beach the tide

Over 50 years in boating and that's a new one on me. The closest I can come is to 'watch the tide when you beach a boat'. How big of a boat are we referring to? It sounds like a run-about with the table being stowed in the floor and the bimini dropping beneath a hatch behind the seat (both fairly common on small boats. I understand the rest of the sentence, but on "beach the tide", not a clue. Could they have meant beach the boat. Some bowriders have a boarding ladder in their bow which makes getting off when beached easier.

Greetings,
With reference to NYCAP's comment about laying the boat onshore and watching the tide, could it be "the tide's a beach"? (if you're not careful). Oh, and welcome to the forum Roman...eh?
Peter

I'm guessing it means the boat is designed so you can beach the boat as the tide goes out with it remaining up right on perhaps bilge keels of some kind.

Or has protected running gear so that it doesn't hurt the running gear.

That's what blow-boaters do to scrape the barnacles off the hull. Run it up on the beach at 3/4 tide ebbing and you have a day to get the bottom done. God's travel lift returns on schedule.

Wouldn't it take two days? As you have to let the tide come in again and then let the boat lay over on the other side.

YES, most of us are probably familiar with using God's travel lift but have you actually heard it referred to as "beach the tide"? I've got nothing but guesses. Roman 7000, You've come here with a statement that seems to have heads scratching. Some good thoughts here, but any chance you can ask the source of the statement and educate us.

Since "careening" is the proper term for self-stranding to perform hull work I wonder if the unknown term is a typo in the orginal source.

I got no answer but will be curious to see if any comes up. I've been around boats and boating a long time also (ok, I've also got 50+ years) and never heard it until now.

I'm inclined to agree with Marmot. That's why I asked about the size boat. I think someone may have said "opportunity to beach the boat", mentioned something about tides and they got put together. So far I see about 200+ years of boating experience here unfamiliar with the term.

I tried any google hacks to find it anywhere ... nothing
must be a spelling error or a missing word?

could be : beach with the tide ?

my 2 cents

I like this explanation..but one wonders if the weight and balance..and other areas of the hull are protected enough to withstand an intentional..beaching.
Smaller boats have Beaching shoe's...
Putting a multi million dollar yacht on its keel with no protection against..
abrasion seems to be a risk not worth taking unless you have an aluminum or steel hull.

I think our friend from Calgary was just trying to invent a colloquialism so that when he hears it years from now he can say "I invented that term and I can verify it through YF", hence his absence since. It means nothing. 23 skidoo.

Hi,

That is a popular NZ pastime. Never encountered the term till I saw it on here.