Mississippi cruise log.

[Mark Van]

I've finally added a log with pictures of my Fall, 2001 cruise down the Missouri, Mississippi, and Gulf coast to South Florida, to my web site if anybody is interested.

http://markvdesigns.tripod.com/travellog/

I will be updating it with my log of my current cruise up to the Chesapeke periodicaly.

Mark

[John Bell]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing with us.

[Mike Vogdes]

Hey Mark,
Intresting page!! I just book marked it and Im looking forward to your updates this summer up here on the Chesapeake. Good luck and have a nice trip.

[Pelican]

Yo Mark, GREAT LOG. Glad to see you back on the forum. Will watch for log updates.
Best to ya, Pel

[Wild Dingo]

Well done Mark!!! :cool: Heart of Gold would be a fine vessel to do such a trip as Norm would say "well done grasshopper" :cool:

And the next adventure is to?.....

http://markvdesigns.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/0529dinghy.jpg

WOW!!! :cool: Did she come with the dinghy??? :eek: man I wanna buy one of your dinghies mate!!! :D

[ 06-18-2003, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: Wild Dingo ]

[Norske3]

Wonderful Mark...great photos...the big barge loads blow me away..how they avoid the ever changing sandbars is a wonder...and when they do go hard aground plowing up with the force of many tons, how do they get free again??
KEEP UP THE LOG....ITS A FUN READ...almost feel I'm there with you.What is your next boat project...you must have something in mind.

[ 06-19-2003, 07:35 AM: Message edited by: Norske3 ]

[Ariel]

Mark, I meant to ask you when you are heading up the East Coast. Keep us posted...

[Mark Van]

Sorry to dissapoint you droolers, but that dinghy is fiberglass. The women is my sister, who came down to visit for a while.

I've just crossed the state of Florida on the Okeechobee waterway. It is a pretty boring trip, lots of dead Austrailian pine trees. Apperantly, they are trying to get rid of the "non native" plants.

[AngWood]

Nice photos. Nice log. Nice boat!

[Mike Vogdes]

Hey Mark,

I noticed from your web page that you use a composting head on your boat. Whats your opinion of these expensive newfangled contraptions? Are they really the way to go?
I plan to someday cruise the intercoastal, maybe do the loop, just my wife and I. Am wondering if a composting head will work for say two adults on a fulltime basis?

[Mark Van]

I don't thin a the composting head is adequate for two people full-time, it is barely adequate for one. It is difficult to get the right mixture of peat moss to get it to work right, you need a place to store the peat moss mix, and you need to find a way to take care of excess liquid. I have learned to live with mine, but I don't think it is much of an improvement over conventional systems.

Mark