As some of you know I just bought a 355 carver a couple weeks ago. Just got her back today from having bottom job done. Staying the night on her tonight and leaving tomorrow at day break from a marina near downtown Nashville to make the 219 mile trip home. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I'm hoping for two days of easy smooth traveling. I have never been farther than 45 miles from our home port so this will be an epic journey for us! I will post updates along the way.
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The TN River, and the Cumberland, are among the most scenic inland waterways we have. The TN has been my favorite since the 70's..
Enjoy the trip!
Enjoy the trip!
captainwjm
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Enjoy the trip, the weather is perfect this weekend! Where do you plan to overnight? I recommend Green Turtle Bay or Lake Barkley State Park, or if you get that far Kenlake State Park. I assume that you're homeported at Pebble Isle, which has the lowest fuel prices in the area. If you need to refuel en route, I've found that Prizer Point usually is a couple of cents cheaper than Barkley State Park or GTB.
Left rock harbor marina around 6, went through lock around 8, picked up a friend in Clarksville and cruised on. We made green turtle bay around 5/5:30. Refueled and parked for the night. Tomorrow we take the cut over to the Tennessee river and 70 miles home. Not a bad day to get in 145ish miles in such a small channel river. I'm beat!
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Have a safe trip.
That's great news Bobby glad to hear you made the trip. It sounds like you had no major issues based on the distance covered and the time taken to do this trip. It sounds like you are off to a good start once you took possesion of the new boat.
Bill
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