We had a buddy boat standing at the approach fender watching closely from an angle. His wife thought it was a foot clearance. But you are correct, it always looks close underneath.
Ed Kelly from USSV ANGEL LOUISE web postings at http://twitter.com/CaptEdKelly On Jan 28, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Sam Densler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
