Jon;
7 foot draft is very little problem in the ICW in North Carolina, but 67 ft of air draft would be a killer. The Wilkerson Bridge at the south end of the Alligator River Cut is only 64 feet in normal water (and we have no tides to help here). If the wind is blowing hard from the right direction it can suck a couple of feet of water out of the Pungo River and the Alligator River Cut, but that only brings you up to 66 feet at maximum. You can avoid that bridge ( and the 65 foot bridge in Hobucken) by going out the Albemarle Sound and past Manteo, inside the Outer Banks, and then going down Pamlico Sound to Oriental and Adams Creek. That keeps you in protected waters in North Carolina but still leaves you a 65 foot bridge over the Newport River north of Beaufort, and the Route 70 bridge between Morehead City and Beaufort. Fortunately you have some tide to help get under these bridges. Looks like you're probably stuck dealing with Cape Hatteras when you go south again. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Boocock Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:43 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Andrew running the ditch south Andrew, Did the Valiant have a problem with the bridge height on the ICW. We talked ourselves out of the ICW to bypass rounding Cape Hatteras because of draft (7' wing) and height (67', measured) on a C&C 44. I would have thought the 50' Valiant would have an air draft problem. Jon
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