[quote=DamonLinkous]First welcome to the site, you'll find a few big people here including me, although not as big as I used to be (was 255 first of year, 230 now, on my way to 215 I swear!).
Do you have mast-up storage? If not the wide boats (Tornado, 18 Square) probably aren't worth the extra setup)
Is the stone on the beach small fairly smooth stone (pebbles) or are we talking [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riprap]rip-rap[/url] type stuff?
The older boats (Hobie 18, Prindle 18, Nacra 5.8?) with solid glass hull bottoms can take some abuse, folks have even been known to add a 2 inch wide strip of extra gelcoat as a sacrificial layer for bad landing conditions.
As you probably know, no boat can be designed to be efficient across a crew weight range of 245-500+ lbs but all the bigger boats can sail with those weights.[/quote]
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