A trip from Jacksonville, FL to St Clair, MI is relative easy to plan
given certain assumptions.
If you cruise at 8.5 knots you will be making about 9.8 MPH. If you
cruise 10-12 hours each day you should make 100 miles per day without a
problem. The trip from Jacksonville to Norfolk is 8 days. The
Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay to Cape May 3 days. Cape May to New
York, 2 days. The Hudson River 3 days. The Erie Canal 5 days. Lake
Erie 4 days. 1 day from Toledo to St Clair. That is 26 days but
assumes the following. No delay for weather or breakdown. No delay for
crew change. No delay for sight seeing or "smelling the roses". You
must be able to clear 15 1/2' on the western Erie Canal. Depth should
not be a problem anywhere on the route.
The last time I made that same trip it took me 2 1/2 months. I cruise
at 7.2 MPH It took me 10 days to get across Lake Erie due in part to
weather. In fact I have had to take 10 days to cross Lake Erie every
time I did it due to weather. What I am saying is that in a perfect
world you could do it in less than a month. Realistically I think you
should plan on at least 2 months.
Bob
Skipper Bob Publications
Http://SkipperBob.home.att.net
A trip from Jacksonville, FL to St Clair, MI is relative easy to plan
given certain assumptions.
If you cruise at 8.5 knots you will be making about 9.8 MPH. If you
cruise 10-12 hours each day you should make 100 miles per day without a
problem. The trip from Jacksonville to Norfolk is 8 days. The
Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay to Cape May 3 days. Cape May to New
York, 2 days. The Hudson River 3 days. The Erie Canal 5 days. Lake
Erie 4 days. 1 day from Toledo to St Clair. That is 26 days but
assumes the following. No delay for weather or breakdown. No delay for
crew change. No delay for sight seeing or "smelling the roses". You
must be able to clear 15 1/2' on the western Erie Canal. Depth should
not be a problem anywhere on the route.
The last time I made that same trip it took me 2 1/2 months. I cruise
at 7.2 MPH It took me 10 days to get across Lake Erie due in part to
weather. In fact I have had to take 10 days to cross Lake Erie every
time I did it due to weather. What I am saying is that in a perfect
world you could do it in less than a month. Realistically I think you
should plan on at least 2 months.
Bob
Skipper Bob Publications
Http://SkipperBob.home.att.net
