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Tired of waiting for the drawbridge?
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:04 pm
by Allen
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:11 pm
by Figment
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:02 pm
by dasein668
Oh. My.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:36 pm
by Summersdawn
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!
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:03 pm
by Tony
I saw this somewhere else, and I don't remember what it was, however the guy actually had a logical reason for doing this...something like trying to get out of the way of a hurricane.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:23 pm
by Tim Mertinooke
That was nuts!
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:11 pm
by Figment
Nuts.
HA!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:23 pm
by Tony
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...