I taped a 100 foot tape to the top of a long stick then taped the bottom of the stick to a halyard, hoisted it so the top of the stick (and tape) was raised over the masthead and was even with the tallest thing on the mast (VHF antenna), then put the tape on the water. This method should yield a result which is a couple inches longer than the actual draft.
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 2:31 PM joyce mango via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi- > > Really struggling to get exact measurement of our mast above waterline on > C&C 41 1986 (just the normal design model) to see if we could do the > "Hatteras bypass" stretch of the ditch. I'm thinking our air draft is 63 > feet, approx, but don't want to hit our newly purchased boat's mast! > Anyone know how I can get a more exact measure - did the halyard thing, > but measuring from mast to waterline seems impossibly imprecise???? > > Thanks, > Joyce > > L. Eleanor Joyce Mango > joycemang...@gmail.com > 978.270.2991 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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