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My uncle developed something similar for his boat but only the top. The idea was to have a 15-ish meter high mast fit under the Hollandse Brug (12.8 meter high
by rocqua 5y ago
My uncle developed something similar for his boat but only the top. The idea was to have a 15-ish meter high mast fit under the Hollandse Brug (12.8 meter high bridge). He put a hinge in the mast and added a lot of stays to allow this to happen.
He is a maritime engineer, so he had it all calculated out to ensure it would hold up in rough weather. And knowing how racy he sails, I am pretty sure its been put to the test.
- jacquesm 5y agoThat sounds super cool :) Interesting that he special cased it for that one bridge, and good that the water level there is reasonably stable, but that would definitely require some checking before making a run at a later date because the waterschappen are known to occasionally change their policy and suddenly you'll find that your 'known depth' is off by a meter either way. Lower wouldn't be much of a problem I guess but higher very well could be.