How were you able to measure/estimate the 8 inches from the antennae to the bridge? We are 47 ft and it looked like we were 5 feet too high based on the perspective. I swore we were going to hit.
Sam On 1/28/11 12:45 PM, Ed Kelly wrote: > JIM, > I Suspect the ratio of Demigods to pretty good people in bridge tenders > is about the same ratio as you find among most of us. > > It is nice when they have experience on a boat before doing the job. > > Today we are on the canal / river system on the West Side of Lake Okeechobee. > This trip across has been one of the prettier trips we have taken in 4 trips > up and down the ICW. > > We have a 49 foot mast and it was touch and go whether we could make it > through the > Port Mayaca Railroad Bridge on the East Side of Lake Okeechobee... so we > decided > to go through backwards! We were ready to hit full forward if we were going > to > be too close. We had a full 8 inches to our masthead antennas and lightning > rod. > > Ed > Ed& Sue Kelly aboard USSV Angel Louise > DC Based SKYPE Phone # (202) 657-6357 please leave message for us > You can see map and travel progress at http://tinyurl.com/EdandSue > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 27, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Jim Lynch wrote: > > On 01/27/2011 11:16 AM, Ed Kelly wrote: >> Hi to everyone on the list, >> >> I shared the following with a few friends on the list who want to be >> copied on emails to family while we cruise, but there was a learning >> experience available so I thought others here might find it interesting. > I've run into a few bridge tenders who thought they were demigods but > most are pretty good people. I've probably had more that stretched the > open time up a bit for me than have given me trouble. > > Jim. > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
