Agree, I battle also with beaching and I now swim most of the times!I still don't understand the preoccupation with beaching the ski- dosn't this put stress on the boat and leave the potential for hair-line cracks -which I don't want when I am 2k's out from home? I think I will go for jumping out- I never was a good surfer.
....eats Sand"he who hestitates"