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Post by mesteve on Jul 9, 2021 21:46:51 GMT
I see the “I” spec is right around 50’, but what do you use for air draft clearance?
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Post by rxc on Jul 9, 2021 23:22:43 GMT
From my copy of the owners manual, the clearance height is 57'2"/17.43m. I believe that this is from the waterline to the top of the mast, including the anchor light up there, but not including any VHF antennas or Windex attachments or TV antennas or wind instruments you might install.  I try not to go under anything less than about 62', just in case. |
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Post by mesteve on Jul 9, 2021 23:39:55 GMT
Thanks. Guess we’re still not getting under the Tuttle Causeway on the ICW…
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Post by rxc on Jul 9, 2021 23:45:40 GMT
No, you won't get under the Julia Tuttle causeway. Out at Ft. Lauderdale and back in at Miami. It is a nice trip "offshore". I would really like to explore some of the ICW between Ft Lauderdale and Miami, but it would be "down-and-back". I think the cats would prefer it to going offshore, though.
What is really hard, though, is that I cannot go across the Florida peninsula. We live in Stuart, and it would be really nice to head up the St. Lucie river and across Lake O. But the bridge heights are mostly 50 ft, except for the railroad bridge which is 48 ft (I think). We could have done it in our old boat, with help to lean it it over. I do, also occasionally fantasize about hanging a bag of water on the spinnaker halliard, but that is just a fantasy.
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Post by mesteve on Aug 1, 2021 1:23:57 GMT
No, you won't get under the Julia Tuttle causeway. Out at Ft. Lauderdale and back in at Miami. It is a nice trip "offshore". I would really like to explore some of the ICW between Ft Lauderdale and Miami, but it would be "down-and-back". I think the cats would prefer it to going offshore, though. What is really hard, though, is that I cannot go across the Florida peninsula. We live in Stuart, and it would be really nice to head up the St. Lucie river and across Lake O. But the bridge heights are mostly 50 ft, except for the railroad bridge which is 48 ft (I think). We could have done it in our old boat, with help to lean it it over. I do, also occasionally fantasize about hanging a bag of water on the spinnaker halliard, but that is just a fantasy. Any input on taking it down the inside vs Hawk Channel once south of Miami? |
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Post by rxc on Aug 1, 2021 18:20:09 GMT
We haven't gone down there yet. We were planning on doing in the spring of 2020, but COVID. THis year, same issue, now getting worse again. Looking at the charts, the bridge clearances along the ICW appear to be good, but some depths in the cuts are only 4 ft. Tide around here is only a foot, so it would be tricky. Even the ICW itself might be a challenge. I think I have a guide book on the boat that discusses it - research would be mandatory to use the ICW below Miami. I would also plan to re-commission my watermaker for this trip.
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Post by mesteve on Aug 2, 2021 0:43:20 GMT
Those 4’ depths are what had me asking…
Im sure we’ll stay “inside” outside in the Hawks channel, but there doesn’t appear to be much in the way of protected anchorages along the way south.
thanks
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Post by jowa on Mar 15, 2023 20:28:57 GMT
From my copy of the owners manual, the clearance height is 57'2"/17.43m. I believe that this is from the waterline to the top of the mast, including the anchor light up there, but not including any VHF antennas or Windex attachments or TV antennas or wind instruments you might install. I try not to go under anything less than about 62', just in case. Do you have this specification from a standard rigged 43DS or with a roll-main? I read something about 3' / 1m difference between these two rigg versions. |
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