Boatnerd News – December 8, 2024

Boatnerd News – December 8, 2024

MHSD’s Ahoy & Farewell III book documents 30 years of laker history Ahoy & Farewell III, the third installment of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit’s long-running series marking the MHSD’s 80th anniversary, is now available. The book documents the...
Port Report  December 8, 2024

Port Report December 8, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Saturday, December 7, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 8

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 8

1854 1854:  On 8 December 1854, WESTMORELAND (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 200 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying supplies for Mackinac Island, including liquor and supposedly $100,000 in gold. She capsized in a storm...
Boatnerd News – December 7, 2024

Boatnerd News – December 7, 2024

Ship still stuck in St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg MORRISBURG — Grounded for over a week, the Algoma Central ship – Tim S. Dool – remained lodged on a shoal near Crysler Marina, east of Morrisburg, on Friday. The nearly 60-year-old grain ship hit the shoal around...
Port Report  December 7, 2024

Port Report December 7, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Friday, December 6, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...