taking your RV on a boat down the Mississipi to New Orleans
Need information and names of boat companies that will take your RV on a barge/boat down the Mississipi River down to new orleans.
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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
If they were letting more than six people per barge travel that way, they would be afoul of Coast Guard regs.
Vessels having more than six passengers are required to meet a long list of additional regs. This is why small fishing charters are always advertised for 6 or fewer.
This is the real issue. Up to 6 passengers, it's the most basic captains license required and the vessel doesn't have to be inspected. Helps keep the cost down for someone setting up a charter business.
Above that a host of rules come into play that would be difficult to impossible meet on a typical barge.
I was following a blog a few years back where they took a Class C on the Amazon via a barge (part of driving the Pan American Highway). They diverted to Manaus and then to a barge down to Belem. Of course, the rules there were much more loosey goosey.
