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Legs for your yacht

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:53 am
by bornfreee
Let me know if any one is going to make these i would be very interested in a pair, just being able to get into shallow water and stay there for a while is worth the expense never mind being able to clean the bottom or repairs
http://www.atomvoyages.com/articles/imp ... -legs.html

Re: Legs for your yacht

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:08 pm
by surrealbass
a set of these are on my list for after the refit- i think the ones he made are a bloody good design. many of the others I've seen are more like the yachtlegs ones which need a hole through the hull which isn't going to happen. As they are not going to be on the boat all the time I am using some gal. that I have lying around from other jobs. I measured Joylee while she was out of the water and the height from keel to toerail was 2070mm. don't know how that would compare to the fibreglass versions(but I am curious! :?: ) so now all i need is a little time and maintainence will be a little cheaper!!! :idea: :D

Re: Legs for your yacht

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:12 pm
by Ianb
You could modify an Acrow prop for the job:
http://www.australianscaffolds.com.au/s ... pgodqlQAcw
They are heavy and only galvanised, so probably left at home for most of the time.

Re: Legs for your yacht

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:47 pm
by Swift
I entertained the idea of building some legs using heavy duty aluminium fence posts. Then I found out it was illegal to careen your boat in Sydney waters and lost interest. I know of a couple of sailors who have taken their boats up the Hawkesbury for a budget antifoul between tides but don't know if this was legal or not.