by import2 | October 16, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1853 PHILO SCOVILLE (two-masted wooden brig built in 1853 at Sheboygan, WI) was carrying flour, wheat, pigs, and barreled fish when she encountered a gale in the eastern Straits of Mackinac. She was dismasted and drifted ashore, where she was pounded to pieces. Her...
by import2 | October 15, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, October 14, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Presque Isle arrived at 19:20 on October 13 and departed at 07:19 on October 14. Edgar...
by import2 | October 15, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 R.P. MASON (three-masted wooden schooner; 115 feet; 155 gross tons; built in 1867 at Grand Haven, MI) was bound from Chicago, IL, for Detroit, MI, when she struck a rocky reef near Waugoshance Point in the Straits of Mackinac. Water gushed in an 8-foot hole. The...
by import2 | October 14, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Historic Marblehead Lighthouse Fresnel lens nearly turned to scrap Thanks to Bob Boytim and other village employees, people attending the Marblehead Lighthouse Festival on Saturday, Oct. 14 will have the opportunity to view an historic piece of local history that was...
by import2 | October 14, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, October 13, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edgar B. Speer and James R. Barker are stopped off Sand Island waiting on Two Harbors....
