Do Cat Owners Actually Beach Their Cats ?

[mikereed100]

Linda,

Yawl seem to take your lounging seriously! I'm surprised you don't have any floaty chairs to go with your under-deck table. Maybe a couple of bar stools?

[44'cruisingcat]

Last weekend:

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Last weekend:

That speaks for itself, Nice level party boats, hahahahaha

[downunder]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Last weekend:

An advantage of tides.

[Jimbo485]

Is this Moreton Bay or somewhere down in Vic?

[Sand crab]

Here's how they do it mono style.

[Tropic Cat]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Last weekend:

what's that boat on the left side of the photo. It almost appears to be a Gemini 3400. However, that's unlikely.... is she a Seawind 1000??

[Québec 1]

This is the way we do it mono style.



In the St Lawrence.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by Tropic Cat

what's that boat on the left side of the photo. It almost appears to be a Gemini 3400. However, that's unlikely.... is she a Seawind 1000??

You got it right. Gemini 3400.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by Jimbo485

Is this Moreton Bay or somewhere down in Vic?

Yes, in Moreton bay. Near the Blue Holes.

[cat man do]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Last weekend:

A few miles further north several years ago

I actually went past you today if that was you anchored up near New Farm park

[Factor]

Nice photo of Love Child, always thought that was a very pretty boat. Which is bloody hard to do in a small cat.

[tomfl]

Originally Posted by sea-bee

I am building a plywood 40' Snell Easy cat, and am currently working on the keels. The boat is designed to sit on the keels, and I am concerned about the abrasion that has been discussed.

What about fitting a "shoe" to the bottom of the keel? The keels are timber and epoxy coated, and I am thinking of taking them to a metalworker to have 316SS shoes made up now in 5mm plate, before the keel is fitted.

Would it be worth the effort and the $1000?

Chris

If you are anywhere near Florida I would contact an airboat source. Airboats are often designed to travel short distances (generally under 100 meters) on land. In fact airboats are frequently run over berms, often times with gravel roads on them from one water source to another.

In general there are two methods used to protect the bottom of the airboat hull. A stainless steel pan is placed under the hull or a coat of special resin is used.

YMMV

[cat man do]

Originally Posted by Factor

Nice photo of Love Child, always thought that was a very pretty boat. Which is bloody hard to do in a small cat.

Thanks for that. She was a better boat after I did the mod's IMHO.

[cat man do]

Originally Posted by sea-bee

What about fitting a "shoe" to the bottom of the keel? The keels are timber and epoxy coated, and I am thinking of taking them to a metalworker to have 316SS shoes made up now in 5mm plate, before the keel is fitted.

For what its worth on my last boat I beached her regularly and never had any wear whatsoever.

I did wear antifoul on the tips of the boards and rudders, but only because they dragged through sand on approach . It never removed the highbuild primer.

I was going to cast an Epoxy - Ilminite shoe on the new build while the hull was upside down, but freaked out at the weight of a 20 litre bucketful and still have it sitting under the house.