sighmoon
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"Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar."
- Don Bamford
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If you accidentally find yourself drying out a fin keeler on a sandy beach, for example, assuming fine weather, and that the hull doesn't land on a rock, would you most likely be able to float off on the next tide without any damage?
I would have thought that the load on the keel bolts would be humungous, and the weight of the boat resting on the side of the may be more than it could stand without denting. Or perhaps the loads are less than I imagine...
Does anybody have any first hand experience?
"Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar."
- Don Bamford
[/ QUOTE ]
If you accidentally find yourself drying out a fin keeler on a sandy beach, for example, assuming fine weather, and that the hull doesn't land on a rock, would you most likely be able to float off on the next tide without any damage?
I would have thought that the load on the keel bolts would be humungous, and the weight of the boat resting on the side of the may be more than it could stand without denting. Or perhaps the loads are less than I imagine...
Does anybody have any first hand experience?