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Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:15 pm Posts: 1196 Location: Oakland, CA
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What Matt said. My father-in-law moored my 16 for two weeks on a large lake and the constant movement and loose rig wrecked the standing rigging, the hulls had stains which were difficult to remove, and the design of the boat doesn't let it round into the wind easily so it was often pulling on the mooring line and just putting stress on the boat in general.
Don't moor it. Pull it ashore, or on a dock. Some folks who don't have a beach and/or steep shoreline have made inexpensive docks using portable dock pilings and 2x4s with all-season carpet secured to them. Others have built ramps from the shore to water and used a winch to get the boat in and out of the water.
On the other hand, I've beached a Hobie with the sterns in the water (because the "beach" is too short) for two weeks of regular sailing without signs of stains or water damage. Bottom line: keep it out of the water until you're sailing it.
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