Scrubbing Post / Beaching?

[andyb28]

Hi Everyone,

I have a new to me Sealine S28. I need to inspect the prop, but its in the water and I was trying to avoid paying for the crane.

Can you beach them and let the tide go out, or tie up to a scrubbing post?
My leg is a Bravo 3 and has the beach mode to lift it high.

I had a bilge keel boat before, so am a bit new to the motor boating ways.

 

[andyb28]

Guessing thats a no to beaching the boat then.

 

[BruceK]

On the contrary, yes you can beach your boat. Just make sure:

it's an even sand beach with enough gradient. Best is a soft sand that the boat will settle into and not tip. A boat that tips is liable to flooding when the tide returns. The gradient should not be so steep as to prevent the stern from lifting on the tide's return and the boat should not be so high up to the hightide mark that it gets stranded their until the next spring cycle develops.

 

[BruceK]

I find it is best to carefully survey they beach on the preceding low tide and using thin bamboo poles you can buy at the nursery for bean vines etc, mark out a box into which you want to settle while you wait for the tide to drop. Use a short stick for the front one, that gives you visibility when the water recedes on when to pull into the beach so the bow comes to rest into sand and the longer bamboo ones for deeper water segments. This is important to do if the beach is convex in gradient rather than concave so you can place it with the stern on the downward gradient

 

[andyb28]

Many thanks Bruce, this a very helpful reply.

 

[AndieMac]

Bruce’s scenario is perfect for what you need, but be aware if the drive is a single installation, even at full tilt it may protrude slightly below the lowest level of the keel. It may depend on the deadrise of the V at the transom, in relation to the drive unit location. For example, the Bravo leg is more substantial/bigger the the Alpha series, and will protrude below in some cases.
Make sure you can dig away any sand to allow the forward end of the drive to sit in a slight hollow as the boat settles into the last part of the ebbing tide, if need be.
Tidal movement is very slow, so plenty of time to adjust.

 

[Offshore57]

Great posts Bruce......proper helpful