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Old 04-07-2014, 07:58 AM   #4
Capt Kangeroo
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Wife & I used to stop in at Battery Park marina in Sandusky on ocassion. As far as getting it home goes, "on its on bottom" there is really only one practical route as far as I know. That is to take the west side of the loop and enter the river system at Chicago and take the Illinois down and around. There may be a feasible way on the east side of the loop but I'm not aware of it. It might be worth exploring the possibility of trucking it to nearby Pittsburg and taking the Ohio River down, the much shorter truck haul might might be more economical than trucking it all the way. Your also close enough to Pittsburg that "just possibly" there might be a way via back roads to get it there without taking the flybridge off.

If you were to take the Chicago route, it would take a couple weeks but would be a nice leisurely trip and a great way to get familiar with your new boat. Hopefully some of the Loopers here can chime in with more specifics.
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