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istion
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Initially Posted - 09/29/2013 : 20:41:52

are sailing season is over I just two weeks but I'm longing to be on it again. Wondering how others beach their 250s. we decided to give up trying to beat it since we had troubles every time I just ran into tender into shore.

it always seemed we hit ground long before the bow was about the ground going stern and the Rudder always hit ground long before the boat was near dry ground. Whatever other people doing?

How do you do it?

Proud Third owner of C250 wk 2004 Dubhe hull 745

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 03:27:35

I have seen pics of C250's on the beach, but would never put ours on the ground deliberately.

If the ground (under water) was flat, then, with the keel up, the rudder could well ground first, and that's a potentially expensive issue. If the ground is steep enough that the raised keel could hit before the bow,

We sail mostly in Biscayne Bay just South of Miami Florida, there is a beach where power boats ground in their hundreds, not our style, they seem to like it as we can hear them from over 1/2 mile away.

And most of the 'Beaches' down here tend to have coral below the waterline. Not nice.

Paul

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bear
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 04:25:29

250WB, centerboard up, rudder up before hitting bottom. Ladder down. If you don't have a rudder capable of swinging up you wont beach. I use the bottom of the ladder as a guide and will jump off to guide boat in. I never really beached Brandy but deployed anchors in like 3-4 feet of water, kinda easy if wind isn't blowing. Motor up if necessary. MTCW

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 05:32:00

Unless you remove your 1500 pound wing keel first, you won't. If I had the centerboard version, I still wouldn't.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 14:25:49

Exactly, his profile says he's got a WK. About the only way you're going to beach one is if you have an incredibly steep drop off from a sand bar, otherwise you're never getting any shallower than 4'. And as indicated, it'd be a great way to snap a rudder off.

I'm still trying to figure out a way to scrub the mussels off the bottom of my keel without damaging anything else in the process.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 15:10:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg
 Exactly, his profile says he's got a WK. About the only way you're going to beach one is if you have an incredibly steep drop off from a sand bar, otherwise you're never getting any shallower than 4'. And as indicated, it'd be a great way to snap a rudder off.

I'm still trying to figure out a way to scrub the mussels off the bottom of my keel without damaging anything else in the process.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Have you ever given any thought the careening her? Any sandy coves up there that you could let the tide run out as you gently nudge her over?

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/30/2013 : 15:53:36

I have, there's a bay called [url="http://goo.gl/maps/QR9AC"]Oyster Bay[/url] that would seem very suitable. It's just north of the Bremerton Navy Base, so it'd take a while to get there. They caution you to only transit the neck into the bay at high tide, but it would seem reasonably easy to find a shallow-yet-deep-enough hole to careen her in, or at least get access to the bottom of the keel.

However, I'm more inclined (I kill myself) to simply try to scrub them off with a sloping sand shore (at low tide). It's the only place I have any appreciable marine growth, the rest of my hull, even where I wasn't able to paint around the pads, is pretty clean.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 03:55:47

Even with a centerboard and a beaching rudder the 250 isn't suitable to beach unless the shore lines falls off rapid.

The center board will not tolerate being pushed into the well.

With a center board and beaching rudder, it will however anchor well in shallow enough water to allow easy access with the swim ladder.

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Dave Brown
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Response Posted - 10/01/2013 : 19:38:50

1999 wing keel,
Always to the leeward shore, motor slowly, till your death finder goes to "o", or you hit bottom. Jump off the bow and pull the boat to shore.
Dig the anchor in. Keep an eye on the wind, if it starts to clock around, Move the boat back out to deep water. Now other people will say they use a stern anchor as well, its not a bad Idea, Drop it in deeper water, and trail the rope with you as you head to shore.
This will keep the back end pointing to sea, and if needed, it will help pull the boat off the shore.
We beach the boat 6 to 7 times a year, friends swim and I wash the sides and bottom. Now we sail on an inland lake, but waters water, and its the same boat you have.
my .02$ worth.
DB
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