Jeanneau Fantasia swing keel & tidal mooring

[Big-Bang1]

Hi!

Looking for my next boat and I have seen a Fantasia 27 swing keel. Now, because I have a tidal mooring my list of boats to look at had always been bilge keelers but the Fantasia got me thinking - Does anybody on here have or has had a Fantasia or similar swing keel on a drying mooring. What should I look out for, would the Fantasia need beaching legs and what are the long term implications of using legs?? My mooring is mid river and has a 'fairly' firm sand river bed.

Thanks in advance

 

[Kelpie]

Is it completely free of swell/waves? You don't want your boat bouncing on a hard sandy bottom...

 

[mrming]

I have a swing keeler and personally I wouldn't let her dry out regularly on a sandy bottom. It's okay in fine weather with beaching legs but as Kelpie says I wouldn't want the boat bouncing on the bottom if there were any kind of waves.