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Offline mtbinscotland

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beaching
« on: January 15, 2015, 01:01:56 PM »
Firstly, happy New year all.  Now  I am exceptionally cautious when it comes to the underwater hardware on my Legend but I am seeing more and more ski and wakeboard boats (ski nautiques and mastercraft) and even a few photos of AS on this site beaching and was wondering how strong our fins are.  Is it safe to beach the boat if the fins hit/bury into a bit of sand? 
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Offline backfoot100

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Re: beaching
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 05:28:30 PM »
You don't normally beach it far enough up to get the fins into the sand. I beach mine all the time and there is absolutely no evidence you'll ever find from it. I let it coast on just enough to keep it there but that depends on the shore too. It doesn't have to be on it very far. I swear I've seen guys power up on sand like they were trying to drydock it.
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Offline mtbinscotland

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Re: beaching
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 04:15:43 AM »
Cheers backfoot100.  Yes, I have seen a few wreckless boat owners on my waters also...  The beach we camp at has a fairly low gradiant so getting it close to shoreline does mean that the fins will catch a bit of the sand gradiant so I guess I'll just go with trial and error and continue to be cautious... Cheers.
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