Question for those in the north

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If a boat is located on Lake Michigan - can it be moved on the water to Atlantic? What would the route choices be?

What about the Toledo, OH area? - same question.

Thanks,

Mark
 
From Toledo you can cross Lake Erie, to Lake Ontario, then to Oneida Lake and thru the Erie Canal to the Hudson in Albany NY. Hudson to NYC and into the Atlantic. Not sure about Lake Michigan. Man that will be a loooooooong trip!!


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10 days from Detroit to Long Island Sound
 
That would be an awesome trip.
 
Mark, That does indeed sound like an awesome trip! Do i see another beautiful yacht coming soon? JC
 
I would absolutely LOVE to make a trip from Lk Michigan to the Atlantic. What a great adventure that would be and what a great time to learn a new-to-you boat.
 
Fuel cost would be more than any shipping cost though. It would be a cool trip if the boat was big enough.
 
Mark I say you do it. Then travel down the Atlantic and stop in to see us at Baldhead Island


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Lake Michigan - Either B&E Marine or Skipper Buds and betting a 65?

Yes, You go from Michigan to Huron via the straits of Macinaw, and then South through the St. Claire river through lake St. Claire to the Detroit River Into Lake Erie. From here you would cross to Lake Ontario via the Weiland Canal and I would think you can directly hit the St. Lawrence river on your way to the Atlantic. We had friends who brough their boat from Rochester, NY to Kenosha WI spring 2016 and took them about 8 days to get that far. It might be worth talking to some great loopers to get advice on marinas, etc. since this is part of the route and would probably be your best source for advice.

www.greatloop.org
 
Thank you all. Exactly the type of information I was looking for - possibility and time.

Still early stages, we are traveling and looking at boats. I wasn't sure whether to include that geography or not - no need to make a trip to look if it was not feasible to get back to the Atlantic.

Thanks,

Mark
 
Don't forget about going south through the Illinois River and Mississippi. Also a very cool cruise through the interior of the country. Depends on where you want the boat to end up as too what options is shorter.
 
Zach312 said:
Don't forget about going south through the Illinois River and Mississippi. Also a very cool cruise through the interior of the country. Depends on where you want the boat to end up as too what options is shorter.
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Had wondered about a south option - however seems like I read somewhere there was a 14' height restriction due to a bridge crossing coming out of Lake Michigan.

Are there any height restrictions going east towards NY?

We have decided we are not doing a 12 month slip anywhere. We don't live on the Atlantic coast - so we are flying to the boat whether it is FL or the Chesapeake. Final location depends on the time of the year. There is a cut off buying something in the north, has to be found and completed well before boats go in the sheds so we can get it south for the winter.

My preference is clearly finding something on the coast already. If the answer had been it would take 20-25 days to get out of the Great Lakes back to the coast - that would temper my interest in even exploring any options on the Lakes. 10 or so days is not that unreasonable.

We are still investigating, just trying to figure out if that geography should be in the search pattern. We have not settled on a specific model yet, going week after next on another "Looking Trip".

Thank you all for the input,

Mark
 
You may be correct but I seem to recall seeing Great Loop boats with heights greater than 14 ft.

This should help

http://www.captainjohn.org/GL-Boat1.html

I friend in our marina just brought a 58 dancer up river from south FL. I will check to see how long it took.



FootballFan said:
Had wondered about a south option - however seems like I read somewhere there was a 14' height restriction due to a bridge crossing coming out of Lake Michigan.

Are there any height restrictions going east towards NY?

We have decided we are not doing a 12 month slip anywhere. We don't live on the Atlantic coast - so we are flying to the boat whether it is FL or the Chesapeake. Final location depends on the time of the year. There is a cut off buying something in the north, has to be found and completed well before boats go in the sheds so we can get it south for the winter.

My preference is clearly finding something on the coast already. If the answer had been it would take 20-25 days to get out of the Great Lakes back to the coast - that would temper my interest in even exploring any options on the Lakes. 10 or so days is not that unreasonable.

We are still investigating, just trying to figure out if that geography should be in the search pattern. We have not settled on a specific model yet, going week after next on another "Looking Trip".

Thank you all for the input,

Mark
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FootballFan said:
Had wondered about a south option - however seems like I read somewhere there was a 14' height restriction due to a bridge crossing coming out of Lake Michigan.

Are there any height restrictions going east towards NY?

Mark
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Mark, I seriously would encourage you to contact someone through the great loop link I posted. I think you will get a lot more information and better information from those that have completed this trip 1,2,multiple times then those of us who can only dream about it. As far as height restrictions go you may have to wait to have bridges raised, but since the south entrance is used mostly by large freighters, I doubt you would have any issues. You can also take the north entrance through downtown Chicago and then head south and probably wouldn't have to worry about any bridges having to be raised. Again though, would post on that web-site and go from there. Just my $.02

Erik
 
hakunamatata said:
Mark, I seriously would encourage you to contact someone through the great loop link I posted. I think you will get a lot more information and better information from those that have completed this trip 1,2,multiple times then those of us who can only dream about it. As far as height restrictions go you may have to wait to have bridges raised, but since the south entrance is used mostly by large freighters, I doubt you would have any issues. You can also take the north entrance through downtown Chicago and then head south and probably wouldn't have to worry about any bridges having to be raised. Again though, would post on that web-site and go from there. Just my $.02

Erik
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Thank you Eric for the link, will come in handy if we were to be moving a boat. Not anywhere near planning a trip - just researching to see if we should even consider the location to look at boats.

I would not want to fly to look at a boat - fall in love with it, then discover what it would take to get it back to the coast.

Mark
 
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