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Old 04-17-08, 09:49 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by jpm1
a mod of the St Laurent river which goes to the great lakes would be nice
Be sure to use a Type II boat. Those rapids above Waddington would be murder on a VII. (The St. Lawrence seaway was dug out in the 50's and the dams were installed so the ocean-going ships could make the trek up the inland waterway.)

Chris Craft even made a special St. Lawrence version of their famous wooden boats to run the rapids that was really popular with the rum runners of prohibition . It had the motor up forward and the cockpit aft so that the waves breaking over the bow would not scuttle the boat.

Bob
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