The Industrial Lock is not down, the Industrial Canal is blocked by the RR bridge just before the lake. You can go through the lock and continue on the ICW to Lake Borgne and then the Mississippi Sound.
Thanks for the reply.
I didn't realize the Industrial lock was down! I guess that makes the decision for me to go outside!
Here is my proposed itinerary:
Day 1-Galveston to Calcasieu inlet
Day 2-Calcasieu inlet to SW inlet
Day 3- SW Inlet to anchor somewhere?
Day 5- somewhere to Grand Isle. Sand Dollar marina?
Day 6- Grand Isle to Venice. Marina?
Day 7- Venice to Gulfport.
The Industrial Lock is not down, the Industrial Canal is blocked by the RR bridge just before the lake. You can go through the lock and continue on the ICW to Lake Borgne and then the Mississippi Sound.
Day 3-SW inlet to Houma navigation canal would be a good choice.
When in SW pass (Vermilion bay) Look to your west once inside pass. There is an old oilfield canal that offers good protection from all winds. Shrimp boats use this area all the time. Canal is right before the dog leg in pass. Two old tanks marks the canal. This is a buggy anchorage! You can run your bow onto the banks in this canal.
Day 3-SW inlet to Houma navigation canal would be a good choice.
When in SW pass (Vermilion bay) Look to your west once inside pass. There is an old oilfield canal that offers good protection from all winds. Shrimp boats use this area all the time. Canal is right before the dog leg in pass. Two old tanks marks the canal. This is a buggy anchorage! You can run your bow onto the banks in this canal.
Hey, Salty Dawg, I have been through Tiger Pass maybe 20 times on bigger boats, tugs and liftboats etc. during my working career, surprised the hell out of me how much it had silted up. I believe it has since been dredged. Since it was June when I went ran through, the current was pretty tame. Have you been through recently? The shallow spot was between the jetties and light 22. After that it was deep the whole way.
Lots of good anchorages in SW pass-oilfield canals on west side of pass-just be carefully when getting out of the channel-reefs all around-if north winds stay to the south and if south wind stay to the north-my favorite anchorage is on the southside of the pass-you will see some tanks looking west as you enter the pass with a canal leading to them-if no wind the only problem is the mosquitoes and horse flies. They are big and hungry.Thanks for the reply.
I didn't realize the Industrial lock was down! I guess that makes the decision for me to go outside!
Here is my proposed itinerary:
Day 1-Galveston to Calcasieu inlet
Day 2-Calcasieu inlet to SW inlet
Day 3- SW Inlet to anchor somewhere?
Day 5- somewhere to Grand Isle. Sand Dollar marina?
Day 6- Grand Isle to Venice. Marina?
Day 7- Venice to Gulfport.
Just bite the bullet, head out of Galveston into the fairways and after a few over nighters you'll be in Gulfport.
No rigs in the fairway, but in reality, you can't miss them. They're spread out and lit up. Also they have strong returns on radar. In the summer, it's usually 5' and less. Some days it's absolute glass.
Cool thanks. I was thinking about making that trip this month so I'm kind of worried about the winds.
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Is this the spot near SW pass to anchor?
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Concerning the Houma navigation canal, should I go the 10 miles from the pass into the canal to anchor or just anchor on the other side of the pass?
Thanks for all the info. I'm obviously not familiar with this coastline at all.
It has been very windy for the last couple of weeks keep an eye on that! Any south wind will be on the beam.
My college age son is going with me on my proposed trip around LA, and when I showed him the route outside with the anchorages he asked why we just didn't do the entire trip outside. I plotted that route in the safety fairways and it would take three overnights. There does seem to be a weather window after this cold front passes Galveston sometime Sunday, but three overnights?? On an unstabilized boat? Anyway, I told him I would run it up the flagpole but I'm not very confident I could pull off that long of a non-stop trip. My farthest nonstop to date has been about 30 hours.
What say the experts?
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My college age son is going with me on my proposed trip around LA, and when I showed him the route outside with the anchorages he asked why we just didn't do the entire trip outside. I plotted that route in the safety fairways and it would take three overnights. There does seem to be a weather window after this cold front passes Galveston sometime Sunday, but three overnights?? On an unstabilized boat? Anyway, I told him I would run it up the flagpole but I'm not very confident I could pull off that long of a non-stop trip. My farthest nonstop to date has been about 30 hours.
What say the experts?
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