[Rhodes22-list] Ok to beach the Rhodes?

[Ellyn and Sam Moore]

I share your trepidation, but Stan's site also shows a pic of a Rhodes high and dry on a sand bar, with his encouragement to clean and paint the bottom on one side, then the other on the next tide. I have also seen, somewhere, a picture of a Rhodes sitting, on the hard, with its weight on its stub keel.
Sam   
On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Andrew Collins wrote:

> Ellyn and Sam
> 
> While I have been tempted to beach the boat, my sentiments coincide with Rummy's. The boat will rest with all its weight on the keel and centerboard opening creating great pressure there. The cb trunk is separate frp piece encapsulated in the hull molding, and I know the bottom edges are neither thick nor strong. Yes, I chipped away at them by gently passing over a sand bar containing stones. We were walking the boat to deeper water as the tide ebbed. Easy to fix with epoxy, but a good illustration of what is strong and what isn't. There are boats made for settling into the muck between tides, but the R22 isn't set up that way. 
> I've seen Stan s assertion on the web site and assumed he does this on the powdery Caribbean beaches he winters at
> Andrew
> SV Carmen
> 
> Sent from mobile device. 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:41, Ellyn and Sam Moore <eandsmoore at hughes.net> wrote:
> 
>> I just re-read Stan's website, and he does mention beaching as a plus. Beach'n!
>> Sam 
>> On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Rick wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> The R22 beaches fine bow first.  In fact, it is tough enough to tow on a
>>> trailer over bumpy roads.
>>> 
>>> Rick
>>> 
>> 
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