We made the trip last year with a draft of 5 feet and a air draft of 48 feet. The only bridge we were concerned with was the railway bridge at Port Mayaca with a height of 49 feet. The water levels were low and at the west side of the lake we had only inches under us. We waited for calm weather to cross. Right now they show a depth of 4.19 feet for route 1 and a depth of 1.59 feet for route 2. A nice trip but watch out for all the alligators.
Howard SV Chrispammel Port Colborne, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW > Circumnavigating S. Florida using the cross Florida canal from Ft. > Pierce to Ft. Myers using Lake Okeechobee. Then around the Keys. Sounds > like fun, but these days unless you draw less than 5' there's no > crossing the lake. Also, for us, too many low/fixed bridges. > > Philip > SV Gryphon > Punta Gorda, FL > > Norm of Bandersnatch wrote: >> What is "Florida's mini loop"? >> >> >> >> Norm >> S/V Bandersnatch >> Lying Julington Creek FL >> 30 07.72N 081 38.4W >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* >> *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* 4/30/2008 9:16:01 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW >> >> Personaly, I love cruising florida's Mini loop. Best of big city, >> small town, old florida, and remote ness , all in just a few >> hundred miles! >> >> Happy Cruising!*/ >> Sterling /* >> MV SterlingLadyIII >> <http://floridakeys.homestead.com/sterlingladyIII.html>_ >> _Key Largo, FL >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car >> listings at AOL Autos >> <http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851>. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
