by import2 | October 18, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Fall storm brings high winds and snow, sending vessels to anchor An early season winter storm in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Monday and Tuesday brought heavy snow, powerful winds and extremely high waves to the Great Lakes region. The storm, which moved over Lake...
by import2 | October 18, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Gale warnings issued through October 19 have disrupted traffic on the big lake and beyond, with vessels seeking shelter along the shoreline, cozying up at their berths for...
by import2 | October 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On October 18, 1869, GERALDINE (3-mast wooden schooner, 232 tons, built in 1856, at Wilson, New York as a bark) was carrying coal from Buffalo to Detroit in heavy weather. During the night, she collided with the schooner E. M. PORTCH five miles below “The...
by import2 | October 17, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo There will be a flurry of action to start the week, with the now rare arrival of the Herbert C. Jackson, the return of the Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader, and another visit from the...
by import2 | October 17, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1936, the 252-foot sand sucker SAND MERCHANT rolled over and sank when a 50 mph gale swept across Lake Erie. The steamer THUNDER BAY QUARRIES, Captain James Healey, rescued three survivors and the steamer MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO 1, Captain George...
