Tommy in FLL
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2009
- Messages
- 44
Ladies and gentlemen, I am new to the online boat world, but I have owned boats in the past and I am not a total novice.
Just a "novice".
NOW...that being said, here in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale known as Wilton Manors we have a railroad crossing just east of Dixie Highway that is UNBELIEVABLY difficult!
My 1996 Larson All-American 160 has an 83 inch beam. This is barely adequate for this bridge! There is about 12 inches of clearance around the pilings for this bridge, and the water is typically about 30 inches deep at low tide. What makes this such a treacherous crossing is the fact that the current goes about 30 degrees to the route of travel. Which means that unless you go at exactly the time that the tide is changing and there is no current, then you are forced to try to take a boat through this narrow pass.
-This is impossible. The boat WILL make contact with the pilings [which are padded] so the only way that I've been able to get through this bridge is to put it in neutral and let it float into the pilings sideways and then grab them and push then so that the boat goes between them.
Damn! The river pilot that can take my boat between those pilings is my hero! My neighbor says that he goes through that bridge at high speed; I cannot understand how anyone can take a boat through that pass at anything other than idle!
I plan on taking my boat down there and practicing going through the bridge.
T
Just a "novice".
NOW...that being said, here in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale known as Wilton Manors we have a railroad crossing just east of Dixie Highway that is UNBELIEVABLY difficult!
My 1996 Larson All-American 160 has an 83 inch beam. This is barely adequate for this bridge! There is about 12 inches of clearance around the pilings for this bridge, and the water is typically about 30 inches deep at low tide. What makes this such a treacherous crossing is the fact that the current goes about 30 degrees to the route of travel. Which means that unless you go at exactly the time that the tide is changing and there is no current, then you are forced to try to take a boat through this narrow pass.
-This is impossible. The boat WILL make contact with the pilings [which are padded] so the only way that I've been able to get through this bridge is to put it in neutral and let it float into the pilings sideways and then grab them and push then so that the boat goes between them.
Damn! The river pilot that can take my boat between those pilings is my hero! My neighbor says that he goes through that bridge at high speed; I cannot understand how anyone can take a boat through that pass at anything other than idle!
I plan on taking my boat down there and practicing going through the bridge.
T
