Beaching the boat [Archive]

mcprostar197

06-21-2005, 03:29 PM

How do you beach an MC? I always used to beach our Glastron but havent tried yet with the MC. How many of you guys beach your boats? Is there any safe way to do it, or should you just not do it?

PeteS

06-21-2005, 03:38 PM

Keeping in mind that your MC is an inboard, and your Glastron most likely was an outboard, you'll need more water dept for prop clearence. That being said, make sure you approach shore as slow as possible, and get off the throttle very early.

I try to avoid beaching the boat whenever possible, as the beach literally acts like sand paper sanding down the hull. If necessary, I ussually pull up the boat by hand before I use a stake and line to prevent it from floating away. Hope that helps!

MarkP

06-21-2005, 03:40 PM

I guess just point it towards shore and nail it:steering: ?? Obviously I am kidding . I truly believe if a boat was meant to be beached it would have wheels, other than the ones on the trailer. I don’t do it..

I would keep it off the beach. Especially with a boat as sweet as yours.:worthy:

BG1772

06-21-2005, 03:45 PM

I usually get close to shore and drag it up by hand. Also you want to make sure not to suck sand into your raw water pump.

milkmania

06-21-2005, 03:53 PM

next time I go out, I am going to try the anchor buddy.... really good concept, I'll let you know if it works:headbang:

boatwake

06-21-2005, 04:00 PM

Any way you look at it the hull is going to get TRASHED $$$ :eek3: .

east tx skier

06-21-2005, 04:00 PM

What Mark said.

I anchor to the bow eye, tie a rope to the rear lifting ring and secure that rope to the dock or shore. I can usually get enough stretch on the anchor rope to pull it in with the dock line. I hop on the platform and the anchor line pulls me back out.

The anchor buddy sounds like a good concept, but I've had luck with just a regular anchor line.

robisjo

06-21-2005, 04:17 PM

I used an anchor buddy for years. IMO it works great although I have never used it in the river where the current is strong, only at the lake.

Leroy

06-21-2005, 04:40 PM

I expected another shampoo thread!

I would never grind the bottom up sand.

Diesel

06-21-2005, 04:53 PM

It will not hurt anything as long as you just ease it on the beach. I would not beach it in rough water and I would only beach it on clean sand beaches.

With that said, I prefer to back in and anchor out the front. Sometimes if necessary I run a line to the beach or I usually have a dog tie-up screw that I screw into the beach to tie off. Just make sure to kill the boat early and walk it in. On our local beaches it is nice to have the swim deck pointing toward the beach so you can hear the stereo and get in and out without having to walk all the way out to the back of the boat. Plus if there are rollers the bow will be facing out.

Cloaked

06-21-2005, 05:09 PM

I beach one if it warrants. If I can't use it I don't need it... :D Sand and sandpaper are two different thAngs... :uglyhamme

I usually pull up on the trailer and rest it there.

As for the anchor thAng.. I use a 20 lb. mushroom anchor and float the line with a plastic jug... Done deal. Works great for jet skis too...

milkmania

06-21-2005, 05:15 PM

east tx skier

06-21-2005, 05:17 PM

Works great for jet skis too...

Why, does it sink them? 8p

BriEOD

06-21-2005, 05:28 PM

Works great for jet skis too...

Grrrrr....

rodltg2

06-21-2005, 05:58 PM

i saw this thing at the boat show , looks pretty cool.

http://www.theshoredock.com/

RedStar

06-21-2005, 06:10 PM

i saw this thing at the boat show , looks pretty cool.

http://www.theshoredock.com/

Woo, that's an expensive some beach, ain't it?

rodltg2

06-21-2005, 06:17 PM

cool , but not $469 cool though

Rockman

06-21-2005, 06:25 PM

Ah,

Just pull it up on the beach like John Candy in the Great Outdoors! :D

Just kidding...

maristarman

06-21-2005, 06:27 PM

Anchor buddy works great. Tie it off the stern and pull up really close to the shore. Tie off second rope off bow and stake in the shore. Kill the engine. Start letting the bow rope out and let the boat buddy pull the boat back out away from the shore. Only tedious part is trying to guess where to drop the anchor so you get close enough but not too close.

First time posting ever on a bb, so if the formatting is gakked, apologies in advance.

milkmania

06-21-2005, 06:51 PM

maristarman,

welcome to the board:)

boat buddy is on the trailer, and anchor buddy is in the water:purplaugh

I'm just messin' with ya'..........................we seem to refer to it as "banter":D

maristarman

06-21-2005, 07:05 PM

For my second post.....

I get to see how well the "edit" function works.

Looks like it works pretty well. :o

MarkP

06-21-2005, 07:21 PM

For my second post.....

