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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:01 am Post subject: Question for C-Dory Loopers |
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Chuck Raddon may have burst my bubble on the Great Loop plan for 2017-2018. Chuck pointed out the range issue on the Upper Mississippi, basically confirmed in this excerpt from Capt. John's website (a wonderful resource):
"The fuel range required for this leg of your journey is 250 miles. You will have to make it from Hoppies Marina to either the Kentucky Dam Marina (mile 22) or Green Turtle Bay Marina
(mile 25) on the Tennessee river."
I know CD22s have done the Loop. How in the world do they achieve a range of 250 miles? We carry 100 gallons on Daydream and I am uncertain we could go 250 miles without a fuel stop.
So how do C-Dory Loopers manage this issue, it is really critical for me to get a handle on this!
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DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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TyBoo
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 5313 City/Region: Warrenton
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruise Ship
Vessel Name: TyBoo
Photos: TyBoo
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Tom and Huck used a pole. _________________ TyBoo Mike
Sold: 1996 25' Cruise Ship
Sold: 1987 22' Cruiser |
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texasair
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 407 City/Region: Cypress, Texas
State or Province: TX
C-Dory Year: 1989
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Bixby's Cub
Photos: Bixbys Cub
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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Where there is a will there is a way, You need to think outside the box. We carry a couple of 6 gallon cans and a small folding cart.
Many times we have put in at a landing, walked a short distance to a gas station and returned with gas.
River rats are friendly and helpful, There is usually someone who will give you a ride to the gas station if the walk is too far.
On the Ohio river I was walking back 1/2 mile from a convenience store carrying a couple of full of gas cans, (did not have my folding cart on that trip) A guy mowing his grass insisted on giving me a ride back to the landing on his lawnmower. We sat the gas cans on the lawnmower deck and I straddled the hood.
Use Google maps en route to find convenience stores and gas stations near the river. Many small towns have mom and pop cab or wrecker services that will shuttle gas. I have even called a Dominos pizza near the river during non busy hours and hired the delivery driver to come shuttle gas cans. In New Madrid a local fisherman offered a ride to the gas station.
Many small farm co-op services with small tanker trucks that deliver fuel to farmers will come to a landing and fill you up. I know Gateway Farm service in Redbud, Ill will come to The dock in Evansville Ill and do a fill up. Evansville is a few miles up the Kaskaskia River south of Hoppies.
With a shallow draft C-Dory do not overlook small side creeks and channels on the charts that may put you closer to gas, There is one near Cape Girardeau that takes you off river and puts you right behind a truck stop.
Chester, Ill is another small town on the river with gas also.
Don't overlook an important resource, C-Brats. On a trip down the Missourri River from Yankton, S.D. Pelican and Bixby's Cub were approaching Kansas City with no gas prospects. We contacted a C-Brat want to be that we had met at the Mississippi gathering a couple of years before. He met us at the landing with a pickup truck full of gas cans. His cans along with ours allowed us to completely fill up both boats, and he took us to an out of the way spot for some KC bar-b-que.
To make the trip of a lifetime happen, certainly consider aux tanks or google foldable storable bladder tanks.
Past Hoppies the current is usually a solid 3 Mph so you can gain an additional 30 miles for every 10 hours you can stay in the current, you can extend your range quite a bit by traveling at dead idle and staying in the channel.
Most don't use a tender on the inland rivers. Except where rocks and boulder have been placed for levees, the river banks are usually soft dirt, sand or sometimes mud. Where there in no traditional dock, Folks slowly nudge into the soft bank and use a short ladder or step stool to exit the bow. There are thousands of beautiful islands and sandy beaches to stop at and have a campfire and spend the night. Or just walk around for a while to stretch your legs.
Do not be discouraged, plan the trip and adapt when the plans don't work out.
Tex |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20814 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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we have done 250 miles in our 25 in AK and had some fuel left. Displacement speed part of the way. Another option for the C Dory with the shoal draft is launching ramps, and a couple of 5 gallon cans, fairly easy to find some boater who will give you a lift to a service station and back for a few bucks. You have the river current with you--and you all often do displacement speeds anyway--enjoy the roses err--Kudzu..Should be scenic few days at sailboat speeds..Do one day at displacement speed, and see where your fuel is. This is a trick that sport fishers use on long trips, as across the Gulf of Mexico to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Probably one day at displacement speeds would give you 60 to 70 miles--should have a current of about 1.5 to 2 Knots...Which helps.
In the past "Kidd's Gas and Convenience Store" in Cape Girardeau, MO has had a fuel dock. A phone call to them might give information as to current status of their dock. If there is flooding the docks are damaged, and not sure if they have been repaired since 2014.
Don't let a little thing like "range" interfere with the plans... _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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B&B Burks
Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 122 City/Region: Green Valley
State or Province: AZ
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Pearl
Photos: C-Pearl
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Pat, Bob from Sea Pal,
We made it with Sea Pal with fuel to spare. If you fill at Hoppies you should be able
to make to Green Turtle. We carried two 5 gallon jugs for extra fuel but did not need them.
Remember it's all down stream to Cairo. With the tows and wing dams,etc you won't
be going fast or using much fuel. We will have to get together sometime in southern AZ
before your trip and talk about it.
Bob |
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JamesTXSD
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 7445 City/Region: from island boy to desert dweller
State or Province: AZ
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: "Wild Blue" (sold 9/14)
Photos: Wild Blue
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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If you keep your speed to displacement, you should have at least a 400 mile range. Running at speed, use your fuel flow meter to get the most efficient speed, and you should get around 2.5 mpg or better.
