by import2 | February 21, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, February 20, 2024, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 2/21/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA-Tom Geiger 2/22/2024 Alamosborg-ETA-3:00 AM 2/29/2024 ...
by import2 | February 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1929: On 21 February 1929, SAPPHO (wooden propeller passenger ferry, 107 foot, 224 gross tons, built in 1883, at Wyandotte, Michigan) burned at her winter lay-up dock in Ecorse, Michigan. She had provided 46 years of service ferrying passengers across the Detroit...
by import2 | February 20, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Time running out to enter first ship drawing at Soo Locks There is still time to become a member and be entered in the drawing to represent the Soo Locks Visitor Center Association to greet the first ship of the 2024 season. Memberships start at $30 and you can join...
by import2 | February 20, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, February 19, 2024, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 2/20/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA-Tom Geiger 2/22/2024 Alamosborg-ETA-3:00 AM 2/29/2024 ...
by import2 | February 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1903: On 20 February 1903, the straight-deck steamer G. WATSON FRENCH (steel propeller, 376 foot, 3,785 gross tons) was launched at W. Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City Ship Building Co. (Hull #608). She lasted until 1964, when she was scrapped by Lakehead Scrap...
