I'm with Pascal, skip the Lake and go around. I took one boat from Houston (Clear Lake) to Virginia and didn't give the lake a thought. We went around and enjoyed a couple of days in Key West. If time is the issue, pay someone to bring it to Sarasota and take it the rest of the way yourself. Gil _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

you dont' even need to go all the way to key west, you can cut thru the "yacht channel" just north off Long Key (south end of islamorada) or go up around north of marathon. well marked, deep enough (6' in the yach channel) i delivered a 54 Hatt a couple of months ago and went around. it adds 2 days or so at hull speed... nice run anyway... Ft Pierce - west palm, west palm - Miami, miami - cape sable, cape sable - ft myers. the OWW at hull speed is really a two day deal anyway... pascal miami, fl 70 hatteras 53MY live helmcam www.sandbarhopper.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gil Johnson" <dogtrawler@yahoo.com> To: <loraxt10@aol.com>; "TWL" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:39 PM Subject: T&T: Lake Okeechobee > I'm with Pascal, skip the Lake and go around. I took one boat from > Houston > (Clear Lake) to Virginia and didn't give the lake a thought. We went > around > and enjoyed a couple of days in Key West. If time is the issue, pay > someone > to bring it to Sarasota and take it the rest of the way yourself. > Gil > _____________________________________________________________________________ > _______ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. > Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Jeff, We came across the Lake in January. The Corps was showing a depth of 2.7 and we draft 3'. We spoke with George at Roland Martin Marina. It was a calm day and we paid close attention to the chartplotter and keeping the back markers lined up. We did not even touch and the lock at the east side was open. We figured that if we went around, it would add 4 days or more to our trip based on distance to make it all the way to Stuart. Get as close to the Lake the day before - we stopped at La Belle the night before so we could cross as early as possible - the first lock opening. _________________________________________________________________ Back to work after babyhow do you know when youre ready? http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797 498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A