GL: When to leave?

[Elaine Reib]

I'd change the part about being in NJ in July.  You should be in Waterford
NY at the start of the NY canal by mid June or late June at the latest in 
order to
have enough time to take your time going through Canada. I would like to see
more time in the northern reaches and Lake MI than just one month. Then be
in Chicago by Labor Day and ready to head south.

Elaine
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ague" <ague at usa.net>
To: "John Stewart" <johnstewart at sanctum.com>; <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: GL: When to leave?


>> We have a 47' steel tug moored at Tarpon Springs, Florida. What month
>> would be
>> the best time to begin the Loop? Expect to take 9 to 12 months. Cruse
>> comfortable at 6.5 kts.
>
> Here's one plan:
>
> Apr FL/GA
> May SC/NC/VA
> Jun Chesapeake Bay
> Jul NJ/NY
> Aug Trent Severn/Georgian Bay/Lake Michigan
> Sep IL/MO (probably way too long for this section)
> Oct Tenn-Tombigwee
> Nov AL/FL
>
> I would be nicer to spend more time in the Chesapeake, or linger on the NY
> Canal System, or do a side trip on the Rideau, but it is chancy to be on
> the
> Chesapeake earlier than May and you should be off Lake Michigan by early
> September.
>
> -- Jim Ague
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