I get to see how well the "edit" function works.

Looks like it works pretty well. :oNice job..

Welcome aboard.:wavey:

Hoosier Bob

06-21-2005, 07:29 PM

Where I am it is too choppy after the morning session. I do not beach the boat. Get close, double anchor and jump for it. The best thing to do is find an old pontoon to crash into shore and tie off to. Ski barge or pontoon whatever you call it. Not much sand up here either just rock or sewage!

SDmc205

06-21-2005, 07:57 PM

Anchor buddy all the way. The best thing is that you can let the boat float a ways out in the lake and then pull it back in for easy loading.

Here you can see 3 of them in use:

mcprostar197

06-21-2005, 08:02 PM

Yah, I was thinking about anchoring away from shore and just walking in and tying off on a tree or something.

SDmc205

06-21-2005, 08:05 PM

We use those corkscrews on the shoreline to tie off from, but there's always some old anchor, tree, or whatever else around in a pinch.

If it was just me I probably wouldn't bother, but the kids, my wife and my mother in law like to avoid getting wet on the way back to the campground at the end of the day. And peace in the family is half the battle right. ;)

BRAZOS 205

06-21-2005, 08:09 PM

I've been working on an idea (in my head) of making a steel bucket out of 12" steel pipe, with a steel bottom and rolled steel handles all welded together.

drop the bucket in the water, and it should hold very well!

kinda like a plastic bucket, but the bail and plastic is very unreliable

1 foot of 12" std. wall steel pipe weighs 50 lbs. and you want to weld on a bottom plate and handles. Also, if the bucket is full of water, that is another 50 lbs weight. You better make one for every trip to the lake, you will be cutting the anchor line before you pull that thing out of the muddy lake bottom.

I would revise my homemade anchor idea.

RedStar

06-21-2005, 08:15 PM

We made a similar contraption by setting a dogchain screw into a 5 gallon bucket filled with Quickrete. Works great.

lakes Rick

06-21-2005, 09:53 PM

You got alot more money than me if you beach a 50K plus boat... Thats like the doctors I see in their "everyday driver" 100K cars.. Its all relative I guess.....

gtink

06-21-2005, 10:17 PM

Yea, Lakes rick and I are on the same page. I have a 95 MC 205, and I never let it get close to the shore, nor do I allow people to get in without cleaning there feet... Some people jump in with Georgia Red Mud between toes... Anyone try to get that out? if so you know what I mean. :)

Wax twice a year, keeping it nice and sparkly.

SKI*MC

06-21-2005, 11:05 PM

when coming up to shore, keep it easy on the throttle!!

lakes Rick

06-22-2005, 12:35 AM

Must be a doctors boat....

H2OGirl

06-22-2005, 09:39 AM

I would tend to agree with most on here beaching these boats isn't a great idea. If the water is rough it could really damage the prop, by bouncing it up and down in the sand. We usually do the back it close and tie it off to shore and then drop an anchor off the bow hook to hold it out. If you absolutely have to beach it, easy does it, come in nice and slow and don't ram it up on shore, pull it up by hand. Remember the prop and rudder under there.

east tx skier

06-22-2005, 10:08 AM

Upper Michigan Prostar190

06-22-2005, 04:11 PM

I never even would consider actually "beaching" my boat. I mean what about the rudder and prop? Dont they draft like 19" of water??? I keep mine in about 3 to 4 ft of water, and just anchor it there. it works fine, and I dont leave it there long. Just if I need to go to shore and "lighten up my kidneys" or pickup more passengers. But the thought of actually running up on a beach (either by hand or by engine) just makes me cringe.... :eek:

I dont want my prop and rudder damaged, and beaching it cant be good for them. :noface:

I vote for anchoring it off shore, it works for me.

east tx skier

06-22-2005, 04:49 PM

22" draft on your boat UMP.

Upper Michigan Prostar190

06-22-2005, 05:35 PM

22" draft on your boat UMP.

I thought my owners manual said 19" I must have read it wrong, or remembered it wrong.

Thanks Buddy! :) I stand corrected :toast:

east tx skier

06-22-2005, 05:37 PM

94, right? Didn't mean to sound like I was correting you. Thought you were asking. Sorry if it came off that way.

mcprostar197

06-22-2005, 05:49 PM

I keep mine in about 3 to 4 ft of water, and just anchor it there. it works fine, and I dont leave it there long. Just if I need to go to shore and "lighten up my kidneys" or pickup more passengers.

I vote for anchoring it off shore, it works for me.

You actually bother going all the way to the shore to take a piss??? Oh well not that I really care or anything.

