I saw a video from JoyriderTV and seems they use car tires to keep boats off the sand. Anyone else do this?
It would be for the Tornado on hot sand.
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Storing boats on tires?
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Posted: Mar 23, 2020 - 09:34 PM
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Posted: Mar 24, 2020 - 07:24 AM
Ottawa river canada at my sailing club we store all our cats on tires winter and summer works rather well -
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Posted: Mar 24, 2020 - 07:38 AM
Do you use two per hull?
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Posted: Mar 25, 2020 - 05:00 AM
Dumb question: what is benefit of on tires vs on dry sand? Avoid sand blasting lower hull on windy days???
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Posted: Mar 25, 2020 - 07:36 AM
Exchange scratches for black marks?
Perhaps a little better load distribution to prevent point loading the hull.
If you do use tires, probably a good idea to drill some drain holes in the bottom so they don’t become mosquito breeding grounds.....
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Posted: Mar 25, 2020 - 08:57 AM
The beaches at Wildwind in Vasiliki, Greece, (where the Joyrider TV vids are shot), consist of rocks and pebbles, not sand. I would imagine that is the reason for storing their boats on tires when they are on the beach.
Edited by martyr on Mar 25, 2020 - 09:01 AM.
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Posted: Mar 25, 2020 - 12:31 PM
Yes 2 tires per pontoon and yes we cut holes in tires so water and mosquitos don't build up and yes we have a rocky shoreline hard on the feet and ankles
but it is a beautiful site The ottawa river is approx 1 mile wide at our club great sailing spot you can get to aylmer marina and brittania yatch club on a good sailing day my nacra 5.2 gets treated the same as all the club boats I constantly mutter about the rocks but got to complain about something right! -
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Posted: Mar 25, 2020 - 11:03 PM
Thanks guys!
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Posted: Mar 26, 2020 - 10:15 AM
Paint the tires white -
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Posted: Mar 27, 2020 - 01:59 PM
Please call them hulls, not pontoons.
We (you and I) are multihull sailors, not multipontoon sailors...
Pontoon boats have stinky motors and propane bbq grills.
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Posted: Mar 28, 2020 - 07:11 AM
You are absolutley correct they are Hulls not pontoons what was I thinking
Must be distracted nowadays wonder why? Hoping to be able to sail this summer right now in ontario Can. sailing clubs are closed not an essential service I might disagree possibly June to be able to sail hohum -
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Posted: Mar 28, 2020 - 07:58 AM
That is funny!
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Posted: Mar 28, 2020 - 08:43 AM
+1