Don't let this issue sink your plans... others have told you how they made it work, in boats with less range than your CD-25. Slow down; add a couple jerry cans of fuel; count on "the kindness of strangers."
You have a whole year to work this out. |
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BTDT
Joined: 07 Jan 2011 Posts: 322 City/Region: Grand Lake Oklahoma
State or Province: OK
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: C- Lark Wine Down
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:42 am Post subject: |
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You might ask the Aussie team that just completed the loop in a rented C-Dory 26? Check out Derrick Baan's website/blog balakera.com _________________ John & Vicki Clark
C-Lark Wine Down
Tomcat 255 |
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smittypaddler
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 337 City/Region: Neenah, Wisconsin
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Na Waqa
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:19 am Post subject: Lots and Lots of Gas Cans |
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Here's a link to my cabin full of gas cans when I left Cape Girardeau in 2004:
http://smittypaddler.com/cds/cd4/greatloop/phase1/pictures/large/d040913/P9130008.JPG
Not on topic, but worth mentioning, an embarrassing moment for me on the Ohio was when I got to the first lock and dam shown on my chart, and called the lockmaster because I couldn't find the dam or lock. It turned out those dams submerge to the bottom when the water's high enough so a pool isn't needed to float commercial traffic. |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20814 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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There is a photo of "Grace full" at Hoppies with 4 jerry cans, and also a photo of a tanker truck on the ramp at Cape Cape Girardeau. Remember that the Aussies were on a "speed trip" since they only had a 6 month Visa. |
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localboy
Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 4656 City/Region: Lake Stevens via Honolulu
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 'Au Kai (Ocean Traveler)
Photos: 'AU KAI
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Lots and Lots of Gas Cans |
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I call that a bomb. _________________ "We can go over there...behind the 'little one'....."
Wife to her husband pointing @ us...from the bow of their 50-footer; Prideaux Haven 2013 |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, all. I did ask Derrick, one of the Aussies, and he replied with a phone number to get a gas delivery, here is his part of reply:
"Call Roy who runs the local farmers co op gas tanker and get him to come to the boat ramp to the North of Cape Girardeau. His # is 573 450 0434 This is what we did and it reinforced the value of being a member of the AGLCA as we were directed to Roy by finding a local AGLCA member on the website directory." |
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El and Bill
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 3200 City/Region: Lakewood, CO
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Halcyon
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Pat -
Rivers flow downstream. DRIFT!
El and Bill _________________ El and Bill (former live-aboards)
Halcyon 2000 CD 22 Bought 2000 Sold 2012
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Gilbertsons
Joined: 21 Sep 2011 Posts: 59 City/Region: Denver
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Little Bit
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Hi Pat,
Finally got around to weighing in on this thread.
Tex knows what he is talking about and did a great write up for you. As rookie boaters we followed his lead two years ago and went with a group of C-Dory's through this section of the Mississippi. Our 22 can only hold 46 gallons total ( and Tex doesn't do too much drifting!!!) , but we were able as a group to hike up to gas station on a side channel somewhere after Cape Girardeau. A friendly local at the gas station let us all hop in the back of his truck to get back to the boats.
Due to time constraints, we did not follow the group further down on the Mississippi and travel on the Arkansas river, so we decided to head up the Ohio and into the Cumberland River. I misjudged the time in getting through one of the first locks on the Ohio and we were starting to lose daylight. We wanted to anchor on a beach after the confluence of the Tennessee River because of the heavy barge traffic in this area. As a result I ran at about 20 miles per hour and I burned a lot of fuel, I didn't want to travel in the dark. The next morning we were concerned about having enough fuel to make it up the Cumberland to the Barkley Lock. At the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland I noticed some fisherman near a boat ramp and decided to pull in to see if I could hike somewhere to fill a couple of cans with fuel. No sooner than I had jumped off the boat an older guy drives up with a van and said he had been watching me from the bluff and offered to take me up the hill into Smithland so I could fill my gas cans. Even wanted to take me to a great deli with the best sandwiches in town. Just a retired guy looking for something to do......friendly, friendly people there on the river.
DON'T let that section of the Mississippi dissuade you from an adventure like the Great Loop...GO FOR IT! You will like the Green Turtle Marina and Resort and you get guest privileges to the yacht club. You can bring in your own bottle up from boat to make cocktails. Also take Patty to nearby Patti's 1880's Settlement Restaurant in nearby Grand River, KY. As a side note.....how did we learn about this?......we were wandering around the resort after we arrived and a friendly couple with a golf cart offered to take us around and show us the whole area. Bottom line I felt like we were in the middle of southern hospitality!
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smittypaddler
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 337 City/Region: Neenah, Wisconsin
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Na Waqa
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:34 am Post subject: Southern hospitality |
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I too found the folks along the Tennessee River abundantly friendly. I'd made arrangements to store my boat in Demopolis in the fall while I finished the last few months at work before retirement, but learned that the lock thru to the Tom Bigbee was closed for repairs. I told some folks at Pebble Isle Marina about my problem and one man offered to bring his boat trailer down to the marina, load my C-Dory on it and store it in his yard at home until I could get back. This kindness for a perfect stranger. |
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smittypaddler
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 337 City/Region: Neenah, Wisconsin
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Na Waqa
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:34 am Post subject: Southern hospitality |
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I too found the folks along the Tennessee River abundantly friendly. I'd made arrangements to store my boat in Demopolis in the fall while I finished the last few months at work before retirement, but learned that the lock thru to the Tom Bigbee was closed for repairs. I told some folks at Pebble Isle Marina about my problem and one man offered to bring his boat trailer down to the marina, load my C-Dory on it and store it in his yard at home until I could get back. This kindness for a perfect stranger. |
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