Wouldn't that depend on the amount of snow melt? Since there has been almost no snow, there won't be much melt. Of course that can change between now and then.
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Regarding the debris, everyone says that, and they collected an amazing amount of stuff at a lot
of the yacht clubs, etc, up here last spring.
But, we didn’t encounter much during our trip up.
It’s not an issue except where it’s an issue.
Seriously, we wouldn’t be able to run the length of the Erie Canal and have to turn north. The bridge clearance in Chicago is tighter if we took the river route. That route is much more sensitive where flooding and debris are concerned. Been there, done that. We will have to remove the radar from the arch at a minimum. The Chicago route would likely involve removing the arch.
That along with the difference in scenery is the reason we opted for the east coast route. There is also the closure of the Illinois for lock repair beginning in July. It would be extremely disheartening to see a repeat of last year’s flooding, followed by that closure should we get caught up in flood conditions. Had that happen with a delivery to Chicago last May. Ended up having to truck the boat (not an option here) to Chicago from Kentucky at great expense to the owner compared to what it was going to cost to run on its own bottom.
I’m not familiar with the route, but it looks like much of it had a maximum of 21.3 feet and that it gets much lower, under 20 feet farther along. At what mile marker do you get to the lake?
At any rate we are too tall at 24 feet. I could remove the tv dome and radar array, but there’s not much I can do about the hardtop built onto the radar arch. It’s good information since one of my dreams was to someday take the Erie Canal. I guess I’ll settle for the Hudson River: I still want to see West Point from the water.
You'll love the Hudson, Erie, Otswego route. Having done both, I can say even with the debris we dodged in the Hudson, it was much more scenic and had much better places to stop along the way.
As with us, he’s still going to have to reduce his air draft. The best number I’ve seen is just under 22’, but this claims it’s even lower. Our plan at this point is to leave things in place until we’re close to that bridge, then we’ll pull everything off the arch or possibly remove it altogether. I can see no practical way to hinge it.
If anyone has any ideas along that line, we’re all ears.
http://www.curtisstokes.net/great-lo...oop-route.html
How much do you need?
Offer a free 500 foot boat ride to the entire local high school?
Or more realistically full tanks, fuel, water, waste and possibly some plastic drums? 50G is 400 pounds.....
Just thinking out of the box here.
Seriously, there has to be a way to do some engineering/fabrication to hinge the radar arch. Plenty of them out there, this is not new ground. Would be a good investment in case of resale to someone who wants to bring her back to salt water...... Heck, the fuel you save may even pay for it.
https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missi...veys/Projects/
Here is the link to the recent survey information, they do a pretty good job of updating. This site has NJ and Delaware inlets.
Cape May is a beautiful town and the ocean inlet is the best in New Jersey in my opinion. When I was there I stayed at Utches Marina, but there are many. Coast Guard Training Center is there also.
Atlantic City is another choice, the Farley State Marina is at the Golden Nugget Casino.
This part of the coast has beautiful sandy beaches, and hence we can get our share of shoaling.
Bill
Thanks for the input, folks. The plan is to run 10 knots and sunrise to sunset. Once I get this thing routed, we can have some mini HOF get togethers along the way. The spacing on the last trip won’t work with this one, given more speed and more daylight, but I’m sure we’ll make a few of them the same.