[PCW] beaching

[Jonah Jones]

I'm aware of one of the endeavour 44 owners who has beached his boat  
for its annual wax.

On a related matter, I've found that the protected running gear on  
these boats has been  good for our piece of mind.
Last Summer we overnighted en route on the inside passage up the  
Keys.  The wind was honking and a couple of monos were anchored in  
8ft, about half a mile from the Island.   They were being tossed  
around.  We crept in to about 300 yards of the beach in 4 1/2 feet  
which put is out of the swell.  I dived down to check we were not in  
danger of snagging the surrounding coral and we had adequate  
clearance.  If we had running gear hanging below I would not have  
slept as easily.

A few days later I caught the port stern corner on a narrow section of  
the ICW, again no drama and I was glad to have protected props.  A  
couple of the other owners of our model have depth sounders in each  
hull (18 feet apart remember) and I think thats a prudent measure  
which we will have fitted if we head to the Bahamas later this year.

The downside of course will be efficiency of the hulls, but new props  
buy a lot of diesel.

regards Jonah.
endeavour 48.


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