Would like to hear from anyone about taking a sailboat on this part of the loop. The boat is a 44' ketch, 6'5" draft, mainmast tip of VHF antenna 58' above the water. We would be arriving Chicago late July early August. We prefer anchoring out and stopping at marinas only occasionally. We have plenty of time (newly retired) and only need to stay ahead of the cold weather all the way to Mobile. Thank you, Bryce & Cynthia Aboard sailing yacht ANDANTE

We did that leg last fall in a 37' Island Packet with a 51 foot mast. You can find lots of places to anchor on the rivers. There will be lists in the new Skipper Bob book 'anchoring on the river system' or some similar name. You can get your mast our at Larsens in Waukegan, Il for a lot less than Crowley's. They are very good and we had our mast shipped to Tennessee for $900. Jim Wooll ----- Original Message ----- From: <SYANDANTE@aol.com> To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: GL: Big(er) sailboat-Chicago to Mobile > Would like to hear from anyone about taking a sailboat on this part of > the > loop. The boat is a 44' ketch, 6'5" draft, mainmast tip of VHF antenna > 58' > above the water. We would be arriving Chicago late July early August. We > prefer > anchoring out and stopping at marinas only occasionally. We have plenty > of > time (newly retired) and only need to stay ahead of the cold weather all > the > way to Mobile. > > Thank you, > Bryce & Cynthia > Aboard sailing yacht ANDANTE > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop