Something else seldom mentioned was the the captians and other crews that were safley in the harbor that went back out into the storm searching for the ship and her crew.
Sadly no sign of them was ever found.
Not that day but its kind of cool they found the wreck eventually.
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Something else seldom mentioned was the the captians and other crews that were safley in the harbor that went back out into the storm searching for the ship and her crew.
Sadly no sign of them was ever found.
Not that day but its kind of cool they found the wreck eventually.
Even more intriguing is the body on the bottom near the wreck that very likely isn't anyone from the Fitzgerald.
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Every year I mention the Fitz . It'll be a 7:20 tonight when she sank .CST . I'm just an old farm boy from Western Missouri and I remember in 3rd grade seeing the news the next day I guess . I want to go up to Duluth , Mn someday and see the iron ships .Especially the Arthur Anderson and the James R Barker . You boys up that way wanna tell me the best time of year to see them ?
That's interesting - I was teaching 3rd grade when she went down.
My mother was from Stoney Point , New York and she just thought it was a horrible disaster . We watched channel 9 out of Kansas City back then , Larry Moore ! Those iron ships have kinda become a sub-hobby watching YouTube stuff on them . I really want to drive up and see them someday .
I have seen the Author Anderson in Conneaut harbor more than once. The speed of those big ships is very deceptive, once they leave a harbor and get direction they can really cover some water.
I've thought about taking a year off and working for free just to be a crew member on one of the iron ships .I realize the legal hassles would be a bit . I could be the housekeeper I reckon .
Nice weather tonight Grand Marais to Whitefish Point:
N wind 15 to 20 kt becoming SSW 25 to 30 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 kt. Showers, mainly before 1am. Waves 3 ft building to 6 ft.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point is worth your time.
Nice weather tonight Grand Marais to Whitefish Point:
N wind 15 to 20 kt becoming SSW 25 to 30 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 kt. Showers, mainly before 1am. Waves 3 ft building to 6 ft.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point is worth your time.
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That's pretty cool from someone that close ! Thank You Sir .
I grew up on the St. Lawrence where the big dry bulkers are common and it’s tricky business indeed to thread a boat that size up or down the River. I can recall as a kid, a couple of occasions seeing thousands of tons of soybeans or taconite pellets unloaded into the River to lighten up a boat to free it from a shoal. I don’t think they’d do that today.
Many from our area worked the boats. My wife’s grandfather had sailed with Earnest McSorley and spoke well of him. One of my close friends was McSorley’s nephew, McSorley being originally from the Ogdensburg area.
Everyone deserves at least one ride across the Saginaw bridge. It's not as pretty as the Tampa Bay bridge, but Saginaw has the butt pucker factor the whole way across !
Ummmmm, I think you mean the Mackinac bridge?
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Everyone deserves at least one ride across the Saginaw bridge. It's not as pretty as the Tampa Bay bridge, but Saginaw has the butt pucker factor the whole way across !
Ummmmm, I think you mean the Mackinac bridge?
I've read that you can get someone to drive your vehicle across that bridge . I couldn't do it . I cant drive across the dam at Pomme de Terre down by one of my farms .