Yeah, I have intentionally beached my boat a handful of times. I've grown up going to the lake and boating on it since I can remember. It is a pure sand bottom lake with rather steep drop offs for most of the lake and is really shallow drop off on the shore we vacation on. I am on a buoy in front of the cottage but when we go to the outlet that is the only place I beach it. It is a steep drop off so only the bow is resting on the sand and nothing else. To give you an idea of how steep the grade is, step in ankle deep, take three normal strides and I am over my head. Sorry for the long response but to cap it off, my running gear has never seen the bottom since I have owned the boat.
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