Memorial Day I tried to sail, NO WIND, but I did motor out
and join family and friend beached on an island. I soon
discovered the power boat wake was not going to allow me to
just BEACH the Potter. It was rocking and rolling for about
5 minutes. Finally with help of my son, bigger than me, we
got Potter turned around and put anchor OUT and line in to
tree. Later when we were leaving I thought "OOOPS, took
water thru the trunk". Then when I was cleaning up realized
I had forgotten to close the COOLER PLUG. I am NOT
complaining, but wonder why my 1990 #626 doesn't take water
thru the daggerboard trunk? Anyone else with a 1990 have a
comment? Maybe ours are different?
Ted Duke
WWPs19 #626
Eric Pederson wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> It has been rumored that Kellan Hatch said:
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> > Several weeks ago I had my first beaching experience.
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> I'd like to offer a few beaching tips, if I may. Kellan has probably
> figured these out already.
>
> The first thing to do once the boat comes to a stop on the beach is to
> secure it in place. We run the main anchor from the bow up onto the beach,
> and the secondary from a stern cleat onto the beach at about 30-degrees
> off the bow. This keeps her perpendicular to the shoreline, even if
> currents, waves, or wakes are trying to turn her broadside-to.
>
> Instead of leading the stern anchor to the beach, you could drop it in
> the water as you approach - sort of a backwards med moor. The benefit of
> this step is that you are setup to kedge off if necessary. A drawback is
> that your stern anchor will be an obstacle to other boats maneuvering
> near the beach. This is probably the best option if the weather is rough,
> since you'll be able to back off the beach, and use the anchor to keep
> you off until you're under control.
>
> A third possibilty for a P-19 skipper is to lower the daggerboard into the
> bottom. The daggerboard will act as an anchor and stop you from boaching.
> This is handy for boats without two anchors, but you will tend to ship
> more water through the daggerboard trunk as the waves slop against the
> lowered board.
>
> When putting-off from the beach, recover the anchors in reverse order.
> Motor straight back and crank down a foot or two of daggerboard as soon
> as you can. This adds needed control to the P-19. As soon as you're in
> deep enough water, put the board and rudder down all the way. Recover
> your stern anchor if you deployed one in the water.
>
> For us, one of the most important things to know prior to beaching is
> where the powerboats tend to go fast. Avoid these areas if you can.
> The problem of shipping water though the daggerboard trunk is a tough one.
> I'm going to wrap a long rubber shock cord at the top of the trunk and
> snug it down. We'll see if that helps.
>
> Any other frequent-beachers want to chime in?
>
> --
> Eric L. Pederson
> P-19 #970, Necessity
> Bloomington, MN