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stampeder
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Initially Posted - 09/07/2006 : 22:15:57

Is it okay to beach a 250?
There are a couple 250's on our lake that regularily beach.

We are considering moving down

from our C25 to a 250. Weight on the trailer being a factor. We haul our boat over the Rocky Mountains.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/08/2006 : 09:29:33

If I were beaching a boat regularly I would buy some 3m tape and put it on the leading edge of the hull that takes the most abuse. Power boaters use this tape. It was developed by 3m to protect the leading edge of helicopter rotors and is currently found as a near invisible bug sheild on the forward edge of the hoods of expensive cars. Any vinyl guy can get it for you.

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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 09/11/2006 : 20:54:35

The 250Wb was not made for beaching. You can not put any kind of weight on the aft part of the centerboard. If you do it will swing up and apply all of the weight to the pulley, which brings up the centerboard. At best you will cut your centerboard raising cable and bend the pulley at worst you will push the centerboard-raising pulley up through the bottom to the boat. There is no stop. The hole will be inside the cabin not inside the ballast tank. Not good. The only place you could think of beaching the 250 is on a steep beach where the centerboard will not be touching the bottom. I would have thought that Catalina would have put some kind of a stop in the center board trunk to keep it from putting all of the force on the pulley. I would be very careful in finding a beach to put a 250 up on.

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bear
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Response Posted - 09/12/2006 : 06:51:38

I have beached my C250 WB [Well,not exactly] I back the boat in with the motor, sails down, lower the ladder, centerboard up and raise the beaching rudder up when bottom of ladder is close to the bottom. I then go down the ladder and anchor the boat somewhat off shore. Three feet of water is the minimum. The key is a sandy beach and knowing the verticle distance between the bottom of the ladder and the raised centerboard. It works for me, but I have a choice where I beach the boat. On windy days this becomes progressivly harder to do and the pucker factor increases greatly. "Just my two cents worth".

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zebra50
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Response Posted - 09/12/2006 : 16:02:23

Keith
I hate to be argumentative here but the WB is made for beaching. Mine came with a beaching rudder also. Going in bow first, I just pull up the center board and raise the rudder if needed. Aft first do the same.

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