How to get the boat in/out of water single handedly?
-
- Rank: Mate
- Registered: Apr 07, 2017
- Last visit: Apr 11, 2024
- Posts: 340
Posted: Oct 18, 2020 - 08:05 PM
You really meant unsheeted, right? Good point on the tangs. If you had an older boat with rails it would be easy to fashion something really solid. If you're new to this be sure and use stretchy line like 1/4 3 strand nylon to absorb shock and help the anchor stay set. Presumably you'll be using a relatively small anchor and you'll be in shallow water, push the flukes in with your foot or hands especially if the bottom is grassy or shelly. If your marine forecast says your boat is going to be rockin' and rollen' hard all night, get it out! Don't underestimate chafe. And one more thing, if you have to leave it in choppy conditions, tie the mast so it won't rotate wildly for hours on end. No sense in having all that extra wear and tear on your mast bearing.
--
Bill Townsend
G-Cat 5.0
Sarasota
-- -
- Rank: Master Chief
- Registered: Jun 20, 2006
- Last visit: Apr 06, 2024
- Posts: 7088
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 08:25 AM
absolutely not.
an unsheeted main can pay out all the line and you have a swinging main and the boat will heat up and start to dance around the moor /anchor
if you don't sheet your main (i don't mean kill it), your boat won't weather bane around. this will create all sorts of issues
the only time to remove the main blocks from the boom is while parked on land - bows into the wind so the mast and main can swing 180* without issues. if you have a complete wind shift you will need to remove the main or turn to boat -
- Rank: Master Chief
- Registered: Jun 20, 2006
- Last visit: Apr 06, 2024
- Posts: 7088
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 08:57 AM
absolutely not.
an unsheeted main can pay out all the line and you have a swinging main and the boat will heat up and start to dance around the moor /anchor
if you don't sheet your main (i don't mean kill it), your boat won't weather bane around. this will create all sorts of issues
the only time to remove the main blocks from the boom is while parked on land - bows into the wind so the mast and main can swing 180* without issues. if you have a complete wind shift you will need to remove the main or turn to boat -
- Rank: Mate
- Registered: Apr 07, 2017
- Last visit: Apr 11, 2024
- Posts: 340
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 10:45 AM
Interesting. I'll try it next time I go to the sand bare for swimming where I only bow anchor. I always unhooked the main from the clew for the very reason you stated, all the line being payed out. I always double anchored when setting up so the boat would behave.
--
Bill Townsend
G-Cat 5.0
Sarasota
-- -
- Rank: Administrator
- Registered: Jul 19, 2001
- Last visit: Apr 01, 2024
- Posts: 3428
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 01:48 PM
You guys are hilarious...
For those that don't know me, I am definitely much bigger than your average beachcat sailor, but not particularly strong, I spend my day in front of a computer monitor. I'm also past 60, so there is that.
The real message in my instructions was to find a way to use the tools, customized to your particular launch situation, to get the job done without damaging yourself or your boat.
Lots of good info from experienced sailors in this thread.
--
Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN
How To Create Your Signature
How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar
How To Display Pictures In The Forums.
-- -
- Rank: Master Chief
- Registered: Jun 20, 2006
- Last visit: Apr 06, 2024
- Posts: 7088
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 01:59 PM
-
- Rank: Chief
- Registered: Apr 19, 2011
- Last visit: Dec 13, 2023
- Posts: 1445
Posted: Oct 19, 2020 - 05:41 PM
Aw, shucks.
#diggingtoeindirt
--
Sheet In!
Bob
_/)_____/)_/)____/)____/)_____/)/)__________/)__
Prindle 18-2 #244 "Wakizashi"
Prindle 16 #3690 "Pegasus" Sold (sigh)
AZ Multihull Fleet 42 member
(Way) Past Commodore of Prindle Fleet 14
Arizona, USA
--
Users on-line
- 0 users
This list is based on users active over the last 60 minutes.