Hey Andrew, I checked my old NOAA chart and you're right. My bad. 55' is listed on NOAA charts.
Quick google searches showed 50' and 52.5'. That sounded reasonable if Joe's VHF antenna hit the bridge. Chuck > On 03/23/2021 10:23 AM Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Charles, what sources are you using for the C May bridges? NOAA charts > list them as 55’ at high water. > Andy > > Andrew Burton > 26 Beacon Hill > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > On Mar 23, 2021, at 10:12, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > > Hi Joe, > > What's your air draft? Mine is 54' > > > > You can't overcome physics. I've done the Cape May canal bridges > > many times. There are two bridges over it and a railway swing bridge that > > remains open cause it's broke. Sources list Cape May Parkway and Seashore > > Rd bridge height at 50' or 52.5' and there is a graduated table at the base > > of the bridge. The water level shows the actual clearance. The tidal > > range is 4.5' in this area and I would time my trips so the tide is low or > > close to it and find 57+ feet at the bridge. This works the best for > > climbing the Delaware River. When motoring at 6 knots hullspeed, the > > favorable current gave me 8.4 knots Speed Over Ground on GPS. > > > > There is another challenge to running the canal at low water; > > running aground. The bottom is muddy, so backing out or spinning usually > > get you clear. Keep your speed low so you The ferries really kick up the > > sand where they dock and it forms a sandbar on the opposite side of the > > channel. So favor the side where the ferries dock. Be mindful, if they > > blast their horn, they are backing out, so U-turn and hold off till one > > leaves. > > > > Note: Heading West, the tide can give a boost for eight hours or > > more. It's like riding a wave that's travelling West (turn of the Earth). > > I've had a favorable tide the whole way from Cape May to the C&D Canal. > > Heading the opposite direction the tide is favorable for less time, like > > four hours, because you're travelling East and the wave passes under you in > > the opposite direction. Sucks but true. Heading that way, I would consult > > Reed's and use math to leave the C&D so I would arrive at Cape May at low > > tide or just after it to use the canal. If I arrive more than two hours > > before Low, I wait. If it's more than two hours after low, I go around. > > There is a channel along the beach but I'm not sure if it's marked. > > Hopefully others will chime in. > > > > > > Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute, 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena, Md > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you ever gone into Cape May? I have hit the bridge with > > > my VHF antenna going through the canal. No harm done, but that would have > > > been a bad time for a big wake! Quite a sight to see the antenna going > > > ting-ting-ting across the girders up there. > > > > > > There is a bridge in Florida on the Okeechobee canal that is > > > a bit low and I think the marina near there will come out and hook a big > > > weight to your halyard to heel the boat over to get under it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > Coquina > > > > > > > > > > > > From: G Donald Wagner via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 5:28 PM > > > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > Cc: G Donald Wagner <don.wag...@verizon.net > > > mailto:don.wag...@verizon.net > > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: C&C 40 > > > > > > > > > > > > My C&C 41 CB with a tall rig draws 4'11" with the board up,7' > > > 10" with the board down, according to the data brochure. > > > > > > I've tested it here on the Bay many times and believe the > > > Brochure. > > > > > > > > > > > > On the other end, the quoted Bridge clearance is 60'4"' per > > > the brochure. I've never tested it , but believe it is correct, not > > > allowing for the Windex or the Wind direction/Wind speed Instrument. > > > > > > The instrumentation may add another 12 -14'". So, if you > > > believe the corps of Engineers the 65" along most of the ICW will be ok! > > > Of course, near Miami and on the Okeechobee Waterway where, it's often > > > stated to be 55" , will be a problem!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Just my .02 cents worth > > > > > > > > > > > > Don Wagner > > > > > > C&C41CB > > > > > > Der Baron > > > > > > on the West River of the Chesapeake Bay > > > > > > d to the list to help with the costs involved. 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