Cruise the Ohio River

[snowfreak]

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I'm planning a trip down the Ohio to Kentucky lake. One thing though I'm using a kayak. any suggestions or ideas. and does anybody know where i can get a cheap but good VHF radio

 

[642mx]

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I'm planning a trip down the Ohio to Kentucky lake. One thing though I'm using a kayak. any suggestions or ideas. and does anybody know where i can get a cheap but good VHF radio

The iboats store has good stuff with reasonable prices.

 

[greenwell001]

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the ohio is nice because its close, around owensboro it can be a drive killer when the water is up.....the green river is also nice, never choppy but little narrow

 

[tswiczko]

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I boat the Ohio out of Louisville Ky. and I run mostly up to Madison and have run down river to Leavenworth.
This summer we plan on running up to Cincinatti for a weekend or two. I grew up in N/W Ohio near the great lakes and spent time with my uncle fishing from his boat and when I didn't have a boat I would fish the rivers up there.
Life is better near the water.

 

[Jackvinsly]

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My so many friend are stayed in Ohio or some are studying three i think this city is hot for the there is available in some big university ,i was just stayed in last year with my friend home for my vacation toor i saw there so many nice place really this is very nice state.but i like only in cruse this one was very huge ..

 

[riversrme]

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my so many friend are stayed in ohio or some are studying three i think this city is hot for the there is available in some big university ,i was just stayed in last year with my friend home for my vacation toor i saw there so many nice place really this is very nice state.but i like only in cruse this one was very huge ..

wtf?

 

[mrdjflores]

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i usually put in at Cox's Park or Greenwood Boat Ramp (out in riverport)
have never put in anywhere else on the river

 

[mrdjflores]

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wtf!

lol!!!

 

[Nasbinator]

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Boating on the Ohio for the first time this weekend. Putting in near Louisville. Cant wait!

 

[TilliamWe]

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Boating on the Ohio for the first time this weekend. Putting in near Louisville. Cant wait!

Give a big waive to Buckheads for me, okay?!

 

[bigredinohio]

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Do any of you guys ever watch the firsworks in Cincy? I have owned a family-passed-down boat for a couple of years now and I was thinking of venturing out in the Ohio for the fireworks this year.

Seen them from land but you couldn't pay me enough to be out on the water for the WEBN fireworks. My suggestion is to look for some 4th of July fireworks on the river to see prior to the Labor Day thing.

 

[89glasstream]

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Can't wait to get back on the river. Just waiting for it to go back down.

 

[Dick Sorensen]

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Just finished a run up the Ohio from Rayland, OH (7 miles north of Wheeling, WV)... had a great weekend on the Ohio. Stayed at the Beaver Valley Yacht Club on the appropriately named Beaver River.....both nights...slept on the boat. Really enjoyed the 'Born in the USA' flavor of the Ohio....if you're looking for the muscle of American....boat up to the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh....by the way Jerry Hays guide to The Ohio River was/is outstanding. Anyway, great weekend...don't hesitate.

 

[four winns 214]

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Give a big waive to Buckheads for me, okay?!

Waving is all that you'll be able to do. The courtesy dock used to access Buckhead's and adjacent restaurants was destroyed in September 2008 by the freak winds of the remnants of Hurricane Ike. I haven't heard that they have been replaced.

 

[Nasbinator]

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Just got back from are Ohio river trip and it was great. Put in at Cox park, and went to Cunningham's Creekside to eat. Will definately do it again.

 

[Dick Sorensen]

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Just finished a cruise from the Wheeling, WV area up the Ohio to Pittsburgh. What a great trip.....good experiences, especially with my two son-in-laws on board. Kinda a boys night out weekend. Spend time at the Beaver Valley Yacht Club and highly recommend it to everyone...very friendly and helpful bunch of folks. Four locks and thank goodness someone in our Power Squadron told me to take a 100 foot line....it was needed. Lots of debris in the river and in the locks....it was alittle like walking thru your backyard after 6 dogs had been playing....Jerry Hays' 'Ohio River Guidebook' was just right for a small boat...I had the Corp. of Engineers Charts also...but Jerry's had just the right amount of info...Enjoyed Downtown Pittsburgh...overall a great three day trip seeing three rivers and traveling 240 miles. It was all I had hoped it to be....Can't wait to explore more of the Ohio.

 

[maharg]

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We put in at white oak creek in Ohio (about 50 miles east of cincy). Its nice because there is not a lot of traffic, which our small boat does not like. Its also nice because there are quite a few restaurants that we can pull the boat up to.

 

[Caravelle207]

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Wow, lots of great people cruising around the Ohio River. I am in southern Illinois and we usually go out of Golconda Marina and cruise down the Ohio, up the Cumberland and into Barkley and Kentucky Lakes and stay for a long weekend and cruise back on Sunday. Is anybody planning on any trips for something like this. Some of the people that we usually go with are going when we cannot this year. Thought about heading up the Ohio to Evansville but I don't know enough about the river to the north. I will say that the Cumberland is my favorite river to run so far. It is not to busy between Barkley and the Ohio and is usually pretty smooth.

 

[75TowerOfPower]

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Put in the Ohio this past weekend, drove boat to work and meet the wife and another couple downtown. Cruised around for a little bit and then ate at the Montgumery Inn Boathouse. Its a fun time as always.

 

[dirtdiver]

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When I go home on long weekend passes I take my boat on the three rivers. Its nice because you can enjoy a baseball game or a concert from the river. There are a lot of boaters out on the weekends though and you have to be extra careful because a lot of people arent.