by import2 | August 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1862 1862: B.F. BRUCE (wooden propeller passenger steamer, 110 feet, 169 tons, built in 1852 at Buffalo, New York, as a tug) was carrying staves when she caught fire a few miles off Port Stanley, Ontario, in Lake Erie. She was run to the beach, where she burned to a...
by import2 | August 10, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Cleveland Boatnerd Gathering Planned Sept. 6 Cleveland’s first annual Boatnerd get together will be at the Whiskey Island Still & Eatery in Cleveland on September 6 at noon. Join us for an informal gathering of food, fellowship and hopefully some boat watching as...
by import2 | August 10, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday August 9. 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 | August 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1890 1890: TWO FANNIES (three-mast wooden bark, 152 feet, 492 gross tons, built in 1862 at Peshtigo, Wisconsin) was carrying 800 tons of iron ore on Lake Erie when a seam opened in rough weather. The crew kept at the pumps to no avail. They all made it off of the...
by import2 | August 9, 2025 | Boatnerd News
2025 Luck of the Lakes Raffle Includes Ship Trips Your raffle ticket purchase supports the Great Lakes Historical Society and its National Museum of the Great Lakes whose mission is to preserve, share, and celebrate the past, present, and future of the Great Lakes...
