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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

25-04-2017, 22:13

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

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Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

Once it's on a truck, the incremental cost to get it to the Kentucky Lakes and bypass the Mississippi all together would likely be worth the cost.

If the goal is really just transport to the east...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

24-04-2017, 22:33

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

Views: 20,778

Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

It was just after the river came down from flood (we had been stuck north of St Louis for a couple weeks waiting) so it was running pretty hard. We were going full throttle to make it back up the...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

24-04-2017, 00:54

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

Views: 20,778

Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

We were docking at Hoppies just south of St. Louis. Last fuel stop before Kentucky Lakes. It's basically a string of old barges tied off to the bank. You swing around so you are coming up stream and...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-04-2017, 21:47

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

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Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

Not trash talk just a reasonable assessment. North of St. Louis is a totally different river with locks and dams creating lower currents and limiting barge traffic to 3x5 configurations. There are...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-04-2017, 21:44

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

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Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

We've done the loop. The biggest limitation for most is from Hoppies Marina (just south of St. Louis to Kentucky lake). You need fuel range to cover that.

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

22-04-2017, 21:15

Replies: 36

Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

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Posted By valhalla360

Re: Navigating the Mississippi to the Gulf

It' doable but not as easy as the Tenn-Tom route
- Fuel sources are a few hundred miles apart.
- Only a couple marinas in well over 1000miles so you are finding anchorages in currents most of the...

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