Enjoy! 80 ft mast under 65 ft bridge.
Enjoy! 80 ft mast under 65 ft bridge.
Maybe you've seen this. I remember seeing a guy with our sized sailboat who stepped his mast back while driving under a bridge.
This method would work good for getting him through some shallows too!
http://www.wimp.com/mastbridge/
This method would work good for getting him through some shallows too!
http://www.wimp.com/mastbridge/
Mark
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1975 C-22 currently named Stardust (soon to be "Angela Marie")
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1975 C-22 currently named Stardust (soon to be "Angela Marie")
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That's beautiful. Where there's a will there's a way. Hope he never has to make an emergency hard turn to starboard though. Could get very ugly
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Totally guessing here, but I would think he used the lines for his sail to lift and drop it--or perhaps he has dedicated lines for it.
Pushing them out past the center of gravity would cause the boat to tip, and that would cause them to swing out further until they hit the water (assuming they were filled with water.) If you look closely, he has dedicated lines used to pull them back in over the boat, which would cause the boat to tip back up.
Maybe he has it all set up on winches back to the the cockpit. Unless his crew went below deck, cuz I don't see anyone else topside.
Pushing them out past the center of gravity would cause the boat to tip, and that would cause them to swing out further until they hit the water (assuming they were filled with water.) If you look closely, he has dedicated lines used to pull them back in over the boat, which would cause the boat to tip back up.
Maybe he has it all set up on winches back to the the cockpit. Unless his crew went below deck, cuz I don't see anyone else topside.
Mark
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1975 C-22 currently named Stardust (soon to be "Angela Marie")
http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4 ... ew%20C-22/
1975 C-22 currently named Stardust (soon to be "Angela Marie")
I couldn't help but wonder who would have enough kahunas to pull off a move like that ... and at a good clip too, so I googled it up and found out this about the guy. Interesting.....
http://www.davidparrot.com/David_Parrot/Welcome.html
http://www.davidparrot.com/David_Parrot/Welcome.html
Bruce
Chry Wndw Shopping/'69 Newport H-20
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Ray Twp., MI
Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65343255@N06/
Vids: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60647F9C03EAE28A
I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.
- Earnest K. Gann
Chry Wndw Shopping/'69 Newport H-20
Poupon Me!
Ray Twp., MI
Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65343255@N06/
Vids: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60647F9C03EAE28A
I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.
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I've watched this clip many times and it never ceases to amaze and fascinate me. Sometimes, I think I'm resourceful or clever but the captain of Aratinga, David Parrot, reminds me that I've only scratched the surface of possibilities and that I still have so much to learn. I'm certain I would have really enjoyed meeting him and I have no doubt that I'd have walked away from the encounter having been enriched by the experience. My humble thanks to Captain Parrot for the lesson.
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