On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:47:05 -0500, rhys wrote:

On 12 Feb 2005 13:48:58 GMT, (William R.
Watt) wrote:


Anybody know about summer sailing on the Mississippi River?
How are the winds on the lower part, say below Kansas City?
Any sailing clubs along the route?

It's nearly 25 years old now, but the best book on this route I've
read is "Old Glory", by Jonathan Raban.
R.

A terrific book indeed, but nothing about sailing. He used a 15-ft
aluminum runabout.



Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a


"We have achieved the inversion of the single note."
__ Peter Ustinov as Karlheinz Stckhausen

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:29:35 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
wrote:

A terrific book indeed, but nothing about sailing. He used a 15-ft
aluminum runabout.

True, but I was thinking more about his descriptions of the crowded
barge conditions, the erratic and sometimes very strong currents and
the facilities (or lack of them) for recreational boaters.

I got the impression that wind or lack of it would be the least of
one's worries.

R.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:27:27 -0500, rhys wrote:

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:29:35 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
wrote:

A terrific book indeed, but nothing about sailing. He used a 15-ft
aluminum runabout.

True, but I was thinking more about his descriptions of the crowded
barge conditions, the erratic and sometimes very strong currents and
the facilities (or lack of them) for recreational boaters.

I got the impression that wind or lack of it would be the least of
one's worries.

Exactly my impression from looking at it. I would not take a sailboat
on any part of the Mississipppi that I have seen, except powering to
move the boat somewhere else.

Rodney Myrvaagnes Opionated old geezer

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