Overnight beaching

[al4b]

In area of large tides, safe anchoring can be difficult as you have to be fairly far from the shore. In Europe it is common to beach your boat with stands (crutches)

. Did any one have used stands with a Hunter 410? Did you use 2, 3, 4… stands. Is this problematic for the boat? Do you know suppliers or specifications?
May the wind be with you!
Alain

 

[Benny17441]

I have seen boats sitting on stands and I believe they are called "tide legs". The specs on your boat indicates it displaces 20,200 lbs with 7,100 lbs being ballast. If you are to support the unballasted weight on three points then each leg as well as the keel would need to support around 4,400 lbs. With fuel, water and provisions you may round that up to 5,000 lbs. If the keel/hull joint is able to support the downward force of the ballast weight of 7,100 when floating it should easily be able to support the pushing force of around 5,000 lbs when resting on the bottom. The legs would need to be able to support that weight and they would require a flat base sized to prevent them from sinking in the bottom. I believe they use stabilizing lines from the base of the legs to bow and stern cleats. Hopefully some of our European friends may chime in with information on specs and attachment points and perhaps a supplier.

 

[MLampner]

Also a factor is the bottoms composition. Have never seen it done but have seen boats on the stands in England. A soft mud bottom could be a problem. As even with a wide base on each stand you could still sink in and might not float off easily. The only beaches I saw in England with boats held this way were shingle bottoms. There was an article about doing bottom repairs using this approach in either Good Old Boats or Practical Sailor. If I can find the article will post the IMO on which and when.

 

[Merlin Clark]

I've always been under the impression that the weight of the boat was supported by the keel and the legs kept the boat upright, like yand stands?

Unless you find another owner of the same model who has successfully done this himself, I'd ask Hunter about this.

 

[al4b]

You are right merlinuxo, in a yard or on stands, about 90% of the boat weight rest on the keel. In soft bottom, like MLampner pointed out, my stands may sink more on one side, but remember the keel will sink the most. The problem arises in rocky/bolder bottom, as far as I remember from trips in northern France (+5 M tide), I did not see boat beaching on rocky bottom. From the info I got so far for larger boat, with a screw mechanism adjustable stands are recommended.

I will later try my luck with Hunter. From previous questions I asked Hunter, if they do not manufacture it they do not supply any specification. So I am looking for a Hunter owner who did use stands.