[Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River

[Steven Alm]

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> > >
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