Engine trimmed up but hit sand bottom!
habit68
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Hi gang, I was anchored today in about 3.5 to 4 feet of water with some big swells. I had the engine off and trimmed completely up, some big wave came up and I think the engine tapped bottom a couple of times (saw the steering wheel turn back and forth). It's a sand bottom, my question is this anything to worry about?
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PC BYC, Holland, MI
Course Bahamian style coral soft sand is one thing but the sand in my area is super fine sugar white quartz Siesta Key sand thats as hard as concrete if you stomp your foot on it. But if you stand in one place for a few seconds and slowly pump your feet theyll sink right in.
Id quickly bust something if I let it bounce off the bottom in a wavey stern-to-shore anchorage......but that hard packed endless white beach is pretty tempting.
So Id say I never want my drive to greet the bottom if it can be avoided by anticipating weather and traffic. Wish I was out on the boat with such problems... Mike