Im thinking of making a cool anchoring line with knots tied every 5 feet or so with a loop to attach a climbing carabiner to it and then attach that to the eye on the bow. Then I would just keep and extra rope in the ski locker thing and tie that to a tree on shore.

AirJunky

06-22-2005, 06:02 PM

I have beached mine numerous times without problems. The obvious issues need to be considered..... must be nice clean sand, good water conditions, should be steep enough that when your bow is on the sand, the fins, rudder & prop are clear of the bottom. I've never left the boat there for any length of time though & would only do so with an anchor buddy. The benefit there is that it's stretchy enough to allow you to pull the boat in so you can jump in it without going swimming. And after 5 years of doing it this way, I have no marks on the hull that would indicate any kind of abuse at all.

PapaJoe

06-22-2005, 06:09 PM

Just don't do it!!! Especially when you have rollers coming in... Your prop does not move... So, when the rollers coming, your prop and shaft get slammed into (mud, sand, rocks??) Is it worth it??? Hell no!!! I tell people if they want to go ashore, they can swim their lazy asses the 20 ft or so to the beach!!!

Just a thought...

JOE

erkoehler

06-22-2005, 06:58 PM

The only way my boat will be beached is if someone drains the lake!

Cloaked

06-22-2005, 08:53 PM

......... I tell people if they want to go ashore, they can swim their lazy asses the 20 ft or so to the beach!!!

Just a thought...

JOEJust another thought!!!
I'm not riding with you!!! :noface:
Welcome aboard Pops...
:D

PJ, we aren't talking a destruction misson here... a nice sandy beach is about all I'd seriously consider beaching mine onto, on the back side of the sandbar.... :steering:

As you can clearly see in the first pic, the beach is nice and smooth with just the right slope for beaching and docking.... I feel certain that you see my point.... :toast:

.

redmike

06-22-2005, 09:00 PM

see what you mean about those slopes! :woohoo:

rmckee47

06-22-2005, 09:38 PM

Sporty, if that first picture was taken from onboard your boat, my question is...why would you want to go to the beach?

87Craft

06-22-2005, 09:39 PM

i guess it makes a difference that i live in the panhandle of florida. the sandbars are ideal (slope) for beaching. you run it up and forget it. there are no rocks, logs etc. only sand. the 87 has been beached many, many, many times (i.e. every time we're in the water). granted, i don't have any white gelcoat left on the front of the boat. other than that, i've never had any issue with prop or shaft damage.

BriEOD

06-22-2005, 09:41 PM

Hey man where in the panhandle are you? Also do you run in salt?

87Craft

06-22-2005, 09:50 PM

pensacola....we run the blackwater river. no salt water but plenty of sand.

if i got a new MC, i'd probably be hesitant in the beginning, but i'm sure after a while i'd be beachin'...

Maristar210

06-22-2005, 09:53 PM

1 foot of 12" std. wall steel pipe weighs 50 lbs. and you want to weld on a bottom plate and handles. Also, if the bucket is full of water, that is another 50 lbs weight. You better make one for every trip to the lake, you will be cutting the anchor line before you pull that thing out of the muddy lake bottom.

I would revise my homemade anchor idea.

No offense intended but I was wondering how many people are in your boat to lift this :eek:

I have tried the coffee cans full of Quickcrete and other homemade ideas yet still I use an anchor I purchased and those others have made their way to the dump.

Steve

mcprostar197

06-22-2005, 09:56 PM

How heavy are the anchors that you guys have bought to anchor your boats?

Maristar210

06-22-2005, 10:02 PM

How heavy are the anchors that you guys have bought to anchor your boats?

Mine is 10# on the river here you almost don't need and anchor at all so mine might be a bad example. Most would say 15# minimum and 20# for larger waters, but that's purely a guess. Some would say two 15's should get R done.

Steve

Cloaked

06-22-2005, 10:11 PM

Sporty, if that first picture was taken from onboard your boat, my question is...why would you want to go to the beach?No questions allowed.... :uglyhamme

MarkP

06-22-2005, 10:23 PM

No questions allowed.... :uglyhamme
I’m afraid I’m goin to have to ask the same question:confused: …

Cloaked

06-22-2005, 10:31 PM

I’m afraid I’m goin to have to ask the same question:confused: …

That is not my passenger. She was on the boat that was tied up to my boat. But yoUSe guys are missing the point here and jacking this thread... Beaches!!!! :uglyhamme

Lake_Tippy_Skier

06-22-2005, 10:45 PM

How heavy are the anchors that you guys have bought to anchor your boats?

