Boatnerd Discussion Forum

According to AIS the last location of the of the Algoma Navigator is at the start of the ship canal on the south side. Not being familiar with the Port of Toronto, you gave me the excuse to web snoop around the port. The whole port area looks in rough shape, really sad. If you pull up this link you ...

I figure there isn't a better place for information about Engineer's Weekend,, than here!

We plan on going to all the open houses, touring the Valley Camp and taking the 6pm dinner cruise. Since we're coming from central Minnesota (550 miles), we would like to stay Thursday & Friday night in the ...

I was told the reason for a forward dinning "Doghouse" was so guests would not have to walk the deck in foul weather to eat. I don't know about earlier built boats, but the Irvin also had sleeping quarters up forward for 3 Porters. They would take care of the forward galley, dinning room, and up to ...

What type of shore power would they need for 2 boats in winter lay up and possible minor repairs? Is there old hook ups still there or would they bring in new lines just for 10 weeks?

JP thanks for info. Never new I could do that with a web page. Boy is control += going really speed up looking at old photos and data files. Tried it on the Gary photo,,, works great.

G you never miss a beat. My bad,, it took me a couple of hours to find the info. about the hatches and having an ...

The dining room/kitchen doghouse on the Irvin and Miller (her sister) have a forward winch area to the rear of the doghouse. Together they are quite large and really stand out in any photos also showing the narrower telescoping hatches fore and aft of them. Don't know about the "sister boats" of the ...

WL how did you ID the Percival Roberts so fast? What other boats built in teens had 33 hatches? I was on the Dinky boat and can't remember how many hatches she had, I though she had less. I don't have, or can I find, any pictures of her deck to count them either.

I believe Pittsburgh Steamship was ...

I understand why the Block would wait to unload at the lake front dock, it is to large for the river and a different company. But, what is the reason for the American Courage to wait longer than the load time of the Sam Laud (4 hrs) to unload? Being the same size and with the same company, she could ...

What happened in the lock last night? She was in it for over 2 hours and now is at the wall up bound.