by import2 | April 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: On 29 April 1865, L.D. COWAN (wooden schooner, 165 tons, built in 1848, at Erie, Pennsylvania) was driven ashore near Pointe aux Barques, Michigan, in a storm and wrecked. 1875 1875: On 29 April 1875, the wooden schooner CLARA BELL of Sandusky was...
by import2 | April 28, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Update: Badger Trip to Shipyard Delayed Due to Weather Due to inclement weather, the SS Badger’s April 29 departure to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, will be delayed for 24 hours. The National Weather Service forecast is predicting gale force winds on Lake Michigan with...
by import2 | April 28, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday April 27. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | April 28, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 1856: 28 April 1856 – TONAWANDA (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 202 foot, 882 gross tons) was launched by Buell B. Jones at Buffalo, New York. 1875 1875: The barge LITTLE JAKE was launched on 28 April 1875, at East Saginaw, Michigan. She...
by import2 | April 27, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Turning the tide: The shipbuilding company reviving a small Midwest town Italian-owned Fincantieri is tapping into the US naval shipbuilding market – and breathing life back into Wisconsin in its slipstream. Wisconsinites are well accustomed to harsh winters but the...
