[WinterRiver]

I made it under that bridge last June with a stated 63' mast. I watched as a sister boat, with apparently a slightly taller mast or just more stuff on top lost a light. (It floated, so she dropped the dinghy and went back to get it.) I went very, very slowly and only my whip antenna touched.

The most annoying aspect was the lack of clearance boards on many of the bridges. I know there was no clearance board on the south side of this bridge for the northbound folks. I believe there was one on the other side. That, of course, is subject to change.

Winds were nonexistant when I went through, so I can't report on that part.

Fill up on fuel, water, and beer. Can't hurt.

 

[WinterRiver]

The "alternate ICW" route is probably a bit more scenic than the Alligator River route. There's a fine line between mellow and monotonous.