Surf Launching and Landing a Hobie Island

Justin, thanks for the offer, I'm hoping Depot Bay will be a reasonably easy launch for the TI and do plan to do some sailing there. For the actual ORC I won't be able to use it but I hope to scout there a few days and do some sailing.

The TI is 18 feet long with dual mirage drives and if stripped of sail, amas and akas would probably handle surf as well as an Adventure (with a competent crew).

I posted the following to the Hobie Island Forum and will follow up here with any results:

It's been a while since I've posted here. I have a TI since last June and have been doing a lot of kayak fishing in lakes and rivers and some crabbing in estuaries here in the great Pacific Northwest. Now I am planning to do some salt water fishing off the Oregon/Washington Coast where the swell (ironic name) and wind waves can be amazingly destructive (see Cape Disappointment).

Wonder what the current state of the art is in surf launching and landing a TI. This post was instructive but it's a few months old I'd like to know what's the latest field tested strategy any of you have developed for this.

To launch into the surf:

Would you lash the amas in or extend them?
Tramps on or off?
If you're planning to sail would you lash the mast to the hull until out of the surf zone or mount the mast and leave the sail furled?
Would you walk the TI out to deep enough water to mount the drives and pedal out through the breakers or just paddle it out?
Rudder up and use a paddle to steer or rudder down and kick it all the way out?

To land on a beach through surf:

I've seen Hobiecats sail right onto the beach but not thinking the TI could handle that, seems like a recipe for ama-geddon!

Would you retract the amas or leave one or both out?
Would you leave the drives in or pull them before entering the surf zone?
Would you jump out and hold the stern line and ease it in bow first? Stern First?
Would you use an anchor or drift chute? Bow first or stern first?

Thanks for any and all comments.

PS - I'd love to get one of those cool anchors, still not available in the US or Canada as far as I can tell.