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Very low Wroxham Bridge on the Norfolk Broads featuring a sailing boat passing through with its mast down.A boat crash at Wroxham Bridge is very likely if full attention is not given.Hire boats on the Norfolk Broads must use the Wroxham Bridge pilot to navigate their craft through this tight tunnel, just as they must at Potter Heigham Bridge.There is a Wroxham Bridge cam available online to give you some more perspective of this famous Broads bridge located on the River Bure.In this video the bridge clearance was 6.5 feet,however,it was 6.25 feet the day before filming this video.The draught of this sailing boat is 1.1 metres. Wroxham Bridge is believed to have been originally built in wood.The bridge was rebuilt in 1619 which replaced an earlier bridge from 1576.The current bridge is stone but the top has been covered in a metal exterior bridge on top. The bridge splits the towns of Wroxham and Hoveton and is often referred to as the capital of the Norfolk Broads. The sailing boat that this video was filmed from is a Bruce Roberts 27 sloop and many more videos are available just like this one on the liveaboard Sailing High Seas Youtube channel.