Cruisers Forum
 


Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. Advertise Here
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 09-03-2016, 12:56   #16
Registered User
 
Vasco's Avatar

Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto
Boat: CS36Merlin, "La Belle Aurore"
Posts: 7,557
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ View Post
I beg to disagree... isn't there a 64ft fixed bridge 30minutes south of Norfolk Virginia?

(I maybe wrong... I have been wrong before, my mother recalls...)
Tons of bridges on ice south of norfolk but no problem with norfolk and anchorages close by. Your mom was right.

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
__________________
Rick I
Toronto in summer, Bahamas in winter.
Vasco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2016, 12:57   #17
Registered User
 
Vasco's Avatar

Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto
Boat: CS36Merlin, "La Belle Aurore"
Posts: 7,557
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

ICW! Going to smash this phone that thinks it is smarter than I am.



Sent from my SGH-I747M using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
__________________
Rick I
Toronto in summer, Bahamas in winter.
Vasco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2016, 16:54   #18
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: St Augustine, Florida
Posts: 6
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Stay outside and enjoy the trip
Burrito is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2016, 17:27   #19
Registered User
 
Nicholson58's Avatar

Cruisers Forum Supporter

Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Caribbean live aboard
Boat: Camper & Nicholson58 Ketch - ROXY Traverse City, Michigan No.668283
Posts: 6,356
Images: 84
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Quote:
Originally Posted by paulajayne View Post
This is brilliant. I have sent the link to the admiral several times. This boat is a near dead ringer for us but we are not as elegant. We are 80 feet air draft and 58 LOA. 'SHE' will not hear of it.
Nicholson58 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2016, 18:24   #20
Registered User

Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Kilmarnock, VA
Boat: Nordhavn 46, 46'
Posts: 313
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Charts, guidebooks, and Active Sam will give you the exact bridge heights. In the macro sense, entering a commercial harbor from the ocean will generally be issue free, but CHECK charts. I live in Charleston--open access to/from ocean via shipping channel. Nothin in the way. ICW runs through the harbor going N-S, and in either direction on that you will come to an abrupt halt in front of a 65' bridge.

You'll have to go outside Hatteras. Wait for a good weather window and enjoy. Day and a half to Norfolk or less if you ride the edge of the stream. Entering the Chesapeake at Norfolk, same principle. Entry from the Chesapeake Bay to most harbors is fine. Lots to see. Go to the top of the Bay and out to the Delaware River/Bay via C&D Canal. No worries. You will have to go around Cape May and enter from the Atlantic Inlet. Bridges on Cape May Canal too low. If you cross from Cape May to Block Island and north, it is open ocean. If you go up the Jersey shore, the major inlets can be entered with your mast from the ocean.
Moody46CC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-04-2016, 11:59   #21
Registered User
 
Gboy's Avatar

Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Georgia
Boat: Conser 47 performance CAT
Posts: 108
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

If you really must try the ICW you will have very few choices with fixed bridges. At 66 to-instruments there are very few for me, and I have wait for mllw... Even then it's very nervy ...

If its lose check with the DOT



Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
Gboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-04-2016, 12:05   #22
Registered User

Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Lake Belton, TX, USA, Earth: 3rd rock from the Sun
Boat: Vagabond 14
Posts: 421
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Whatever clearance they SAY you have... assume its 2 feet less

Helps you to avoid hitting stuff if you add a margin.
TurninTurtle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-04-2016, 13:36   #23
Registered User
 
TheOffice's Avatar

Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Annapolis
Boat: Hylas 49
Posts: 1,121
Re: Mast Clearance = 69' and The Ditch

Cape May is less than 69, but you can go around and into the marinas
TheOffice is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
mast

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
About Mast Height and Bridge Clearance four winds General Sailing Forum 14 22-05-2017 07:03
Float Coat and Ditch Bag over40pirate Classifieds Archive 1 14-07-2015 12:01
Ditch bags.....ACR Rapid Ditch, Revere.....or something else? Opinions? motaman9 Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 5 23-04-2014 05:19
Pancho and Sombrero in Ditch Bag ? Boracay Health, Safety & Related Gear 15 05-12-2011 14:19
US Clearance - Bahamas Clearance Issues AllezCat Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 2 26-01-2011 16:41

Advertise Here


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:07.


Google+
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

ShowCase vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.