[Rhodes22-list] Ok to beach the Rhodes?

[Hank]

Rick,

Not on the Rhodes trailer.  The Bunks support all of the weight.  Stan
specifically told me NOT to support the boat by the keel when on jackstands
as the centerboard trunk is not strong enough.

Hank

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> As with any keel boat, the keel is the strongest part of your boat.  On the
> trailer, the keel bears 90% of the boat weight.  Eat with rum any fish that
> condemns you for scraping your bottom on the beach.
>
> Rick
>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Ellyn and Sam Moore
>  <eandsmoore at hughes.net>wrote:
>
> > 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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