It appeared to me that the weights naturally tipped the boat until they touched the water.
I can see lines from the bottom of the weights that pulled them back aboard the boat. Since they had to use the rig many times they probably had all the kinks worked out. There are lots of 65' bridges and the text mentioned an eighty foot mast. Eighty seems high to me. In the shot showing the bags back aboard it looked like the lowest bag, the one that was dragging in the water, was about 12 feet above the water so that would make the air draft reduction a bit over 12 feet.. Sixty five plus twelve is 77'. It also looked like there was plenty of clearance under the bridge, so I would guess the mast was more like 70-75 feet, not the 80 mentioned in the text, but maybe they included a whip antenna.. They did mention they were on the ICW, and I assume that was the Atlantic ICW. The bridge and surroundings looked vaguely familiar. The bridge has unusual V-shaped support columns which should make it easy to identify. I suspect the water bags were flotation bags used for underwater salvage rigged upside down. The use of weights to reduce air draft is common here in Ft Myers. Boats transiting the Calooseahatchie River to transit Lake Okeechobee to go across Florida will often use weights, such as a flooded dinghy hung from a boom, or a for-hire service that uses plastic 55-gallon barrels, to reduce air draft under a too-low bridge. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Steve Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/30/2008 11:06:45 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Interesting Boat Video > > Now THAT's a set of cajones!!! > > In all seriousness, I'm curious how he got them far enough out to counter > the righting moment. Is it possible that gravity took over once he got them > over the side initially? And then how does he stop the process once he's > heeled sufficiently to clear the bridge? > > > Steve Weinstein > S/V CAPTIVA > 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 > Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY > > All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A LiveAboardList" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:12 PM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Interesting Boat Video > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epz6BBZm__0 > > > > > > Norm > > S/V Bandersnatch > > Lying Julington Creek > > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
