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From: captc (no email)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 13:10:54 EST
You guys just need to downsize, that is the answer.....hahah.
Or some on the list may even say switch over to a M/V....haha
(I didn't say that!)
Brian
Beaufort, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: "Rosalie B." <>
Sent: Feb 20, 2004 12:58 PM
To: Richard Goodwin <>
Cc: live-aboard <>
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Mast & Engine question
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:32:09 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>Cool! It would be really useful where I am if you had
>a folding mast on a larger boat. There's a marina
>inside two 60' fixed bridges and 2 drawbridges and a
>5+ knot current at full ebb (Portsmouth, NH). It
>would be really nice to be able to be able to fold
>down the mast, motor out to the outer harbor, then put
>it back up and sail away without waiting for low tide
>and bridges to open while fighting the current.
>
>I've seen two different boats come real close to
>getting swept under the drawbridges, with a dramatic
>last-second save in each case. Others haven't been so
>lucky.
>
I know of a boat where they deck stepped the mast and could then lower
it enough so they could get to a slip going under some of the fixed
bridges in Pensacola. They nearly had a nasty accident with it too,
but it did work.
grandma Rosalie
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