how long does it take a boat to travel from maryland to chicago?

Question

I am looking to buy a boat in maryland and getting it to chicago. Any ideas

Answer 1

I hope you don't mean you're planning to drive the boat to chicago, because you'd have to go up the coast and then out through the great lakes. That would take forever.

Answer 2

It would depend on the size of the boat. Something that can go on a truck might do it in 3 or 4 days, schedule permitting. If you're talking something really big with a specialized trailer that can only travel 30 mph with an escort and has to go on back roads, then who knows? You'll have to contact a boat transportation company and ask them.

And that's presuming you're talking trucking. If you want to boat your way over, bring some cold weather gear, because it's mighty cold up by the north atlantic, or even up Lake Champlain into the St. Lawrence seaway.

Answer 3

Of course, depends on how fast the boat travels, how much traffic is at the various locks, weather conditions, etc. Short route: Several weeks or months. Through the New York State Canal system, then the Great Lakes. Longer route: Several months to a year. Go down the Intercoastal Waterway, cross Florida, up the Tenn-Tom, up the Miss, up the Illinois to Chicago.

Answer 4

if indeed you're talking about by truck, call a boat transportation company.....if you're talking about moving her on her own bottom.........well, how big a boat? sail? power? how big the engine.........all this we need to know to answer the question.....if you're driving her , AND SHE WILL FIT THRU THE ERIE CANAL, then the trick is up the Chesapeake, thru the C&D, down the Delaware, up the Jersey coast to NYC, up the Hudson, hang a left at the Erie Canal and then you're in the Lakes.....thats about 750 miles....if you have to go offshore to the St Lawrence Seaway, thats about 2500 miles from Delaware Bay, past New England and Nova Scotia, up the river past Montreal and Niagra....a long cold trip.....

Answer 5

It depends on whether you go up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal or up the St. Lawrence River.
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