Induced heel for bridge clearance.

[DaveC426913]

Y'all have surely seen this video:




Well, I have recently moved and my new harbour is inside a lift bridge. My first mate thinks maybe we don't need to wait for the lift bridge every time we go out.

I've done the geometry. What do you think?

[Stickinthemud57]

I can't help but wonder how you will move the boat. I don't think the motor will reach the water. Also, your drawing doesn't show any actual clearance, so in order to get even one foot of clearance you would have increase the angle significantly. I would not be very comfortable with that, and unless everything in the cabin was well-secured, things could break.

How long do you have to wait for the bridge vs how long it would take to rig, pass, and de-rig? I'm assuming the bag is filled with water, correct? Filling that and emptying it must take a bit.

It seems to me that devising an efficient way to lower the mast might be a better approach.

[leefrankpierce]

I think a trailer-sailer with the ability to raise and lower its own mast will be a huge advantage.
Less trouble than trying to heel it over.

[DaveC426913]

I can't help but wonder how you will move the boat. I don't think the motor will reach the water.

Oh the Heel kit comes with a bolt-on motor extension!




(It also comes with a long piece of rode that I will use to ... yank your chain ... )

[Stickinthemud57]

I can't help but wonder how you will move the boat. I don't think the motor will reach the water.

Oh the Heel kit comes with a bolt-on motor extension!




(It also comes with a long piece of rode that I will use to ... yank your chain ... )

Oh DaveC426913, you old chain-yanker you!

[dlandersson]

I had a drawbridge was broken that I needed to go thru one year. Just lower your mast into the cradle using the MRS, toodle on thru, then raise it again.

[Be Free]

I sincerely doubt that a BF50 will still be in the water at 62 degrees and I know its not designed to run at that angle.