Check this out on the SSCA forum.
http://ssca.org/DiscBoard/viewtopic.php?t=4855
Tired of waiting for the drawbridge?
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This blows my mind. A lovely creative solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. Any boat too big to fit under that bridge is big enough to go around outside.
Too big with a ketch rig! Good thing he didn't order the sloop, or he'd REALLY have no choice but to go out where the waves spill the martinis.
Too big with a ketch rig! Good thing he didn't order the sloop, or he'd REALLY have no choice but to go out where the waves spill the martinis.
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The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this is from another thread:
http://plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopi ... d6aa#26227
Not sure relying solely on a halyard for a tether is such a good thing!
http://plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopi ... d6aa#26227
Not sure relying solely on a halyard for a tether is such a good thing!
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Oh yea, I remember now. Still can't remember where the info came from, maybe trailersailors.com, but the guy did this to escape shallow water before a hurricane- Andrew, perhaps. It was so successful the guy and his family decided to explore some of the close areas of the ICW they weren't able to get to a couple years before due to their rig height. Not to say "I'd" advise it, but it works for them...
Tony