Kaminoseki Bridge

We decided to take a bit of a short cut under the bridge at Kaminoseki. Jaap was not sure of the height under the bridge although he thought that all the bridges in the Seto Inland Sea had 23 meter clearance. Escapade's factory sail plan shows a mast height above water of 19.5 meters but we have never measured it. Plus there are a few bits up there such as wind instruments, vhf antennas etc.

I didn't think it prudent to go sailing under a bridge that could have a few knots of current without knowing the exact clearance. So I logged on to the Japan Hydrographic Office Online Store and downloaded the S-Guide H804-04.


Sure enough, there on page 76 the clearance under the bridge is shown as 23 meters.

So the intrepid skipper manned the conn to take her through.

The suspense was building...

and then the critical moment...

and we were through!