Heading North 2008 List

[Deckerd]

will head north from Miami end of first week in May - first section will take us to area near Hilton Head; headed up to Chesapeake eventually

[camaraderie]

Just a quick note to those thinking about going north through the Pamlico Sound and past Roanoke Island. The alternate ICW route for larger sailboats is on the EAST side of the island near Manteo.
There are TWO bridges on the WEST side of the island and one is 66ft and the other is 45 feet...
This was discovered by a 40+ sailboat earlier today. Unfortunately, the boat in question made this discovery underway instead of during his route planning and will be proceeding to the Chesapeake under power. Fortunately no one was injured when the stick came down.
Here's the chart snippet. Clearance on the bridge at left is clearly marked at 45'.

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[JohnRPollard]

Man, bad enough to hit a bridge, but he's lucky those weren't power lines!

[sailingdog]

Ouch...

Originally Posted by camaraderie

Just a quick note to those thinking about going north through the Pamlico Sound and past Roanoke Island. The alternate ICW route for larger sailboats is on the EAST side of the island near Manteo.
There are TWO bridges on the WEST side of the island and one is 66ft and the other is 45 feet...
This was discovered by a 40+ sailboat earlier today. Unfortunately, the boat in question made this discovery underway instead of during his route planning and will be proceeding to the Chesapeake under power. Fortunately no one was injured when the stick came down.
Here's the chart snippet. Clearance on the bridge at left is clearly marked at 45'.

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[denby]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

Just a quick note to those thinking about going north through the Pamlico Sound and past Roanoke Island. The alternate ICW route for larger sailboats is on the EAST side of the island near Manteo.
There are TWO bridges on the WEST side of the island and one is 66ft and the other is 45 feet...
This was discovered by a 40+ sailboat earlier today. Unfortunately, the boat in question made this discovery underway instead of during his route planning and will be proceeding to the Chesapeake under power. Fortunately no one was injured when the stick came down.
Here's the chart snippet. Clearance on the bridge at left is clearly marked at 45'.

Attachment 1514

Cam,

You are assuming he knows how to read charts and had them aboard.

[camaraderie]

I posted on another thread...he was under spinnaker at the time and said that he thought all ICW bridges were 65 feet. He was not on the ICW!
Back to those headed north with masts upright!

[denby]

Cam,

Last summer we had a 40 ft cabin cruiser coming from NY to Milford Harbor and he thought he'd safe a couple of miles by passing north of Charles Island. You might know the area Cam, Charles Island is not an island at low tide. They did not sink but did a lot of damage to the hull and had to be hauled out in Milford Harbor.