looking for another P42 owner who has taken their P42 under the bridge. bridge height is stated to be 66’
Would really like to go through but ......
Would really like to go through but ......
Thank you for details... always love oking for other P42 owners on the bay. If you see give me a call on the VHFI keep my boat just north of there and go through on a regular basis. The fixed bridge is 65 feet above the water and my 1993 H42 is 61 feet plus the antennas, wind instruments, etc. I am nervous if the tide is more that 3 feet above normal (as determined at my home dock). I don't even look up anymore when I go under, as it always looks like I am going to hit (never have yet).
You might be right here. I would still recommend transiting at zero tide state, which would be the tide table low water time of transit before changing to a flood.Mean High Water (MHW) rather than 0 tide state.
Agree. It’s a pretty narrow channel and the current is a challenge. Also the depth at either end can be an issue. So going between tides seems best.Pretty close, Keith. Recommend you transit at zero tide state, which is normally what the clearance is based on.
Low tide is variable here depending upon the period and can range from a minus three plus feet to a plus some feet. To me a zero tide state is at that point between a minus and a plus tide state, again according to our published tide tables.(I don't see any 0 tide levels so I assume when you say 0 tide level you mean low tide)
66’ was from memory, the listed height is as you noted 65’By the way, my charts show the published height of the Kent Narrows bridge to be 65 feet. Where are you seeing the 66 feet?
Also, the specs for a Passage 42 here on SBO show a mast height of 60'3" Even with some pretty tall stuff on the top of your masthead I doubt it is even near 65 feet? You should check your owner's manual and with other Passage 42 owners about their total air clearance. The VHF whip antenna will flex as long as you're not right at the attachment point and the wind instruments probably don't extend much more than a foot above the masthead. HOWEVER, you need to confirm your air clearance.
My 40.5 Owners manual lists a mast height of 63'3" I have a VHF whip that extends above the masthead and I use 65 as my air clearance and have never scraped my vhf whip on a bridge marked as 65 feet on the boards but the pucker factor is always there. HOWEVER, I have never gone under the Kent Narrows Bridge.