by import2 | August 14, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, August 13, 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 ...
by import2 | August 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The 149-foot bark MARY E. PEREW was found floating west of the Manitou Islands by the propeller MONTGOMERY. The PEREW had been sailing to Milwaukee with a load of coal when a storm came upon her so quickly on August 8 (nearly a week before MONTGOMERY found her)...
by import2 | August 13, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Mackinac Island Ferry Co.’s new owner asks to suspend summer, fall service amid huge repair issues MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Faced with a multi-million-dollar list of massive repairs for the fleet of boats it just purchased, the new owner of Mackinac Island...
by import2 | August 13, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday, August 12, 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 ...
by import2 | August 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1887 The 272-foot, 1,740-gross-ton, wooden propeller freighter SITKA was launched by F.W. Wheeler (Hull #32) at West Bay City, Michigan. 1899 H.G. CLEVELAND (wooden schooner, 137 feet, 264 tons, built in 1867 at Black River, Ohio) sank with a full load of limestone 7...
