GL: Chicago to St Louis

[Henry Quigley]

It's red right returning on the Chicago river that flows into Lake Michigan and then changes when in the Illinois river because it flows to the Gulf Of Mexico "even though its in northern Illinois" and it is red right returning from a different body of water so a person on the loop is going "up" the Chicago river and then "down" the Illinois.
Hence the change in bouys.
Henry


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>Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:59:19 -0500
>From: "Fleck" <jjl-fleck at comcast.net>  
>Subject: GL:  Chicago to St Louis  
>To: <maurice.kirwan at yahoo.com>
>Cc: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
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>It will all depend on the lock traffic.  You have about a half dozen locks
>to get through and pleasure craft are at the bottom of the pecking order.
>Ive waited five minutes and about 4 = hours for a lock.  The last time I
>went down it was 4 days but we were in a boat that could run 20kts when
>possible.  You cant (make that I wouldnt ever) travel at night on the
>river.  Be aware that the buoyage changes once you are in a ways (I dont
>have a chart handy  before/near Joliet??)  You are red/right/returning from
>Lake Michigan and then it becomes r/r/r only from the GULF of MEXICO and you
>are STILL in NORTHERN ILLINOIS!
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>I dont know when you are going but be weve had a huge amount of rain the
>last few days so currents may be REAL interesting.  There will also be lots
>of debris in the rivers too.
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>Hope this helps.
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>Larry
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>Little Joule
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>Monk 36
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>Michigan City, IN
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>>>>We have a limited number of days to get from Chicago to Alton, Ill.  If
>you have experience traveling this section, please let me know how many days
>it took.  We are just looking for an average.
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>  Thank you.
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>  Maurice Kirwan
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