by import2 | June 23, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873: On 23 June 1873, B. F. BRUCE was launched at Crosthwaite’s yard in East Saginaw, Michigan. She is not properly a schooner, but what is known as a “three-and-after” in nautical terms. Her capacity was 50,000 bushels of grain (800 tons) and the...
by import2 | June 22, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Make Your Plans Now for Soo Boatnerd Picnic UPDATE: The freighter-chasing cruise is SOLD OUT! Join us for the Annual Boatnerd Picnic and Freighter-Chasing Cruise on the St. Marys River during the annual Engineers Day weekend at Sault Ste. Marie June 27-38. Find...
by import2 | June 22, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday, June 21, 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 | June 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1853: On 22 June 1853, CHALLENGE (wooden propeller freighter, 198 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Newport, Michigan) was bound from Chicago for Buffalo with barreled pork and oats on one of her first trips. However, her boiler exploded off Cheboygan, Michigan. She...
by import2 | June 21, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Michipicoten Enters Drydock for Inspection Michipicoten has arrived safely at Superior, WI, and is now in the dry (graving) dock at Fraser Shipyards. Workers are dewatering the dock so the Michipicoten can be inspected. David Schauer Polsteam adds 2 more...
