I was US Navy aboard USS Enterprise CVAN-65. We could not depart or enter San Francisco harbor [Golden Gate Bridge, 220', 67m] unless it was low tide. Keel to mast was 250', on 39' draft. Tide chart Aug 3 shows about 7' variance low-high tides. Looking straight up or from the bow, the space below girders to masthead light didn't look too generous.
Sincerely,
Toolmaker51
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Or maybe added some water to ballast the bow down.
The bow of that boat looks to me like it is setting very low in the water? It has no rise like a proper bow should have. If that is in normal trim, it sure would not be a safe open water boat!!! I wonder if they flooded the bilge to get it to fit under that bridge?
I witnessed a similar situation when I was living/working in Abu dhabi (1980 - 1986. I had a small dhow, so no problem with the bridge between Abu Dhabi Musaffa but a UAE Navy boat ahead of us had not considered the tides and his total above water height, and he got stuck. We waited for about 30 mins for the tide to go down .
Mike
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