by import2 | September 30, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 1875: AMERICAN CHAMPION (wooden scow schooner; 156 tons; built in 1866 at Trenton, MI) dropped anchor to ride out a gale near Leamington, ON, on Lake Erie. The chains gave way, and she struck a bar and sank to the gunwales. The crew of eight spent the night in...
by import2 | September 29, 2025 | Boatnerd News
AHOY & FAREWELL III Wins Historical Society of Michigan Award The book Ahoy & Farewell III, released last fall to mark the Marine Historical Society of Detroit’s 80th anniversary, has won an award for Outstanding Michigan History Publication from...
by import2 | September 29, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday September 28. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: On 29 September 1872, ADRIATIC (3-masted wooden schooner-barge, 139 foot, 129 net tons, built in 1865, at Clayton, New York as a bark) was in tow of the tug MOORE along with three other barges in Lake Erie in a heavy gale. She became separated from the...
by import2 | September 28, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday September 27. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
