Greetings! I'm interested in bringing a 54' going against the flow. New Orleans to Louisville. Would appreciate any thoughts (est. time, cost, etc). Looks to be about 1200 miles in total. Heard the Tennessee - Tombigbee is a beautiful trip. Thanks in advance!
Chad
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10-17-2012 06:35 PM #1Registered Member
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Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
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10-17-2012 08:20 PM #2
Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
Contact Randy (freeebird) for assistance. He did it in one engine. Its a run home for him.
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
Anything in particular you want to know? The distance thing is easy enough to figure, but time is a whole other subject with all the locks. That boils down to a matter of pure luck as you can hit them all right, or you can hit them all wrong. Don't plan on running above displacement speeds on most of the Tenn-Tom unless you have a very good attorney and bulletproof underwear.
As for going against the flow, you'll be going downhill again when you hit the Tennessee (even though you're running north), then you're uphill again on the Ohio to Louisville. It would be a pretty trip this time of year, that's for sure... at least the Tennessee and Ohio part. The Tenn-Tom doesn't offer that much in terms of scenery.Randy Register - Kingston, TN
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10-18-2012 04:28 AM #4Senior Member
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
We left New Orleans Friday Morning via the Industrial Canal to the Intercoastal along the edge of the gulf over to Mobile Bay. Left Mobile Bay Sat. Morning, hit all 12 locks, the Dirty Dozen I'm told, with pretty good timing. We made Pebble Isle Marina which is near mile 96 on the TN River about 6:30p.m. Tues. Evening. We actually began the journey from Leage City, TX on The previous Mon. Morning. The entire trip was wonderful with the exception of an oil leak in Homa, La and a near crushing boat experience in a lock in New Orleans. Our home port is Pebble Isle. I have not navigated beyond Ky Dam yet. I'm sure there are some good experiences to be had on the Ohio River in our future. We made the trip in June if memory serves correctly. The fall season would be more corlorful but the daylight is shorter. With the marina spacing on the Tn-Tom that shouldn't be a problem except Mobile to Bobby's Fish Camp. I did not run at night. We felt the barge traffic made it too risky. Keep us posted.
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10-18-2012 11:10 AM #5Registered Member
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
This is fantastic information! I'm so glad to have been eye balling this forum over the last few years. Its such a wealth of information and it wouldn't happen without such nice folks.
Fast intro: Been tossing the idea of liveaboard in my home port of Louisville, KY. My old man was a boat mechanic so I was raised since before i could pronounce "ship" (always said "sip) on and around old hatts (big, little, convertable, MY) so would not even would consider anything but older Hatteras. I've been slowly preparing financially and job wise for such a transition (pretty much there). So long story short, this forum has really been wonderful in answering so many of my questions by just going through the older posts. Thank you!
I don't own a set of bullet proof underwear so I appreciate the displacement speed thought and reminder of toilet bowels running counter clockwise on the Tenn-Tom "freebird", lol.
Thanks "Sunset Grill"! I was thinking in general about two weeks? Is that a close ball park figure?
Look forward to hearing one engine Randy's story! I'll contact him shortly. Really appreciate it.
Any good literature on such a trip?
Best,
Chad
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
Welcome aboard Chad. Sounds like you'll fit in well.
For when you have some free time, here's a link to Randy's story Part 1:
http://www.samsmarine.com/forums/sho...yage-From-Hell--- The poster formerly known as Scrod ---
I want to live in Theory, everything works there.
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
And when you finish that one, here's the trip to Tennessee. Oh yeah, this was before anybody (except the cool guys) knew I was sparky1. How long did you say you had been lurking again? LOL
http://www.samsmarine.com/forums/sho...ghlight=memberRandy Register - Kingston, TN
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
Man, what a blast from the past! I just read that thread again myself for the first time in years. Even I forgot who posted the followup to that thread or what it was called. I've done two more crossings since then, but no doubt that one will be something I'll never forget... for a number of reasons.
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
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10-18-2012 05:52 PM #9Registered Member
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Re: Navigating New Orleans to Louisville, KY
Just finished the thread.
Had to stop working, grab a beer, and continue reading. The post was filled with action, adventure, drama... Then ended with everyone making it out alive.
Ha, you'd have thunk I was a 50 year old woman reading "50 Shades"! What a post! Never did figure out how long the trip took though
Cheers
Chad
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10-18-2012 06:13 PM #10