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She is now a tractor tug in Puerto Rico.

Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder in the graving dock.

At the discretion of the Master, but on a rig like that it is very weather dependent.

The Mackinaw is out on L Huron somewhere with AIS off or hidden. She left Cheboygan at around midnight on Super Bowl Sunday and is still not back.

Yes, then Durocher tugs into Cheboygan.

The Bradley fleet had already adopted turbine-electric propulsion with the building of the T. W. Robinson in 1925. The general layout was not ideal but the overall performance and economy of operation led to Carl Bradley stipulating turbine-electric for his eponymous new build in 1926. Turbine-elec...

Waiting on Weather.

Could someone tell me why you changed the Charts on Boatnerd AIS site?

badger wrote:years ago 3 short blasts every 1 minute was the fog signal, now adays its 1 long blast every 1 minute. as on the deepsea

One prolonged blast at intervals of no more than 2 minutes for power driven vessel underway.

On the news for yesterday February 10 there were a lot of untruths spoken by Mr Peace when it comes to icebreaking on the Great Lakes. Most of the delays Mr Peace talks about were caused by the CG's unwillingness to work at night. Some were caused by breakdowns, but not because of the age of cutters...

She loaded slag for delivery to Alpena.

Still makes no sense to go the North Shore of Superior way out of your way adding miles to the trip when weather was Southerly. Why not just go to anchor outside Duluth?

Salt and cement.

I believe they are layed up in Ashtabula.

You are missing one other important part of that convoy to Cleveland, the tug Barbara Ann. She was hired to break ice for the convoy in Detroit.

I agree the traffic does not warrant a need for a new lock or any more icebreakers. The increase in winter navigation in recent years is a direct result of an increase in ice breaking activity.

The S Channel is the main channel between Russel Is JB and SE Bend, then the cutoff takes over from there to LSC.

Cool, Tug Malcolm! My favorite tug, love to see her again. We actually used the ballast tanks on tug to pick up rail car or apron.

You are correct she had I believe 12 traction motors with V- belts connecting each to the gearbox. The whole setup was taken from locomotive parts. Somewhere I have a video of the engine room in operation just before she was re-powered in Erie,PA. This was not the original DE propulsion system in he...

Really enjoying your stories Cap! Just have a question. Were these 3 sisters not designed for a deeper than Seaway draft? I noticed on your late trip overseas you did not stop off to top off like other deep sea ships. I realize these ships were built to trade directly from lakes to overseas, but you...