On Mar 19, 8:47*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:16:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Mar 19, 8:40*am, wrote:
Tim,

Here is the Army Corps of Engineers site for navigation maps of the
Upper Mississippi (from the Ohio River).

http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/NIC2/...ts.cfm?index=5

I'll try to find the link for the maps of the Ohio to the Cumberland
River when I can squeeze in the time.

J. I'm going to read up on stuff, but I was curious, do you need any
special permits to go up that way? Or are there hidden charges that a
person needs to be aware of?

I'm getting excited about this already.

I'm not aware of anything, Tim, beyond your boat license and/or permit
from your state of origin. *Lock passage is without charge. *But you
should, if at all possible, radio the locks to request passage as a
"pleasure craft" once you're within 3 to 4 miles of the lock. *You
need to hail the lock by lock number, and if I remember correctly the
hailing channel is 13. *If not 13, it's 16. *They may hold you up at a
lock for passage of barge traffic. *If that's the case you could
possibly have to wait up to 2 to 2 1/2 hours for barge passage. *(That
is if you arrive at a lock immediately after a barge is permitted
passage and the thing has to be divided for passage.) *I think,
though, if you take a route from the Wabash, you should only have to
negotiate the lock at the lake dam. *There are pull chains at the
locks that small boats can pull to alert the lock operator to your
presence if you don't have a radio. *Whatever you do, you want to
study the maps carefully before you take any route on the rivers.
There are restricted areas and areas with underwater barriers. *You
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Thanks for the efforts, J. I'm loving and absorbing every bit of it!

"Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you
into trouble." ( Prov 19.2)