Hi Ed, Are you measuring from the waterline to the top of the mast? I am assuming that the lightning rod is an additional 3 feet. That would make your required clearance 52 feet. Is that accurate?
I forget, but is there a draft board on that bridge and did you notice the stated clearance? Thanks Philip On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 12:45 -0500, Ed Kelly wrote: > 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. > > -- S/V ORYOKI Currently lying in Beaufort NC "There's no point in making a plan if you're going to pretend to follow it!" _______________________________________________ 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
