In a message dated 1/26/03 12:03:18 AM, you wrote: <<I'm contemplating an inland passage from New York City to Mobile, Al this coming fall. Besides removing the masts for the trip would my 5' draft cause undue concern? >> Of course you could do the trip much easier in the traditional manner by taking the ICW south to Florida then skirting the Gulf Coast to Mobile. You wouldn't even have to lower the masts. Larry Z