Tod
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PT/T for Pacific Beaches
At places like Cerritos and the Pacific beach launches in general do any of you use power trim and tilt, gas assisted manual or manual only? With PT/t
can you get your speed onto the beach with the motor prop barely in the water or can you time the lifting to where you have the necessary speed to hit
the beach and still lift high enough not to drag lower unit too hard.
Love to hear your experiences and recommendations.
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woody with a view
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nobody treats their own boats like the pangueros do at Lobos!
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cortezpirasea
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Those pangeros most of the time aren't the boat owners...
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IMO, there is no advantage and plenty of disadvantage to having power trim for beach launches. Keep it simple.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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I understand they don't own their boats and that's why they fly up onto the sand. I'm thinking no boat owner would do that, and read that into Tod's
question.
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Tod
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Since pangas are pretty much flat bottomed they handle better than modified V. The dory fleet at Cape Kiwanda in OR with their flat bottom boats
really slide a long way up the beach at high speed and most of those boat owners are like us...recreational and having fun but taking care of their
beloved boats. Google for some videos of how fast they come in.
Thanks Monoloco for that reply as it makes a lot of sense to me.
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Depends on the conditions so no one answer will suffice. In La Ribera all the boat users are boat owners. Before the marina we all used our beach to
launch and haul and those with older engines like mine (55 HP Johnson) had the added safety of kick out -- I ran mine 25 mph up the sand and never
hurt the hull or motor because there were no rocks, nice slope. Boats with newer hydraulics had to let the hulls rock on the beach while they attached
the big ropes to haul. Pt. Lobo has the added danger of high seas, rocks at the point, a veritable cliff to run up -- those guys are high seas
daredevils no matter who owns the equipment and I hold them in awe.
When it comes time to recondition the keel and hull I just followed the fleet and mixed the fiberglass with sand and/or sawdust to patch it better
than new and it was then good for more years of service where there are no ramps. Mine has just been reconditioned by the new owner and is a tiny
battleship ready for many more years of hard work in friendly seas.
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Osprey, are the pangeros able to launch in the Marina today? How about turistas?
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The ramp in the marina is open. I think it's 110 pesos in and the same out. I don't think they are charging all the local commercial and charter
fishing guys. The don't sell fuel. A marina creates it's own marine environment just like natural and artificial reefs and most see that as a good
thing --- all the sardines and sierra congregate at the mouth between the jetties and are easily taken by netters each night they can safely harvest.
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My experience with a few years of beach launching and landing with an aluminum skiff and a power tilt Honda 35 was it was more often a problem than an
asset. This was especially the case if the conditions of the surf were a bit marginal.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Tod
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Very helpful. I am going all manual on a new 20HP. Thank you all of the input.
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The PERFECT beach landing!
Bob Durrell
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