this (http://www.bartswatersports.com/catalog.asp?P=439) is the anchor that I use, holds in the strongest of winds when other boats are dragging thier anchors. Best $70 that I've "invested" into the boat :headbang:

rem_p

06-22-2005, 11:06 PM

never "beached" mine.....not on purpose anyway :rolleyes: when im out on the lake and im gonna be there for a few days this is how i do it....tie a rope off from a tree hook that to the bow...pull the bow up on a old tire (keeps of the rocks and bottom) then i either dive down and screw a dog stake in the water with rope and float attached and leave that there in place i only do that if im gonna be there a few days.....if im just out for the day i take along my anchor ( brake rotor and hub weights around 10#s) and tie off with that..... and yes i am from alabama thats why i use a tire and old car parts to keep my boat off the bank :uglyhamme

milkmania

06-22-2005, 11:36 PM

No offense intended but I was wondering how many people are in your boat to lift this :eek:

I have tried the coffee cans full of Quickcrete and other homemade ideas yet still I use an anchor I purchased and those others have made their way to the dump.

Steve

no offense taken...I can give as good as I get:)

what I am planning is making a buoy anchor out of a small section of 12" or so pipe with a bottom welded in place, then using it like a bucket. then when I want to anchor, snap a hook on the lead line and with the anchor buddy running close to the shore, then feeding the bow line back to where the anchor buddy runs slack.

milkmania

06-22-2005, 11:39 PM

and yes i am from alabama thats why i use a tire and old car parts to keep my boat off the bank :uglyhamme

drop the hammer down and turn left:steering:

(nascar scenario):purplaugh

sizzler

06-23-2005, 02:32 AM

spose i'm lucky ,but ive never had to beach mine....just pull up to the dock next to the "trailerhome" and get out.........

after saying that i would love the oppo. to try out your huge lakes :toast:

Upper Michigan Prostar190

06-23-2005, 09:20 AM

Just don't do it!!! Is it worth it??? Hell no!!! I tell people if they want to go ashore, they can swim their lazy asses the 20 ft or so to the beach!!!

JOE

Im with you all the way! :toast:

Yes, and to whom it may concern, Its not that far of a walk to the beach to take a leak, and I really am not into public peeing in front of a crowded beach :eek: homey dont play dat game :noface:

sizzler

06-23-2005, 09:25 AM

surely you use the wetsuit automatic heating system :D

the female version is better as u warm both legs...oops

hush ma mouth :eek3:

tex

06-23-2005, 09:27 AM

east tx skier

06-23-2005, 10:10 AM

Can I agree with both PapaJoe and Sporty?

Diesel

06-23-2005, 11:52 AM

I was tired of store bought units not working so I made my own. I used a piece of stainless 4.5" dia. bar stock. It was a drop turning from a local machine shop. I cut it down to about 7" and tig welded a stainless loop a the top. Very compact, easy to store, and heavy. I had it coated with red line-x for protection. I have never weighed it but I would guess it is somewhere near 50lbs and will hold a few boats tied together in heavy current and wind. I'll snap a pic tonight.

mcprostar197

06-23-2005, 02:32 PM

Im with you all the way! :toast:

Yes, and to whom it may concern, Its not that far of a walk to the beach to take a leak, and I really am not into public peeing in front of a crowded beach :eek: homey dont play dat game :noface:

Jump in the water dude, it is a lake afterall.

Cloaked

06-23-2005, 04:25 PM

drop the hammer down and turn left:steering:

(nascar scenario):purplaughAnd what's wrong with NASCAR??? :confused:

I got NASCAR right here V V V :uglyhamme

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RedStar

06-23-2005, 04:31 PM

:rolleyes:

lakes Rick

06-23-2005, 07:50 PM

The pics of the Hotties brought up a memory..

A few ( quite a few) years ago I ended up with tickets to a CART race.. Took 3 passes to get to my seat. Great seats in the uppity area.. I could look out over some of the racers "fenced" in areas where their trucks and cars would get worked on.. MANY hotties just strolling around, well hanging on, to the roped off areas looking for a "ride" with the racer boys.. PHENOMENALLY BEAUTIFUL women, I mean take your breath away gorgeous, young built like, well you get the idea... Funny how fame and money draws em...

Workin' 4 Toys

06-23-2005, 08:30 PM

How do you beach an MC? I always used to beach our Glastron but havent tried yet with the MC. How many of you guys beach your boats? Is there any safe way to do it, or should you just not do it?

Never going to catch me doing that to my MC. Maybe to a pontoon or dinghy. Just My$0.02.

Cloaked

06-23-2005, 08:33 PM

Cloaked

06-23-2005, 08:36 PM

Never going to catch me doing that to my MC. Maybe to a pontoon or dinghy. Just My$0.02.
:noface: :cry: :steering:

.... :D

Beaching is fun....