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Sailboat with 80' Mast goes under a 65' tall bridg

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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 09/20/2011 : 09:02:00

We've seen this before but I'm not sure if it was video or just pics. Here's a video

[url="http://www.wimp.com/mastbridge/"]we don't need to drop no stinking mast![/url]

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OJ
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 09:13:21

Interesting bit of math there . . . I wonder what the ballast consists of.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 09:41:00

Water

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 09:56:47

I've seen the same bit of kit used on youtube, some sailors using a hunter edge, and intentionally knocking it down. Showed it to the wife as reassurance, that it is difficult to capsize a keelboat. Moreso when we keep it <15°heal angle.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 09:59:03

Be interesting to see the calculations.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 11:00:52

I showed this to one of my sailing friends, and he sent me back this:

When I first saw it, I thought the mast was caught on the bridge, but it's not, they're using the same method as in the video, except for the going through the opening sideways.

If that's on a river and they're drifting through, how do they get back?

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 11:21:46

There didn't appear to be any crew on deck as the camera boat passed. I wonder if he did all that single handed?

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 11:59:48

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What the........!?!?! Why would anybody.........???? Never mind--I can't even think like that.

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 12:09:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What the........!?!?! Why would anybody.........???? Never mind--I can't even think like that.

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 14:20:33

What you don't hear is the kid sitting in the top rail saying to the other two " I wonder what this clevis pin does.....

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 16:56:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg
 . . . If that's on a river and they're drifting through, how do they get back? . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">tow? notice the inflatible nearby

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 17:07:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DaveR
 We've seen this before but I'm not sure if it was video or just pics. Here's a video
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Notice how the camera boat falls back as they approach the bridge . . .

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OJ
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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 17:12:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Russell
 There didn't appear to be any crew on deck as the camera boat passed. I wonder if he did all that single handed?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">If you look closely John, there is someone on the port side of the deck - just foreword of the mizzen mast

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Response Posted - 09/20/2011 : 17:32:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Milby
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What the........!?!?! Why would anybody.........???? Never mind--I can't even think like that.

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">The strength of these boats, and their ability to tolerate any abuse that the mind of a sailor can conceive, never ceases to amaze!
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I like the guy in this pic standing in the cocpit with his arms crossed. Looks like this isn't the first time the've done this!

Seems like if they could afford to build this boat they could afford a slip where they didn't have to lay the boat on its side to go sailing.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 09/21/2011 : 06:14:55

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> quote:Originally posted by John Russell There didn't appear to be any crew on deck as the camera boat passed. I wonder if he did all that single handed? If you look closely John, there is someone on the port side of the deck - just foreword of the mizzen mast <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Still, those guys were cool as cucumbers (in the fridge)! Nice job.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/21/2011 : 18:50:21

I was looking at the geometry on the sailboat video. If there were a sufficient righting moment passing by, like a huge wake from a powerboat, I would not be surprised to see the mast rise up and the counterweights swing toward the mast. Other than a precarious balance, what would prevent the boat from rising up at the worst possible time?

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