LFlorida
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Info re: Putnam County, the Saint Johns River, Satsuma, etc.
Hopefully will stimulate some sleuth ideas.
I know people who go out on the St Johns fishing alot. At least here on the southern end. I was told that there are 250 foot Oil barges come in from sea through Jacksonville to Sanford to supply oil at the power plant there. So big boats would not be a problem at least that far. One friend said he went from Sanford to Palatka and back on a tank of gas in 6 Hrs. He also said crossing lake George is rough like the ocean when its windy. Hope mabey this helps you in some way.
<above was sniped from another post on another thread>
by me -
The only time I've ever gotten seasick was on Lake George on a windy day. It is huge.
Just fyi, most barges [that I've seen] on the St. Johns would not require very deep clearance. [Then again, I usually only see them from above the water.]
We do have a company here that has worked on some very big boats, Palatka Shipbuilding. I believe it is next to the company where RC works.
The St. Johns River is sufficiently deep and was dredged years ago for the Cross-Florida Barge Canal. [A boondoggle of epic proportions.] They still have locks in operation, but I'm not sure where the boat are going that would use that. Will have to get back w/you on that one.
(More irrelevant local info - Sanford is the end point of AmTrak's AutoTrain service from NY.)
Ocala National Forest would be an ideal place to hide out if you needed to, btw.
Hopefully will stimulate some sleuth ideas.
I know people who go out on the St Johns fishing alot. At least here on the southern end. I was told that there are 250 foot Oil barges come in from sea through Jacksonville to Sanford to supply oil at the power plant there. So big boats would not be a problem at least that far. One friend said he went from Sanford to Palatka and back on a tank of gas in 6 Hrs. He also said crossing lake George is rough like the ocean when its windy. Hope mabey this helps you in some way.
<above was sniped from another post on another thread>
by me -
The only time I've ever gotten seasick was on Lake George on a windy day. It is huge.
Just fyi, most barges [that I've seen] on the St. Johns would not require very deep clearance. [Then again, I usually only see them from above the water.]
We do have a company here that has worked on some very big boats, Palatka Shipbuilding. I believe it is next to the company where RC works.
The St. Johns River is sufficiently deep and was dredged years ago for the Cross-Florida Barge Canal. [A boondoggle of epic proportions.] They still have locks in operation, but I'm not sure where the boat are going that would use that. Will have to get back w/you on that one.
(More irrelevant local info - Sanford is the end point of AmTrak's AutoTrain service from NY.)
Ocala National Forest would be an ideal place to hide out if you needed to, btw.