Port Report  December 5, 2024

Port Report December 5, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, December 4, 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 5

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 5

1857 1857:  The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on 5 December 1857, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost. 1874 1874:  On 5 December 1874, the steam...
Port Report  December 4, 2024

Port Report December 4, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, December 3, 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 4

Today in Great Lakes History – December 4

1838 1838:  On 4 December 1838, THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500...
Boatnerd News – December 3, 2024

Boatnerd News – December 3, 2024

Put-In-Bay ferry will get mid-life refit in Cleveland Miller Ferries to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie has awarded The Great Lakes Towing Co. and Great Lakes Shipyard of Cleveland, Ohio, a contract for a mid-life refit of its auto/passenger ferry the...