Capn Craig
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- Oct 16, 2010
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Looks like you'll be clear of the Tennessee river and Ohio by tomorrow and be into the Missiissippi on Friday. I checked today and the Miss should be below flood stage. As for fuel, as I recall, there wont be any opportunities to meet up with a fuel truck, for lack of a dock anywhere including Cape Girardeau. If Kidds is open and they will take pleasure boats your in luck. If not, a dock to meet up with a fuel truck doesnt exist or didn't when I passed in June 2012.
Cape G is only about 60 miles up river from the Ohio so isn't much help going upstream. If you lock thru at the Kaskaskia river about Mile 118 on the Miss and go upriver about 10 miles to Evansville Il. There is a riverfront bar and resturant and sort of a marina. There that can call in a fuel truck with prior arrangements. If Hoppies is closed, your first fuel is Alton Il. I carried a 55 gallon plastic drum in the cockpit in the cockpit for this stretch. And took on 225 gallons at Evansville Il. That was pushing a current that at times approached 10 mph. Then the river was several feet over flood stage.
A good news item is the river stage is falling for several days, That should mean not much floating debris.
Cape G is only about 60 miles up river from the Ohio so isn't much help going upstream. If you lock thru at the Kaskaskia river about Mile 118 on the Miss and go upriver about 10 miles to Evansville Il. There is a riverfront bar and resturant and sort of a marina. There that can call in a fuel truck with prior arrangements. If Hoppies is closed, your first fuel is Alton Il. I carried a 55 gallon plastic drum in the cockpit in the cockpit for this stretch. And took on 225 gallons at Evansville Il. That was pushing a current that at times approached 10 mph. Then the river was several feet over flood stage.
A good news item is the river stage is falling for several days, That should mean not much floating debris.