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How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Cool, but it was posted here over a year ago!
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
with out any clearence- that's a 54 degree lean pretty impressive
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
So why was he sitting on the high side?
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Really? If the bridge clearance is 65 feet and the mast height is 80 feet, then the cosine of the heel angle would be 65 / 80. This corresponds to a heel angle of about 36 degrees; the mast is 54 degrees above the horizontal. Still, a pretty impressive maneuver.Originally Posted by the_gr8t_waldo
If the bags are full of water, then his setup is self-limiting. As the bags start to immerse, the pull on the halyard is reduced. This means he would be nearly unable to capsize unless he winches the bags WAY too high. I think he has done this trick before.
I think the reason he is sitting on the high side is twofold: He can see the masthead more easily and it is more comfortable
The weight of one person really doesn't make much difference when you are trying to heel that big a boat that far.
If someone had to do this sort of trick a lot, would it be worth putting a small video camera on the top of the mainmast? This would make it easier to judge clearance.
God bless!
Wayne
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A.K.A Gareth
Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Sail on the outside, no wonder it's posted under "wimp''
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Then there's this over on SA:
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Cool pic in so many ways. Like the near bridge. And the waterball we can see is not at the masthead.
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
right you are teresajude! i souldn't be allowed to play with numbers. it always turns out sadly
Last edited by the_gr8t_waldo; 09-20-2011 at 03:47 PM.
homeslap
Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
What bridge is that?Then there's this over on SA:
I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
A.K.A Gareth
Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
Somewhere in Singapore
43.50.918 N, 69.38.583 W
Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
If someone did this a lot, some yahoo in a pickup with a shotgun could empty those waterbags at the worst moment and drive off yahoo-ing about ruining some yot-snots day.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
they must do it often.it looks like a port side extention is in place. to add buoyancy to the hull while in that position? that guy in the cock pit looks like he has the best seat in the house
43.50.918 N, 69.38.583 W
Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
It's likely that they have used the method numerous times transiting the ICW where there are quite a few bridges with 65' and lower clearance.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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Re: How do you get 80 ft of mast under a 65 ft bridge?
I've seen a couple of guys do that under our harbour bridge, only they did it without the ballast and all byee themselves.Then there's this over on SA:
It usually doesn't work out too well.
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