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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Cruising New Orleans
From: Grafton, John (JGrafton@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 18:01:26 EST
Bill,
You can't anchor in the river and certainly not in that area. I think the
coast guard controls traffic in that section of the river tightly and will
not allow anchoring. Very high volume of ship and barge traffic and a
current that runs at least 3 knots. If you are transiting the ICW there are
locks from the canal to the river. You can dock at the municipal harbor on
Lake Ponchatrain (or anchor in the lake but not protected) and take a taxi
into the Vieux Carre. I have never done the ICW through New Orleans. The
few times I've sailed that way I went the long way around the mouth of the
river. I just don't care for canals and the barge traffic there is huge.
Some of the tows are several hundred feet long. I once entered the river at
Tiger Pass docked for repairs in Venice and then continued to the east out
Baptiste Collette Bayou. I would suggest entering Lake Ponchatrain through
The Rigolets. Use charts 11371-1 and 11369-1.
Regards,
John
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