Given a 46 ft "I" dimension, 50 or 51 foot air draft is probably in the ball park. Depends on what you have for lights, transducers, and antennas at the top of the mast.
Don't worry too much about the 49 ft bridge on the Okeechobee Waterway. Check your cruising guide for the contact information of the company that tips boats to get them under the bridge. It's a common thing. They attach bladders of water to your halyards to tip the boat and reduce the air draft, and that gets you under the bridge. If the lake is down by 3 feet, increasing the bridge clearance, you might want to check the depth of the channels, too. I seem to recall the channels are not much over 6-8 feet in normal water. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Kim Brown Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:35 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List 35-3 Mast height Anyone actually measured their mast height on their 35-3. Spec in the Owners Manual is 50.5 feet mast head to water. I measured today and am coming up about a foot shorter at 49.2 feet. With the windex -including bird spike - 50.83 feet. Boat is loaded for trip but not that much (rudder top still well above water). Did the centerboard boats perhaps get a slightly shorter rig? The reason this matters is that we are headed across FL next week and there is this '49' foot bridge the Army Corp currently show as having a clearance of 50.83 feet (seriously -they worked out exactly the same- like the gods are tempting me....) due to low water in Lake Okeechobee.... If I am really that short I should be able to go through the bridge with nothing more than a ting or two from the bird spike. (tried to get the windex off today but it is corroded in place). Alternative is to pay the guy who tips boats $200 (each way). So has anyone else with a 35-3 come up short? (Can't wait to see the response to that set-up) Or do I need to check my math again (did it 3x). I could see an inch or two variance but this is more than a foot? Thanks Kim Brown TrustMe!!! 35-3 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
