[MFurber]

Hi. I am in my last land locked year, business up for sale and putting everything in place so on 1st July 2016 my wife and I are off, hopefully forever, to sail the Mediterranean as a full time livaboard cruiser.

at present I have a 2007 jeanneau 49i Sun oddessy which we bought 6 months ago to do the trip in. For the past 10 years, every spring I pull the boat out to change anodes, anti fowl etc.

The thing is my wife and I have been making a concerted effort to start living a more frugal life, acclimatise so to speak ready for the get go. For a 50 foot boat in the UK it costs approx $1250 to haul out and put back in plus around $300 for the actual antifowl. I have been watching a guy near my port that puts boats on the scrubbing posts, let's the tide go out so they dry out and then jet washes and antifowls in a single tide. For this he charges $500 including the antifowl....that's a massive saving.

Finaly to the question. Can a deep fin keel 2.2m with bulb on a jeanneau 49i dry out safely? I have tried to contact Jeanneau but they don't take technical requests so I contacted a dealer who has sent an email to Jeanneu direct but that was over a week ago.... So I figured I'd ask you knowledgable Lott!

We British are not a litigious bunch so I won't hold anybody to account if I take there advice and my boat snaps in half however some guidance would be very much appreciated....

 

[Faster]

Some boats will tend to 'sag' somewhat over their length when set on a fin keel, but in general most ought to be able to do so... I think once you determine that your boat isn't one of those known to be 'soft shells', then it becomes a matter of balance.

Depending on rig & keel placement, and keel chord/length the boat may balance nicely, or tend to nose down by the bow or stern.. if the latter you need to worry about sitting on the rudder. Supporting the dead weight of a boat that won't balance on a tide grid can mean putting vertical pull on a cleat, where no such load may have been intended.

IIRC the Jeanneaus have a pretty long bulbed tip.. balance may not be an issue.

It will be interesting if Jeanneau actually comes back with any info.. I'm betting their lawyers will tell them to tell you not to do this....

If this isn't 'shopped'.. it would seem that you'll be OK... Pretty sure that's a Jeanneau..

 

[knuterikt]

Some boats will tend to 'sag' somewhat over their length when set on a fin keel, but in general most ought to be able to do so... I think once you determine that your boat isn't one of those known to be 'soft shells', then it becomes a matter of balance.

Depending on rig & keel placement, and keel chord/length the boat may balance nicely, or tend to nose down by the bow or stern.. if the latter you need to worry about sitting on the rudder. Supporting the dead weight of a boat that won't balance on a tide grid can mean putting vertical pull on a cleat, where no such load may have been intended.

IIRC the Jeanneaus have a pretty long bulbed tip.. balance may not be an issue.

It will be interesting if Jeanneau actually comes back with any info.. I'm betting their lawyers will tell them to tell you not to do this....

If this isn't 'shopped'.. it would seem that you'll be OK... Pretty sure that's a Jeanneau..

If my memory is correct, this is a wing keel boat that went aground on a falling tide..