[Rhodes22-list] How to go under a bridge

[elle]

Sounds like loads more fun than bags of water...if it works....
   
  elle

bobmellor <rhmello at aol.com> wrote:
  
when i sailed down the coast and over to the abacos, we watched a boat in
front of us do a similar maneuver under a bridge, but using three guys tied
off the end of the boom.... they swung the boom out and.... it worked--- by
inches... fun to watch as we could tell they weren't too sure it would work
or not.

Bob M


Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Robert,
> 
> A friend of mine here in Memphis, a tax attorney, and his friend, an MD,
> took the good doctors J-34 from Pickwick down the Tom Bigbee to Florida a
> few years ago. The original plan was to de-mast in Mobile and sail the
> rest
> of the trip. They decided somewhere along the way that they were both
> smart
> guys and remembered enough high school algebra to figure out how much heel
> it would take to clear the last bridge, 52', in Mobile without de-masting.
> Eleven degrees was the magic answer they computed. They hung the dink off
> the boom, filled it with water, and bravely attacked the bridge. Their
> calculations were perfect, BUT, they didn't consider the VHF antenna and
> windvane. OOPS! It cost as much to make the repairs as it would have to
> de-mast.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Feb 1, 2008 8:02 PM, Robert Skinner wrote:
> 
>> elle,
>>
>> Thanks for the additional info. That would
>> make sense.
>>
>> /Robert
>>
>> elle wrote:
>> >
>> > Robert,
>> > The bags had 2000lb of water in them.....
>> >
>> > elle
>> > --- Robert Skinner wrote:
>> >
>> > > Very slick!
>> > >
>> > > I'll keep that in my bag of tricks.
>> > > Looks as if I'd have to make sure
>> > > that the bags had enough air in them
>> > > to create positive bouyancy - along
>> > > with the weight required to heel the
>> > > boat.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > /Robert
>> > >
>> > > elle wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Saw this on another site:
>> > > >
>> > > > Hope the pix go through.
>> > > >
>> > > > elle
>> > > >
>> > > > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
>> > > can adjust our sails.
>> > > >
>> > > > 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady
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