Boat Beaching Legs
Or dry out against a seawall or a post.
Boat beaching legs. The legs are notched to tuck under the outwale providing a good strong contact point with the boat. The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company are designers and producers of a range of transportable and stackable steel cradles for the boat yards and boat owners seeking a safe storage solution including heavy weather and hurricane cradles. The legs are an optional extra and readily available from any Jeanneau dealer.
With more and more boats kept in marinas and lifted ashore in winter beaching legs are becoming less common. Readjustable when you change boats. The legs have proved a valuable addition to Atoms cruising gear opening up shallow waters that were previously out of bounds and making her a more versatile.
To make sure the legs are easy to use and that the boat will dry out safely there are some important considerations. Not in stock but orderable from the factory. A prop under the bow and stern if you have longish.
In Europe they have been used for hundreds of years but for some reason are. The more usual way to attach beaching legs is with a bolt through the hull and the top of each beaching leg and lines from the bottom of each leg to the bow and stern of the boat. Originally Posted by Ian McColgin.
To that I added 12 so there would be enough above the rail to secure the legs to the boat. A steel bearing plate able to pivot is a good idea at the foot end. The length of the legs was determined by holding the boat level on a flat beach and measuring from the bottom of the outwale to the ground.
This avoids the possibility of the legs dragging sideways along the bottom as the boat refloats. Noelex 30 Beaching Legs - YouTube. And an owner with a ketch-rigged boat might attach the aft legs to the mizzen shroud chainplates.
