would this take the ground/dry out?

[Mike k]

any views welcome.

thank you

 

[RAI]

How heavy is the boat? What else will it rest on?

 

[Mike k]

How heavy is the boat? What else will it rest on?

Hi its 3 tonnes

 

[RAI]

That skeg looks like it's built to protect the propeller from grounding.

 

[rwoofer]

Looks like it was made to dry out. I would certainly be happy drying out.

 

[Bandit]

Looks like an Arvor/Quicksilver/Beneteau/Jeanneau/Ocqueteau.

The skeg will protect rudder and prop.

To keep it level Port to Starb you will need legs and she will probably dry bow down on a level surface or find a beach that shelves at the same angle as the hull and dry up that.

 

[Mike k]

That skeg looks like it's built to protect the propeller from grounding.

thanks for your comments RAI so do you mean you think its ok to dry?

 

[Mike k]

Looks like it was made to dry out. I would certainly be happy drying out.

thanks for your view RB_stretch

 

[Mike k]

Looks like an Arvor/Quicksilver/Beneteau/Jeanneau/Ocqueteau.

The skeg will protect rudder and prop.

To keep it level Port to Starb you will need legs and she will probably dry bow down on a level surface or find a beach that shelves at the same angle as the hull and dry up that.

thanks Bandit yes its a Quicksilver weekender and thanks for your response- I don't have legs so I guess its an uncomfortable angle over to dry?

 

[grumpy_o_g]

In soft mud I'd be quite happy and she would probably sit upright - say a mud mooring on the East Coast or maybe some of them in Chichester Harbour perhaps. On firm bottoms (and we all love a firm bottom) I don't think I'd try to take the ground unless I had to and it was very calm. I'm sure that skeg would take 3 tons - and it could be easily reinforced if you had doubts - but a heavyish swell or even just bad wash as you are taking the ground and you're effectively repeatedly dropping the boat on that skeg alone and it's all but bolted on to the shaft housing as a "bonus". I've felt pretty uncomfortable on bilge keelers taking the ground on firm mud and sand and really wouldn't like to think of it just being the skeg taking the pounding.

Sorry to be a nay-sayer but as a raggie who's taken the ground at anchor and on a mooring a few times (intentionally and unintentionally) I would stay clear of regular drying out unless you know the bottom and it's nice soft mud.

 

[Bandit]

Legs are not difficult to fit, see Yacht Leg Company.

They need setting up out of the water to get the levels right.

How often will you use them ?

You need to know exactly what the seabed is like before you dry.

 

[Mike k]

In soft mud I'd be quite happy and she would probably sit upright - say a mud mooring on the East Coast or maybe some of them in Chichester Harbour perhaps. On firm bottoms (and we all love a firm bottom) I don't think I'd try to take the ground unless I had to and it was very calm. I'm sure that skeg would take 3 tons - and it could be easily reinforced if you had doubts - but a heavyish swell or even just bad wash as you are taking the ground and you're effectively repeatedly dropping the boat on that skeg alone and it's all but bolted on to the shaft housing as a "bonus". I've felt pretty uncomfortable on bilge keelers taking the ground on firm mud and sand and really wouldn't like to think of it just being the skeg taking the pounding.

Sorry to be a nay-sayer but as a raggie who's taken the ground at anchor and on a mooring a few times (intentionally and unintentionally) I would stay clear of regular drying out unless you know the bottom and it's nice soft mud.

thank you very much g o_g when you say a ''bonus'' do you mean that is not the best place for the skeg to be fixed?

 

[Mike k]

Legs are not difficult to fit, see Yacht Leg Company.

They need setting up out of the water to get the levels right.

How often will you use them ?

You need to know exactly what the seabed is like before you dry.

thanks Bandit I don't think I am going to make drying out a regular thing at all, in fact it will be only in an emergency situation and then as you say only in soft mud if I can identify some at the time.

 

[Kawasaki]

If it is not soft mud when you dry out, you will find the angle of dangle quite severe, that might be a Prob
The kettle will be in the same Bunk as you, I reckon!

 

[grumpy_o_g]

thank you very much g o_g when you say a ''bonus'' do you mean that is not the best place for the skeg to be fixed?

Yes, apologies - Sarcasm, the lowest form of wit.The thought was that any pounding would be transmitted straight up into a force acting directly on to the shaft housing. I have no idea how strong it would be or whether it would need reinforcing but I'd want to check it out carefully at the very least.

 

[grumpy_o_g]

thanks Bandit I don't think I am going to make drying out a regular thing at all, in fact it will be only in an emergency situation and then as you say only in soft mud if I can identify some at the time.

In that case, unless you are being really bounced around, I think you'd be fine. One thing to remember when settling in soft mud is that outlets below the waterline may be covered and blocked,

 

[RAI]

In that case, unless you are being really bounced around, I think you'd be fine. One thing to remember when settling in soft mud is that outlets below the waterline may be covered and blocked,

Inlets too.

 

[MapisM]

The thought was that any pounding would be transmitted straight up into a force acting directly on to the shaft housing. I have no idea how strong it would be or whether it would need reinforcing but I'd want to check it out carefully at the very least.

+1, also because the potential pounding could also be diagonal to the shaft housing, once the boat starts leaning either side.
TBH, it looks like an afterthought to me - not saying it can't do its job, but I'd try to check what the boat builder thinks of it.