Back in the diesel days I took my boat the Hudson River and into the Erie and Oswego Canals across Lake Ontario and into Canada. I always went with the flow. While in transit in the Erie Canal we ran into a line of severe thunderstorms which dumped a lot of water into the system. We only saw 3 knots max current but, that was only for a little while as they opened some of the locks to drian the water out. If you don't have a strict schedule it's easy enough to wait until the flow subsides. I'd love to go back and do the trip with electric propulsion. Listening to that diesel for four hundred miles was not fun.
Capt. Mike
From: m riley <mkriley48@yahoo.com>
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:59 PM
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Introducing the 'Arc'himedes
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:59 PM
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Introducing the 'Arc'himedes
the sections you have to run where you may encounter adverse currents are Georgia and Carolinas but not for long stretches.
the hudson river and the mohawk river section of the Erie barge canal are capable of more than 6 knots when in a rainy spell.
big danger in getting swept over the dam when trying to get to the locks. there is around a couple hundred miles in each section that could give you trouble.
Not to say you will encounter this but easily possible. Left north carolina in october one year and chopped ice off the deck every night and finally got to Miami
where it snowed. Conventional wisdom said I should have had 60's and 70's all the way at that time of year. Plan for the extreams not the averages.
I have had a lot of dry stacks if you want help let me know by PM.
mike
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