by import2 | May 19, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday, May 18, 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 | May 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1835: On 19 May 1835, PARROTT (wooden 2-mast schooner, 43 foot, 20 tons, built in 1834, at Ashtabula, Ohio) sailed for Detroit, Michigan carrying iron, glass, whiskey, and hogs on deck. She never made it. The following day, west of Ashtabula, many of the hogs swam...
by import2 | May 18, 2024 | Boatnerd News
First Lady, Second Gentleman visit UP, Soo Locks Sault Ste. Marie, MI – First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff wrapped up their visit to the Upper Peninsula this afternoon in Sault Ste. Marie. Emhoff is Vice President Kamala Harris’...
by import2 | May 18, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday, May 17, 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 | May 18, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1853 1853: On 18 May 1853, CITIZEN (wooden schooner, 54 tons, built in 1847, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was driven aground 6 miles north of Chicago. The U. S. Navy steamer MICHIGAN tried in vain to pull her off, breaking a 14″ hawser in the process. She was...
