HI All,
I might
purchase a
boat in
New Orleans and, If I do, need to move it to Port Aransas (actually Aransas Pass). Significant
boat details:
LOA: 44'
Draft: 6'
Beam: 11.5'
Displacement: 27000 lbs
Air
Draft: 58' (might be closer to 56' but I want give myself some small margin of error)
Engine:
Yanmar 4JH2E (51hp)
Fuel: 65gal
Based on some very preliminary chart
work and
research, it seems to me I have 4 basic options:
1) take
ICW the whole way
2) take
ICW west to some point like say
Morgan City then
head outside to Port Aransas
3)
head out the Gulf immediately make a rhumb line
passage to Port Aransas
4) instead of going to directly to Port Aransas head SE then SW to avoid the heavy concentration
oil rigs and
commercial traffic NW Gulf between NOLA and
Houston
Also, I have ordered but it hasn't arrived yet a copy of the Waterway ICW Guide to the Western Gulf.
I will very much appreciate all input and ideas.