I'm assuming that this post is common to all Hunters, but no guarantees. Some time ago I asked if anyone had put a Hunter on the beach to paint the bottom, and was advised that it would be a risky proposition. Being a risk taker, I did it last weekend. I have a small cove in a protected inlet. The waterfront in front of my house has rocky outcroppings, but the cove has a pebble/shale beach about 30 feet wide. I ran the boat ashore at high tide (9 foot tide at 7:00 AM) and ran the halyard over to a rock so the boat would lie on the port side. (There are trees fairly close to starboard.) At 11 the tide was out enough to scrape the bottom, and by noon I could get the pressure washer to it and finish the job. Low tide was 2 feet at 1:30 PM. We put the bottom paint (Woolsey Blue) on with a roller. We just had the required 4 hours of drying time before the tide rose to the keel at 4:30, and the boat floated at 7:30. We turned the boat around and ran it asore in reverse on a 10 foot tide at 9:00 PM, and did the starboard side next day. No problems at all. Went down on its side like a trouper, and floated perfectly. Saved two days of travel to the nearest haul-out, and $225. And had great fun talking to the dozens of people who came into the inlet to watch the fireworks at Butchart Gardens and assumed we'd had an accident and dinghied over to commiserate. Doesn't ANYONE careen boats any more?
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Would not hesitate.
If we had your conditions would do it in a minute. But on Lake Erie we get about 18" of "tide" when the South winds blow the water to Canada. Since we have to come out of the water every season it would not make sense anyway. Not sure why more don't careen. Most places do not have your change of water level. Do they worry about the keel to hull strength? Or maybe they do it and we do not hear about it.
If we had your conditions would do it in a minute. But on Lake Erie we get about 18" of "tide" when the South winds blow the water to Canada. Since we have to come out of the water every season it would not make sense anyway. Not sure why more don't careen. Most places do not have your change of water level. Do they worry about the keel to hull strength? Or maybe they do it and we do not hear about it.
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You are fortunate to have such a tidal range. I, being the DIY cheapskate that I am, tried it on a 2' South Florida tide with my Coronado 25. No luck. My only advice to you, would be to wait a day or two, to let the paint harden up, before doing the opposite side. Kudoos to you, and good luck red
You are fortunate to have such a tidal range. I, being the DIY cheapskate that I am, tried it on a 2' South Florida tide with my Coronado 25. No luck. My only advice to you, would be to wait a day or two, to let the paint harden up, before doing the opposite side. Kudoos to you, and good luck red
Fin keels
One of the reasons I was so keen to do this was that I've done a TBird, a Ross 930, and an Etchells before. The Ross has a really deep fin keel - 6 feet deep and about two feet wide. And a rudder that's almost as deep and a foot wide. No problems at all. The only thing to watch for is the slope of the beach and the rudder. If the beach has a steep slope and you back the boat in there is a chance the rudder will hit before the boat lies over, which wouldn't be good.
One of the reasons I was so keen to do this was that I've done a TBird, a Ross 930, and an Etchells before. The Ross has a really deep fin keel - 6 feet deep and about two feet wide. And a rudder that's almost as deep and a foot wide. No problems at all. The only thing to watch for is the slope of the beach and the rudder. If the beach has a steep slope and you back the boat in there is a chance the rudder will hit before the boat lies over, which wouldn't be good.
what did you do with the scrapings??
If I ever tried that in Mass the Environmental police, Department of Environmental protection, EPA, coast guard and this old couple who hate me would be all over me!!
If I ever tried that in Mass the Environmental police, Department of Environmental protection, EPA, coast guard and this old couple who hate me would be all over me!!
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