Can you get from Jacksonville FL to panhandle without going all the way around?

[FreeBird]

I am seriously considering purchasing a trawler in Jacksonville Florida and I live in Apalachicola Florida ( gulf coast , panhandle) . What is the shortest way to get ait from Jacksonville to Apalachicola? Thank you !

 

[Sailor of Fortune]

Across the Okeechobee waterway is the shortest route... If your draft is low enough.. details on the boat your trying to move may help you get some real help here..

 

[kapnd]

Slight topic drift here, pardon me.
I was in Florida in the early 70s, and a canal was being built from Yankeetown to
The east, probably the St Johns.
Whatever happened to that, I haven’t heard anything about it in over 40 years!

 

[HopCar]

Slight topic drift here, pardon me.
I was in Florida in the early 70s, and a canal was being built from Yankeetown to
The east, probably the St Johns.
Whatever happened to that, I haven’t heard anything about it in over 40 years!

I think you’re referring to the cross state barge canal. It was killed for environmental reasons. Here is a link to the Wikipedia story on it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal

 

[kapnd]

Thanks for the info.
Just another expensive boondoggle, then.

 

[Sailor of Fortune]

you can see parts of it in NE Florida... oh what could have been..

 

[Group9]

I think you’re referring to the cross state barge canal. It was killed for environmental reasons. Here is a link to the Wikipedia story on it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal

Gets used as a hurricane hole these days.

 

[Woodland Hills]

If completed it would have been another nail in the coffin of the Lake and ‘glades. Thank Marjorie Stoneman Douglas for killing it.

 

[ben2go]

I am seriously considering purchasing a trawler in Jacksonville Florida and I live in Apalachicola Florida ( gulf coast , panhandle) . What is the shortest way to get ait from Jacksonville to Apalachicola? Thank you !

Depending on size, I have a truck. OK, I'm looking at buying a truck.

 

[PJHoffnet]

Getting back to the original question

What is the shortest way to get ait from Jacksonville to Apalachicola? Thank you !

The Okeechobee Waterway is the shortest, just need to make sure there's enough water. Route 1 is cross lake, route 2 goes around the rim.
USACE Jacksonville District

 

[lipets]

What is the mean depth?