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Mississippi River trip -- what does a newbie need to know?
The Mississippi River is not dangerous until you end up south of St.
Louis and deal with the huge tugs and their wakes, I am told. The best way to go after Cairo is to cut over to the Tenn-Tombigbee waterway. The very best part of the trip is from above the locks in Minneapolis (one is a 48 footer!) down into Iowa, very scenic and doable by just about any boat you might consider. Take a side trip up the St. Croix, considered by some to be the best cruising in the Midwest. North of the Twin Cities is nice, but you have to figure a way to get around the dams at Coon Rapids, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Brainerd and more. There will also be some shallows in those stretches in summer that you will not find south of the Twin Cities. Charts are downloadable from the US Corps of Engineers. Watch out for wing dams. There are two kinds of Mississippi boaters, those who have hit wing dams and those who will. I'm in the first category...... Email me with questions. Capt. Jeff |
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Mississippi River trip -- what does a newbie need to know?
Tamaroak wrote:
The Mississippi River is not dangerous until you end up south of St. Louis and deal with the huge tugs and their wakes, I am told. The best way to go after Cairo is to cut over to the Tenn-Tombigbee waterway. The very best part of the trip is from above the locks in Minneapolis (one is a 48 footer!) down into Iowa, very scenic and doable by just about any boat you might consider. Take a side trip up the St. Croix, considered by some to be the best cruising in the Midwest. North of the Twin Cities is nice, but you have to figure a way to get around the dams at Coon Rapids, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Brainerd and more. There will also be some shallows in those stretches in summer that you will not find south of the Twin Cities. Charts are downloadable from the US Corps of Engineers. Watch out for wing dams. There are two kinds of Mississippi boaters, those who have hit wing dams and those who will. I'm in the first category...... Email me with questions. Capt. Jeff What is a wing dam? |
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Mississippi River trip -- what does a newbie need to know?
A big wall of rock piled up at an angle to the main flow of the water to
channel the water and reduce the need for dredging. If you stay between the channel markers you will miss them; if you don't ...... In spring the water is high enough so you float over them. Capt. Jeff |
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