Is it a problem to keep my boat in one foot of water at low tide ? It is in very soft mud. My draft is 3feet . Has anyone else done this?
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Think about swells...
Bril, Think about swells. If there is a large swell or even a boat wake, it may bounce the rudder and keel off the bottom combined and with the twisting of the boat moving with the wake that could put some serious pressure on the rudder. (I think the rudder is the thing to worry about.)I wouldn't do it. r.w.landau
Bril, Think about swells. If there is a large swell or even a boat wake, it may bounce the rudder and keel off the bottom combined and with the twisting of the boat moving with the wake that could put some serious pressure on the rudder. (I think the rudder is the thing to worry about.)I wouldn't do it. r.w.landau
Find deeper water!
I would look for a deeper area and buoy the boat there for low tide. A big hassle when the tide comes in so better look for a decent dock area and dont take the chance of cracking your rudder. The mud might be soft with some LARGE rocks under the mud to wreck your keel.
I would look for a deeper area and buoy the boat there for low tide. A big hassle when the tide comes in so better look for a decent dock area and dont take the chance of cracking your rudder. The mud might be soft with some LARGE rocks under the mud to wreck your keel.
No! to CB
If you let your 272LE (or other CBer) rest in the soft mud at low tide, this will force mud into the space between the CB and the well, a bit higher each time. Even wet it may prevent the CB from coming down. If it dries out (pushed above waterline or when the boat is on the hard), it gets very hard and may do damage to the CB. The comment about bouncing on waves or wakes is a good one, too. Cormorant solution for my O'Day 25 (CB): I leave a (corn "bristle") broom (inverted) at the top of the mast, hauled up with a double-looped spinnaker halyard. I position it so that the broom bristles extend over the mast top, leaving no room for the cormorants to sit comfortably. For the spreaders I put a bunch of nails into the edge of a piece of wood (like furring strip), two large "hanging hooks" (such as one uses to hold a bicycle on a garage wall) that engage the spreader tubes, and a top eye hook and bottom eye hook in the center. I haul it up with the spinnaker topping lift (attached to the top ring) and use the other end of the the topping lift as a downhaul (attached to the bottom ring). In place the nail heads end up over the spreader tubes and discourage birds from perching. This contraption I haul down and store everytime I go out and then reinstall when I'm ready to leave the boat. The mast-top broom and spreader contraption have been working pretty well for over ten years. The cormorants pass on my boat and head to someone else's mast top or spreaders to perch and look for fish.
If you let your 272LE (or other CBer) rest in the soft mud at low tide, this will force mud into the space between the CB and the well, a bit higher each time. Even wet it may prevent the CB from coming down. If it dries out (pushed above waterline or when the boat is on the hard), it gets very hard and may do damage to the CB. The comment about bouncing on waves or wakes is a good one, too. Cormorant solution for my O'Day 25 (CB): I leave a (corn "bristle") broom (inverted) at the top of the mast, hauled up with a double-looped spinnaker halyard. I position it so that the broom bristles extend over the mast top, leaving no room for the cormorants to sit comfortably. For the spreaders I put a bunch of nails into the edge of a piece of wood (like furring strip), two large "hanging hooks" (such as one uses to hold a bicycle on a garage wall) that engage the spreader tubes, and a top eye hook and bottom eye hook in the center. I haul it up with the spinnaker topping lift (attached to the top ring) and use the other end of the the topping lift as a downhaul (attached to the bottom ring). In place the nail heads end up over the spreader tubes and discourage birds from perching. This contraption I haul down and store everytime I go out and then reinstall when I'm ready to leave the boat. The mast-top broom and spreader contraption have been working pretty well for over ten years. The cormorants pass on my boat and head to someone else's mast top or spreaders to perch and look for fish.
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