A Bridge that takes no prisoners - Hallberg Rassy - owner not on board - demasted

That was the late David Parrot taking his boat under a bridge in the US Waterways.
The balls were made of waterproof material, stitched, and the seams made impermeable from inside.
What very few notice is the Shepherd's Crook at the top of the mainmast, to fly a pennant and not to foul the windex / aerial, etc., a refinement rarely seen nowadays.:D
 
When I first saw the video the bags look to me like water weights for testing cranes/davits, however they don't appear to have dump tubes on the bottom to unload the water. If you had a project you could hire such bags as they are readily available and in sizes small enough for just a tonne of water filled.
 
Norman_E said:
I doubt it was, if you look carefully you can see that there are at least four and probably five people on board. A stolen boat is more likely to have just one or two.
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think the claim of being "stolen" was to point out that no HR OWNER would sail with the fenders down.....or even be foolish enough to attempt to make a closing bridge with the airdraft being less than your rig...Ahem

They where lucky no one was seriously hurt. the Mast could have killed someone or holed the boat..
 
This video has been on here before.

The practice of ' shooting the bridge ' by lowering the mast on smaller boats and relying on the way / momentum to get through then whipping the mast up again is well known in places like the Norfolk Broads, but with boats like a Hallberg Rassey relying on the structure of the bridge to lower the mast may not be so smart !
 
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Norman_E said:
I doubt it was, if you look carefully you can see that there are at least four and probably five people on board. A stolen boat is more likely to have just one or two.
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The 'stolen' part of the post was a bit of a joke because I was under the impression a Hallberg Rassy was only bought by Sailors not Spanners :-)

As for the suggestion 1 or 2 people would steal a yacht. I'm not in the business nor heard much about stolen yachts (number of crew needed etc) but what I can share is a link to the Oyster yacht stolen with 3 persons aboard who were subsequently arrested which on balance makes you neither correct nor wrong ;-) but then if your in the business of stealing yachts I'm most certainly wrong ;-))) http://pacifica.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/sailboat-runs-aground-at-linda-mar-beach
 
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What is extraordinary is that the 2nd yacht was also "going for it" :confused: There must be have lights to indicate that the bridge was closing, lunatic chancers I reckon. I wonder what they put on their insurance claim?
 
Jamesuk said:
As for the suggestion 1 or 2 people would steal a yacht. I'm not in the business nor heard much about stolen yachts (number of crew needed etc) but what I can share is a link to the Oyster yacht stolen with 3 persons aboard who were subsequently arrested
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My first boat was stolen from Largs Yachthaven by 2 people, before I bought it. I went down to view, and she was gone! Broker phoned the owner, who said he didn't know where she was... She was later found "in difficulties" off the south tip of Arran, with a rowing boat "borrowed" from Lamlash; they were towed to Ayr by a fishing boat, where the two occupants scarpered but were apprehended by police. They were the owner's sister and brother-in-law... It was alleged they had been going to sink her then claim on insurance, and all were accused of attempted fraud. Instead the sister & brother-in-law were found guilty of theft. Somebody had to be found guilty of something!
 
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A1Sailor said:
My first boat was stolen from Largs Yachthaven by 2 people, before I bought it. I went down to view, and she was gone! Broker phoned the owner, who said he didn't know where she was... She was later found "in difficulties" off the south tip of Arran, with a rowing boat "borrowed" from Lamlash; they were towed to Ayr by a fishing boat, where the two occupants scarpered but were apprehended by police. They were the owner's sister and brother-in-law... It was alleged they had been going to sink her then claim on insurance, and all were accused of attempted fraud. Instead the sister & brother-in-law were found guilty of theft. Somebody had to be found guilty of something!
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There was a couple a while back who were found starved to death in a stolen boat I think?
 
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