How to get a 80' rig, under a 65' bridge ?

August 6 2019

Written by Yachting Art Magazine

Navigation and sailing - The maneuver is always impressive so as not to take advantage of it...

How to get a 80' rig of a ketch, under a 65' bridge ? Simply by holding its masts with counterweights, to put his ship on the side.

Video demonstration of a ketch coming up a river in the United States, and confronted with this concern..

Notice that the bags are lift bags usually used for marine salvage, normally filled with air to lift something off the seafloor.

Each one holds one ton of water!

VIDEO - coucher son voilier pour passer sous un pont... - ActuNautique.com

Navigation et voile - La manoeuvre est toujours impressionnante pour ne pas en profiter... Comment passer sous un pont d'une hauteur de tablier de 65 pieds, quand le grand mât de son ketch mesure ...

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