Wow, that's a pretty impressive video. Suppose you had the bucket/sea anchor tied to the topping lift with an extension rope and a block on the bucket andthe boat hook to push the bucket away and maybe some sort of safety line bow and stern to keep the bucket lined upmidships. Then pull on the extension rope and the boat heels in a controlled manner as the bucket is already in the water. Alsoyou don't really care about the 14' as you just want it to be away from the boat, and you use the topping lift line/extensionrope/block to pull the boat over....carefully, using the horizontal distance to gain torque on the mast. You've can control the angle infinitely that way. Might even be nice to go through sideways Of course you really need to watch the water levels....as that changes everything. From: Erik Stavrand via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2018 3:48 PM Subject: M_Boats: Clearing a railroad trestle Hi all, I need to regularly (and easily) clear my Sage 17 under a 22’ +/- railroad bridge. I’m thinking of inducing heel with a water bucket or bag similar to the big boat technique used on the Caloosahachee in FL (see video called Boat Balls - https://youtu.be/WGAzt-8minI). My wife did the calculation based on 25’ from waterline to the masthead (to be confirmed with a Windex installed) and the weight needs to be 14’ from the mast. My guess is that heeling toward the OB (to keep it in the water) with my weight and a 5 gallon (or so) bucket of lake water and a pre-measured halyard (for height) and tailing line (for the 14’ measurement) and a boat hook to push bucket out will do it. Has anyone done this before? Any advice? Thanks, Erik