CPalmann
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Looking to take boat into Rye, anyone had experience of parking a Trader on/in mud for a couple of nights.
Trader 41 drying out on mud.
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Bilgediver
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Just expect a wee bit of extra wear to pump impellers and bodies if you do it too often between outings. The slug of mud in the intake makes good grinding paste in the pump bodies as the system cleans itself out.
This is something experienced by a boat operating in our marina which sat on the mud at some low tides.
madabouttheboat
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We have one at our club. Its permanent mooring dries out twice a day, every day, and is dry for about 80% of each and every day. No problem at all.
oldgit
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Dry out with my present boat fairly frequently and have had boats on drying moorings in the past.
Yet to have any problems with wear on impellor or facing plates.
Usually do not bother with shutting sea cocks either if short stay.
More sensitive souls do shut the sea cocks as added precaution.
Yet to have any problems with wear on impellor or facing plates.
Usually do not bother with shutting sea cocks either if short stay.
More sensitive souls do shut the sea cocks as added precaution.
CPalmann
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Thanks for the reply, when you say one do you mean a trader? i suspect there will be no issue, but just checking in to see what experience says.
CPalmann
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Is it a Trader. Mine is a 41 plus 2 old model.
madabouttheboat
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yes, a trader 41. There are loads of other shaft drive boats too. None of them suffer any problems due to the mud.
oldgit
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We have many types of boat that go on our trips to drying marinas, such as Conyer Marina, which suspect has exactly the same gloopy mud as just round the corner Rye.
Boats range from small stuff up to Broom 44 and similar.
One tip is is simply make sure you have sufficent water under the intakes before attempting to leave, this avoids the props stirring up the bottom .
Must admit if we have a couple of feet under the keel, gently , we are off.
CPalmann
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Thanks for the tip and the picture. Much appreciated. I sometimes look at the mud and think nothing could unstick from that.
Simon 420
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Doesn't that put too much strain on rudder and prop shafts?
oldgit
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The first couple of feet will be very soft and virtually all mud berths will soon aquire a little pond of slurry in the depression especially if a yacht has been there for any length of time.
In some cases the boat will float in the slurry and you can actually feel the boat move as you walk round.
Typical East coast drying marina.
