[Rhodes22-list] Apostle Islands Pix

[Bill Effros]

Ditto.

Except I use a "sand screw" (I don't know what they call those things) 
on the beach, and watch the tides carefully (9 foot tidal variation 
every 6 hours) slipping the line on the bow and stern cleats, moving the 
boat deeper or shallower as required.

My absolute favorite application of this technique was an elderly couple 
(they were probably the same age I am now) I used to watch every night 
when I was learning to sail my Sunfish who would go out for an evening 
supper in their wooden power boat.  He carefully backed the boat up to 
the loading ramp, put down the swim ladder, got out of the boat in 
wading boots with 2 plastic milk cartons and a small piece of carpet.  
He put the milk cartons upside down in the water, and the carpet at the 
water's edge.  He then took his wife's hand, and helped her walk from 
the shore to the boat without getting her feet wet.  He then picked up 
the carpet, the plastic milk cartons, climbed into the boat, and off 
they went.

Bill Effros

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

>Slimmeister,
>The next time you want to get close to the beach, try going in stern first.  
>Raise the rudder and use the motor to steer. You can get into knee deep water  
>without roughing up the bottom paint and the centerboard trunk. I use the 
>main  anchor off the bow and then use a small mushroom anchor to keep the stern 
>in  place.
> 
>Rummy
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