2019 cruising season

[River Cruiser]

Wifey B i believe one reason I’am always excited to get back on the boat is the time spent away in the winter. I’ve always thought I was better off than boaters on the Great Lakes because I started a couple of months sooner than them. This year they can laugh at me still waiting. Have a great season.

 

[BandB]

Wifey B i believe one reason I’am always excited to get back on the boat is the time spent away in the winter. I’ve always thought I was better off than boaters on the Great Lakes because I started a couple of months sooner than them. This year they can laugh at me still waiting. Have a great season.

Wifey B: We boat year round but still love it.

 

[River Cruiser]

Still have flooding problems on the Mississippi. The marina had the utility company turn off power today. The bridge from the Missouri side to Illinois is going to be closed, the highway on the Illinois side may be closed at the levee. This flooding may rival 1993 if the rain continues. No dock water or power so no staying aboard the boat, I have to thank the marina for towing my center console to safety for the duration. I hope everyone else is having a great season or at least a better one than me.

 

[BandB]

Still have flooding problems on the Mississippi. The marina had the utility company turn off power today. The bridge from the Missouri side to Illinois is going to be closed, the highway on the Illinois side may be closed at the levee. This flooding may rival 1993 if the rain continues. No dock water or power so no staying aboard the boat, I have to thank the marina for towing my center console to safety for the duration. I hope everyone else is having a great season or at least a better one than me.

Wifey B: Just hope lives are protected and then as much property as possible. So many being hurt so badly.

 

[LongJohn]

Now on Old Hickory; starting the return trip to Knoxville on Sunday. It's only about 175 miles by Interstate Highway but about 820 river miles. I wanted to stop at Paducah, but the attendant couldn't tell me if the new city dock would be operating because the Ohio is at flood there. No place else to park so I'll take the Barkley-Kentucky canal. It's good.

 

[Drake]

Now on Old Hickory; starting the return trip to Knoxville on Sunday. It's only about 175 miles by Interstate Highway but about 820 river miles. I wanted to stop at Paducah, but the attendant couldn't tell me if the new city dock would be operating because the Ohio is at flood there. No place else to park so I'll take the Barkley-Kentucky canal. It's good.

That’s a great trip. We’re at Fort Loudon now, leaving in a couple of weeks for Old Hickory.

Where’s your home port?

 

[BandB]

Now on Old Hickory; starting the return trip to Knoxville on Sunday. It's only about 175 miles by Interstate Highway but about 820 river miles. I wanted to stop at Paducah, but the attendant couldn't tell me if the new city dock would be operating because the Ohio is at flood there. No place else to park so I'll take the Barkley-Kentucky canal. It's good.

Wifey B: 820 miles of pleasure vs 175 miles of whateva'.

I read today they think the Mississippi will remain flooded until mid June.

 

[BandB]

Wifey B: We've been enjoying Annapolis and the Chesapeake. Went to Baltimore and saw the Orioles actually beat the Red Sox. Then the itinerary calls for the Potomac to Washington and the Delaware to Philadelphia.

 

[Star0210]

Well, our original plan was to head out memorial day weekend for Orange Beach and stay gone about 10 days. We were planning to leave the boat there somewhere and come home and drive back on weekends through the month of June into July.
Our new canvas has been delayed a bit though. We are bringing the boat Monday to the detailer and it should be there for 1.5-2 weeks. Still have to get the new satellite dome installed when it comes back and the new anchor which means figuring out the chain situation.
So we’ve thrown the plan out the window and will just play it by ear.
Sigh...such is life.

 

[River Cruiser]

I was finally able to get the boat for a few days to clean up and get tools and parts sorted to start on projects on July 10. We even took the boat out for a short cruise up river. The water dropped off the seawall sidewalk yesterday, marina has done a lot work repairing flood damage but still has a lot to do.

 

[Rufus]

Ice damage and then extremely high water has impacted some marinas on Lake Michigan, particularly those without floating docks. Water levels in some marinas have been over the finger piers. Flooded parking lots and low lying park areas. Cold rainy May and June. Now hot and humid. Not much enthusiasm among boaters thus far. The normal peak between mid-July to mid-August is off to a slow start. Salmon fishing seems to be way off from previous years, in part because the State stopped planting/stocking fish because primary food fish (alewives) are dwindling....a result of the invasive mussel population choking off micro life in the Lake. Divers who have been surveying the coast line report massive mussel beds offshore with the bottom littered with dead fish. The much less desirable Lake Trout have made a resurgence because they are able to eat the invasive Gobi fish which have also infested the Lake.