[Rhodes22-list] Marina picture

[Slim Chance]

Rod and Mary,

The charts shown on the web site you posted are not as detailed as the ones
I used.  For example, you want to see where the wing dams are so you can
avoid them.  Some of them are only inches below the surface depending on
river level.  I used the MN DNR "Mississippi River Guide -- A Guide To
Boating On The Miss. River Between Hastings And the Iowa Border."  A hard
copy is free for the asking.  That was my main resource and it also lists
points of interest, parks, landings, marinas, navigational tips and much
more.

We put in at Red Wing and traveled to Winona.  It was a one-way trip
downstream.  It took two vehicles.  We trailered to Red Wing and put in at
the Ole Miss Marina.  We launched and secured the boat and then drove the
van w/ empty trailer and Camry to the Winona Yacht Club and left it there
and drove the Camry back to Red Wing.  Four lazy days going down river,
stopping a lot along the way, (Slippery's Bar and Grill in Wabasha was a
highlight -- we docked there for the night) and took out at Winona, drove
back to Red Wing to pick up the Camry and went home.  We motored most of
the way -- even in Lake Pepin since we arrived there on days with
absolutely no wind at all.  We did not sleep aboard but stayed in motels,
campsites and cabins along the way including the venerable Anderson Hotel
in Wabasha.

Although we had a terrific time, I must confess that if I did it again I'd
be tempted to take the fishing boat instead for simplicity.  And since we
motored most of the way anyway, better sailing can be had elsewhere.  But
we sure as hell turned some heads bringing Fandango down the river.

Slim

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Ellner Rod <ellnerrod at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> Thanks for the offer. How far did you travel?  Any interesting stops? I
> did discover that you don't want to be the first into the locks. When they
> open the gates every powerboat blasts out of the lock passing us with no
> regard to wakes. I'll be last in this trip. I have been looking at this
> site http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/NIC2/mrcharts.cfm?index=1 . Is it the
> same one you used. If its not a lot of work do you have a website that you
> used.  I have a GPS/fishlocator with a map chip, so that should be more
> than enough to stay between the channel markers. We made the trip several
> years ago and found that after leaving the St. Croix River at Prescott the
> trip was mainly using the outboard because of the channels. The overnight
> in Prescott bay was very pleasant. While in Lake Pepin we docked at Lake
> City Marina.  Very nice. We were told by a live aboard sailor that the
> marina is the nicest marina they had seen all the way to the golf.
>
> We also trailered to Kentucky Lake several years for a Rhodes 22 get
> together. That was a lot of fun.
>
> Rod
>
> On Jan 4, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Slim Chance wrote:
>
> > Rod and Mary,
> >
> > We took a Mississippi River trip several years back.  Call or write the
> DNR
> > and ask them for river charts.  They're very detailed.  They show all the
> > locks, wing dams, channel markers, docks, etc.  Very helpful.  Let me
> know
> > if I can be of any help.
> >
> > Slim
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Ellner <ellner at pressenter.com> wrote:
> >
> >> O
> >>>> What a terrific picture of your marina.  Makes me want to go to the
> >> storage building and sit in the cockpit of Toy Blew, Hudson WI.
> >> We are in the planning stage of a 2 or 3 night sail down and back to
> >> Lake Pepin,  MN with Mary's sister and her husband this summer.
> >> Rod
> >> Toy Blew
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