[Public-List] Public-List Digest, Vol 2569, Issue 1

[Gordon Laco]

There is a bridge here in the Great Lakes at Sarnia called the 'Blue Water
Bridge' which spans the St Clair River.  It's clearance over the river is
more than 200'.

When I was Executive Director of Toronto Brigantine Inc, we operated a pair
of steel hulled square riggers; big little ships with mast heads 57' aloft.
They look and feel tall, particularly when one is up there reefing topsails.

When the bridge is approached, it's easy for a novice to be convinced that
there might not be enough room to get under the bridge.

There was a decades old tradition that involved sending a first-timer up to
the mast head to be ready to push the bridge away if a variance water level
might prevent the vessel from squeaking under....  Sort of a rite of
passage...

I don't think they do it anymore - I never heard of a problem but such a
tradition was deemed too close to be mis-interpreted as 'hazing' so was
discontinued.

Gord
#426 Surprise




On 09/05/13 9:51 AM, "David Gilbert" <bigkanu at rogers.com> wrote:

> The mast on Big Kanu #620 is 37 ft., deck stepped so add the height of
> the boat and I certainly wouldn't try anything under 50 ft.
> David
> On 8-May-13, at 3:54 PM, gordon white wrote:
> 
>> The Gilmerton highway bridge on the iCW in Norfolk has a 35 ft
>> clearance, closed , at MHW. Will an Alberg 30 mast clear that? (The
>> bridge is being worked on)
>> - Gordon White, /Brigadoon II/
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