What do you have on the bow of your TI that protects it when beached on the sandstone.
Whatever it is it looks interesting.
For your "gee Whiz" file of useless but perhaps interesting information, on my beachcat, I've been known to carry two sections of ABS (black plastic drain) pipe.
I plan to use this system when beaching the TI.
One ABS plastic pipe is smaller so it nests into the other which has removable caps on both ends.
The two nested pipes are then simply lashed, out-of-the-way, to the underside of one of the tramps.
The pipes, when placed on a rocky beach, allow the boat to be pulled across the tops of the pipes, protecting the hulls from "beach damage".
If the beach is hard enough the ABS pipes roll so I can pull one out from under the stern and place it back at the bow to make "protected" progress up the beach, above the high tide line, without scaring the bottom side(s).
If the beach is too soft for the pipes to roll, that presents no problem, because the boat slides on the top of the pipes.
Again as one pipe emerges out the stern of the boat as it is pulled up the beach, it can be re-laid at the boat's bow so the bottoms remain protected.
It is a simple process, cheap, readily available and does a great job of protecting the boat's bottom(s).
Just a passing thought.
Tom
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