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32-3 air draft
- Thread starter Lone Gull
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I put 'bridge clearance' into the search box (upper right on this screen). Several applicable threads show in the list this produced - and here is just one:
ericsonyachts.org
You might want to do a bit of searching with related phrases like air draft, bridge clearance, mast clearance, and etc.
32-3 Mast/Spar Height Info needed
I have a 1990 Ericson 32-3, #763, only three more were built after it, although I read here was one hull (767) on the factory floor at auction time. I understand it was purchased and finished off by one of the employees. I had a "bridge incident" this summer and need to know the actual height...
You might want to do a bit of searching with related phrases like air draft, bridge clearance, mast clearance, and etc.
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Bolo
Contributing Partner
For what it’s worth I found this notation on the Garmin chat (on my iPad) at the bridge. Looks like the boat went under at the lowest water level.
21-MAY-2023
Rodrigorosa1969
Going through port Mayaca railroad bridge with a 50 ft mast, at the bottom of the low tide, lake Okeechobee at a 13.7 level, end of a dry season, pass through just scraping my VHF antenna.
21-MAY-2023
Rodrigorosa1969
Going through port Mayaca railroad bridge with a 50 ft mast, at the bottom of the low tide, lake Okeechobee at a 13.7 level, end of a dry season, pass through just scraping my VHF antenna.
I would suggest carefully measuring your own air draft. On my 32-3, I seem to recall my air draft was 47’, not including my VHF antenna. Before I sold her, I was closely calculating whether or not I could get under that bridge. However, my new boat has a 50’ air draft, so I am out of luck there.
If you pull a metal tape measure all the way up on your main halyard, you can then measure the distance from that sheeve to the toe rail at maximum beam. Then add that length to the distance from the toerail to the water. You will be slightly overestimating your mast’s air draft, which would include a useful safety cushion. (add 2-3’ for your antenna too.)
If you pull a metal tape measure all the way up on your main halyard, you can then measure the distance from that sheeve to the toe rail at maximum beam. Then add that length to the distance from the toerail to the water. You will be slightly overestimating your mast’s air draft, which would include a useful safety cushion. (add 2-3’ for your antenna too.)