GL: Chicago to St Louis

[John & Judy Gill]

Henry,

Lots of people remember the Red Right Returning phrase, but forget
the second part which is:  "From the Sea or Going Upstream"  BTW one
of the reasons that the black buoys were changed to Green is because
they can be remembered as Green Going.

On the East Coast and Gulf ICW, if can get confusing because of all
the inlets to the ocean and gulf, but simply remember that if
Brownsvill, TX is your home, it is Red Returning all the way (look
for the yellow squares or triangles in the ICW day markers.

John

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On Aug 25, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Henry Quigley wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> 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
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>  Thank you.
>>
>>  Maurice Kirwan
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