>From watching the video, I’d say you’d be okay as long as you approached the >beach from the seaward side and insured that fire-hose pickup stayed in the >water behind you. Otherwise you could be in for a rather sudden drop – oops I >meant “landing”...
Now that I’m thinking about it, I wonder what the max gross take-off weight might be. I think I remember reading somewhere on the site that the power came from a 200 hp engine which, while being weightless in flight could be a bear just standing there waiting for take-off thrust! Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V From: Philip Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:17 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] The latest in ship to shore transportation I wonder how it works coming up on to the beach. -- S/V ORYOKI Philip & Marilyn Lange AE4OV KD4JRC Currently on the hill - Beaufort NC "There's no point in making a plan if you're not going to pretend to follow it!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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