If your singlehanded you are going to need some sand to land the boat on while you get the rollers.

I wait until a big set of waves have gone through, disconnect the tiller extension from the crossbar, fold the leeward rudder up until vertical then sail quickly towards the beach. When the water is waist deep I bring my windward rudder up to horizontal and when the water is 1 foot deep I grab the sidestay, jump off the boat and it rounds up. Float the boat onto some sand and drop the mainsail taking advantage of the larger waves that come through to float my boat up the beach, never dragging on the sand. In the time it takes to drop the main another set has usually come through and I am at the highest water mark, its now safe to get the rollers without the boat getting sucked back into the ocean by the waves.

I have done it this way for the last 10 years with minimal damage to my boat.

Darryn
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