RIVER SYSTEM: DAYS 120: Bay Springs - Jamie Whitten Lock - GV Montgomery Lock - John Rankin Lock - Midway Marina: Another Exciting Day
Bay Springs Anchorage to Whitten Lock: 3.5 mph; 1185 yds; 0:11 hours Whitten Lock to Montgomery Lock: 8.5 mph; 5.1 miles; 0:45 hours Montgomery Lock to Rankin Lock: 9.0 mph; 8.1 miles; 1:02hours Rankin Lock to anchorage to check transmission: 5.5 mph; 3.0 miles; 0:33 hours Transmission Check to Midway Marina: 4.3 mph; 1.2 miles; 0:18 hours Everything was going so well … LOCK: Jamie Whitten Lock: DOWN 84’ Floating Bollards LOCK: GV Montgomery Lock: DOWN 30’ Floating Bollards LOCK: John Rankin Lock: DOWN 30’ Floating Bollard; Heard a loud noise from under the boat; Lost starboard transmission in Lock. What was that awful sound? Quick Anchorage to Check Transmission While in the lock Jim has to use the engines to keep us steady on the wall - we don’t have thrusters. While doing this, we heard something hit, and hit hard. We were the last to enter and last to leave the lock. When leaving the lock, we realized we had lost transmission from the starboard engine. We pulled out of the lock usi