beaching sailboat

Hi, Just joined and am anticipating purchasing another sailboat SOON. Have been without for a couple years. Problem is my slip currently, and in the near future has no water at low tide, only mud. I am looking closely at a Starwind 22 and have looked at the Catalina 22s. Both seem to have...

I,ve recently bought a hughes 29 and want to paint the bottom. I am wondering how it will sit on the bottom. the fin looks too short to sit on a gov. dock grid where the cross beams are spaced almost 8 ft. apart. looking at the profile of the boat it appears that the fore and aft balance is...