But it sounds like anything with 50' or less air draft should be able to make it across. Do you know for a fact, Philip, that those would be the only bridges?
Steve Weinstein S/V HYDRO-THERAPY 1981 Cherubini Hunter 33 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by Norton A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW >I suppose it is a matter of perspective but the bridge at Indiantown is > 55' and the bridge at Moore Haven is also 55'. The Sanibel Causeway is > no longer a lift bridge but at least it is fixed at 65'. Maybe fine for > a sportfish, but way too low for a 52' cutter with a 70' stick. > > Philip McConnell > SV Gryphon > Punta Gorda > > Steve Weinstein wrote: >> Interesting point. A number of years ago I delivered a Bertram 42 Sport >> Fish from Ft. Meyers to Montauk, NY and I remember crossing Okeechobee >> and >> then through a few locks to get to Port St. Lucie on the east coast but I >> really don't remember any low fixed bridges. Where would those low fixed >> bridges be? >> >> Steve Weinstein >> S/V HYDRO-THERAPY >> 1981 Cherubini Hunter 33 >> Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY >> >> All outgoing mail protected by Norton A/V >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM >> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW >> >> >> >>> Circumnavigating S. Florida using the cross Florida canal from Ft. >>> Pierce to Ft. Myers using Lake Okeechobee. Then around the Keys. Sounds >>> like fun, but these days unless you draw less than 5' there's no >>> crossing the lake. 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