked ther like a million foot boat... lol
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1 Dock? They have lots of docks unless they are full of boats.
 
Morpheus said:
tphinney said:
may be crash the party in style an come in via boat. it's actually shorter distance for me to go via boat than it is to drive.

But first i'd have to fill the tank up tomorrow.
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Now your just showing off :grin:

I'm curious to know the water in front on the sewage plant right there in front of the Bayside it looks really shallow there to get into the area where MM demo's boats.

Is there any trick to navigating that?

Now you got me wondering where you live at too I have a couple of ideas but I could be completly off.
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gps chart plotter is my best bet.. i know when i was test driving my boat.. he made me aware that right around the area there was a part where the water was like 1 foot deep and if he didnt tell me i would of been right in it with the new boat.
 
Morpheus said:
cr0ck1 said:
tphinney said:
may be crash the party in style an come in via boat. it's actually shorter distance for me to go via boat than it is to drive.

But first i'd have to fill the tank up tomorrow.
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they only have 1 dock there. . make sure its open and theres noo one parked ther like a million foot boat... lol
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1 Dock? They have lots of docks unless they are full of boats.
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most of the time i was there.. there was huge boats docked with 1 open dock for test drives...
 
First Born said:
so back to beaching a boat :smt017
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Sorry My fault... this is where Chat would be nice (but also very addictive)
 
sorry for the hijack of the thread wesley;

maybe we should start a new thread in the FL section.
 
I boat on lakes and beach it if possible. I typically walk the boat in and push the boat myself up onto the beach. I don't have to worry about tides and the rather gentle way I do it doesn't seem to harm the gel coat. Having said that, if there is enough wake coming in the boat may float off and I may have to nudge it back on the sand.
 
I took Stihl's advice and got a Keel Guard when we first got our 240. We idle towards shore,coast onto it and then if I need to, I just tie off with one of those 'doggy' twist stakes to hold her in place. After almost 2 season's there has been no problems to the gel coat. I will say tho that we made sure we checked out locations when the water was low or asked about spots.

On a side note... the wife did get stuck this weekend... on a picnic table....

The water is so high we were looking for SOMEwhere to stop and relax. Found one of the state park locations and as we were about to depart she discovered she had drifted onto the table. (of course this was on our waverunners) amazing...that's all I can say about how high the water is now...still....
 
You are braver than I am. My brother in law beaches his boat and hasn't been stuck (atlantic side of florida). I think I'll stick to anchoring. I am a chicken.
 
Larry&Leisa said:
I took Stihl's advice and got a Keel Guard when we first got our 240. We idle towards shore,coast onto it and then if I need to, I just tie off with one of those 'doggy' twist stakes to hold her in place. After almost 2 season's there has been no problems to the gel coat. I will say tho that we made sure we checked out locations when the water was low or asked about spots.

On a side note... the wife did get stuck this weekend... on a picnic table....

The water is so high we were looking for SOMEwhere to stop and relax. Found one of the state park locations and as we were about to depart she discovered she had drifted onto the table. (of course this was on our waverunners) amazing...that's all I can say about how high the water is now...still....
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keel guargs do the job but are fugly.
 
water rat;

youre not chicken; you just respect your boat more...

I would only beach a dingy....heck I didn't beach my seadoo when i owned it and I had it for 12yrs and the bottom was spotless. so Why would I beach a boat.
 
tphinney said:
water rat;

youre not chicken; you just respect your boat more...

I would only beach a dingy....heck I didn't beach my seadoo when i owned it and I had it for 12yrs and the bottom was spotless. so Why would I beach a boat.


Now wait a minute......... To say I don't respect my boat because I beach it??????? :smt017 Have you all ever seen how well a keel guard works?? I have hardly a mark on the bottom ..... certainly no worse than the bumps and nicks I've had on slips etc on the sides and I'm certainly not compromising the integrity of the hull. Granted there are circumstances when and where it is not wise to beach. But dang... I'm not gonna worry about something a gel guy can fix for a few $$ if it gets to the point it bothers me the way it looks....
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