True but the bridge is still there and fixed. We go down that way frequently and speak to the lock tender occasionally. We live about 1 hr away and have friends in the area.
Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sam, > Link says web page was last edited in 2006... > Patrick > DancesWithWaves > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Densler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 2:28 pm > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.boatingguidetoamerica.com/index.cfm?task=display&doc=Boating_Guide_to_America:State_FL:Place_Okeechobee_East > > Shows fixed bridge at Port Mayaca as 49 feet. That has always been our > issue, we are right at 49 ft. Spoke to the lock tender and he told us > that we could call and check, sometimes there is a bit more clearance > as > the canal depth gets lower. > > Sam > > > > Philip McConnell wrote: >> Actually in Ft. Pierce the I-95 and Florida Turnpike bridges are > fixed >> at 56'. A whole extra foot! I think those are it but I may be wrong. > I >> stopped looking as soon as I determined I couldn't make the trip. >> >> >> >> Steve Weinstein wrote: >>> 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 >>>> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- **************************** Sam Densler mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.islandfx.com/lady S/V Lady of the Lake PDQ 36, Hull #15 Melbourne, FL S/V Stories She Could Tell Endeavour 37, Hull #454 Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 Reborn and sailing again in 2007 **************************** "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell." Jimmy Buffett "Stories We Could Tell" A1A _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
