[Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River

[Bob Weber]

Slim, I will make every effort to make it tonight or tomorrow.  I will be teaching a Basic Keelboat class at my lake Fri-Sunday.  I will probably be doing a Night sail Friday night after the students leave if you are not working.  BW> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:44:37 -0500> From: stevenalm at gmail.com> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River> > Bob,> > As a matter of fact I will be in St. Louis this week, Wed thru Sat at Jive> and Wail:> > http://www.jiveandwail.com/index.php> > But I won't be on my R22. It doesn't go to weather like a 737!> > Slim> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com> wrote:> > >> > Slim, If you make it any where near St. Louis I will buy you a frosty Cold> > Budweiser. There are a lot of people who try to sail the Miss around here> > and all have the same complaints. Spring currents are fast and there are> > Bluffs on one shore line or the other causing the wind to either go straignt> > up or down stream. Let me know if I can help - plenty places to park a> > trailer if you get that adventurous. Bob Weber> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008> > 14:15:29 -0500> From: stevenalm at gmail.com> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River> > Thanks to all who> > responded. We're in the process of collecting charts and> other info. It's> > not likely that we'd take a very loooong trip. We're not> setting our sights> > on NOLA or anything like that. Or even Memphis--sorry,> Brad. Maybe the Quad> > Cities. Even that's pretty adventurous for us.> > We'd launch the boat> > someplace where we could safely leave it for a couple> days. Probably Lake> > Pepin which is not really a> > "lake" but just wide> river. Then drive the empty trailer and a second> > vehicle and go south as> far as...who knows. Leave the trailer there and> > drive back to the boat in> the second car.> > But as Richard points out, I> > wonder how much actual sailing we'd do. Which> makes me wonder how much I> > can rely on our 11 year-old Merc 8.0. We've been> on the river a lot with> > our fishing boat and have had plenty of experience> getting out of the way> > of the big barges--sometimes as many as six tied> together. But with a Lund> > 17' and a Johnson 35, it's speedy and easily> maneuvered. The Rhodes, not so> > much.> > We think the trip would be pretty dog-friendly and we'd plan on> > beaching or> docking early and often for that reason.> > Lots more research> > to be done.> > Slim> > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Chris Geankoplis <> > napoli68 at charter.net>> wrote:> > > Hey Slim> > Check our No. 51 may/june> > of Small Craft Advisor there is a> > story of a couple who went down the Big> > Muddy from around y> > our neck of the> > woods. They were on a 17 foot Norse boat. Good> > article, but I think the> > spent way too much money (from my cheapskate> > point of view ---$3130) At> > that price you could ship your boat on deck> > cargo to Greece and have a> > Rhodes in Rhodes!> >> > Chris G> > -----> > Original Message -----> > From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com>> > To:> > "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 4:43> > PM> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River> >> >> > > Hey Rod and> > Mary,> > >> > > Have you ever taken a trip down the river? Mary Ann and I> > have always> > > fantasized about a Mississippi voyage. Do you think this> > would be> > doable> > on> > > an R22? There's lots of towns along the way to> > stop and visit and you> > could> > > beach almost anywhere. It's a> > commercial waterway and so it's main> > channel> > > is maintained at a 12> > foot minimum. We'd go down but not back up.> > We'd> > > have to arrange> > someone to meet us with a trailer somewhere> > downstream.> > One> > > downside is that I wouldn't really want to swim> > in it. Any thoughts> > anyone?> > >> > > Huckleberry Slim> > >> > __________________________________________________> > > Use> > Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list> >> >> > __________________________________________________> > Use> > Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list> >>> > __________________________________________________> Use> > Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list> > _________________________________________________________________> > Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service> > Pack 1.> > http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner> > __________________________________________________> > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list> >> __________________________________________________> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
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