Brining a 60 ft mast hieght up the Tennessee/ Mississippi river

[Nahbrown]

Hurricane season has my wife and I wondering if it would be possible to bring a Lagoon 410 up river to where our Family owns some land along the Mississippi river. The idea would be around June heading up river with the target being Muscatine Iowa and heading downriver around late October.

Lot of reasons to have the boat in the water right where we live during the off-season but between bridge clearances and floating trees ( not to mention Wing dams ). I was just wondering about the feasibility of bringing a cat that far inland.

Sure would be convenient to have the boat right there though .

[Taichungman]

Mississippi-Illinois Rivers Bridge Clearance Calculator

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website should be able to answer if the above does not.

[valhalla360]

It's borderline doable but you will have to pull the mast.

Up the Tenn-Tom at Mobile (mast down). Eventually that spits you out on the Ohio River and then to the Mississippi. Up the lower Mississippi with a slow displacement boat would be a very difficult undertaking as it's 300+ miles between fuel stops and marinas all fighting a heavy current.

Hears your big problem. 2-3 kt currents are common and if you get a flood, 4-6 kts can happen. You need a bit over 200 miles against those currents to get from the Ohio River to St. Louis. What kind of speeds can you maintain and for how long? After you reach St. Louis, marinas are fairly common so range is less of a problem. Also, there are lock & dams so currents tend to be lower.

Next issue is can you find a slip. Not a lot of big WIDE cats. Should be doable but needs consideration.

Pushing hard, you are probably 3-4 weeks downbound and maybe a week or two more upbound. In relaxed mode, a couple months each way. Alternatively, you could do a Great Loop route but that's a lot of extra miles if you are just trying to get the boat from A to B.