Beaching a Southerly 42 

+javacup912 Boondocking! Cool! Yes it was a great view...

We very much enjoyed Crooked/Acklins! Wonderful!

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+R&D people often offer help, or more likely warn us about shallows as we explore. In this case the area was completely deserted in the Acklins group in Bahamas. Hours later a fisherman came past :-)

Need to watch for wrecks rock's submerged obstacles reefs etc,i dont know if i would try beaching in choppy waters without checking its clear first. Dunno what a boat like that is like for bellying out ,ive got a bilge keel -steel skids in fibre glass framing can sit it on rocky beach easy enough but ive gotta watch dont hit a rock when motoring in would crack fibre glass hull-ive seen even really thick ones crack before,most fiber glass boats when u crack the hull open its murder to fix if its even possible sometimes-ive cut some rubber slices put em around the bow above and just below water line-i hit a torpedo creeper log-saturated wood was making it float just beneath the surface rendering it invisible no unless u were really looking and expecting it-but yupp the rubber helped deflect the impact ,without it i think it might of at least cracked the hull cause it was quite a thump giant big pier sleeper

@@mosapedoterrorist7529 that sounds scary

mtcaddis 1.Beaching is beneficial because you have more options when in comes to anchoring, you also no longer need a port/dock which isn’t always accessible. Anchoring at deep sea requires a dingy or jet ski to get ashore, but if you have an outboard or shallow hull sailboat you can coast or power through the shallow waters directly to beach which is more convenient. (Trim: electronically lift your propellers/engine out of the water so there’s nothing patruding below the boat) 2.It’s pretty obvious if you are island hopping, there’s many benefit to landing directly on the beach rather than searching for place or paying fee’s to port. 3.All boats are not equipped to maneuver through shallow waters, the boat you are watching is to an extent & the shallow waters are not (scratching it). If the boat hit a rock or reef you wouldn’t be worried about scratches, you’d most likely sustain a puncture and sink.

There is a manual pump. I tried it and it takes a few minutes to raise the keel up👍

If you hit anything keel down, it'll hinge easily up and down and avoid real damage