Inland rivers
The rivers are their own kind of delivery.
From Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the navigable inland river system reaches most of the middle of the country. Moving a pleasure boat through it has almost nothing in common with running the coast.
The routes we run regularly are the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, the Lower Mississippi from New Orleans up through Memphis toward Illinois, the Upper Mississippi as far as Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois systems.
Current is constant. Running upstream costs you speed all day, every day, and it changes the day count and therefore the estimate. Running downstream is faster but leaves less margin for error approaching locks and bridges.
Commercial traffic owns the river. Tows pushing barge strings need enormous room to stop or turn, and a pleasure boat is expected to know that and stay out of the way. Wakes, blind bends and narrow channels all follow from it.
Fuel and anchorage are the planning problem. Stops can be a long way apart, suitable anchorages are limited, and the hazards are the ones you cannot see — submerged logs, shifting bars, and debris after high water.
Other waters
The Great Loop
A 6,000-mile circuit of America’s eastern waterways. Wherever you are on it, we can come to you.
Bahamas crossings
Florida to the islands and back — the Gulf Stream, the weather window, and the customs paperwork on both ends.
Okeechobee Waterway
The 154-mile canal route straight across Florida — five locks, and an air draft limit that decides everything.
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