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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 22, 2014 20:56:11 GMT -5
Its a rotten shame that the shipping industry is going down the tubes. When the chinaman has finished with us he'll be laughing at America with pants down. How many rickshaws does it take to fill a 1000 footer?? ws Uhhhh... name that ship. 20 additional points if you can answer when she received the radio message, "Our rails are awash, but we are holding our own..."  |
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 23, 2014 4:56:58 GMT -5
Great Lakes coal trade down 2.8 percent in 2013
1/23 - Cleveland, Ohio – Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 24.6 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 2.8 percent compared to 2012. Some of the decrease can be attributed to the early onset of winter in December, which lead to a 17-percent decrease in loadings on Lake Superior.
Individual cargos were further reduced toward the end of the month when vessels voluntarily lightened their drafts to ease transits through an ice-clogged stretch of the St. Marys River that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes. One 1,000-foot-long vessel experienced a 4,474-ton reduction in payload when its first and last cargos of December were compared.
For the year, coal loadings at Lake Superior terminals totaled 15 million tons, a decrease of 62,000 tons compared to 2012. Overseas coal exports from Superior Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, totaled 1,381,000 tons in 2013, a 38,000-ton increase compared to 2012.
Coal loadings out of Chicago, Illinois, totaled 2.9 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 11.4 percent or 370,000 tons compared to 2012. Coal loadings at Lake Erie docks totaled 6.7 million tons, a decrease of 4 percent or 280,000 tons compared to 2012.
Lake Carriers Association
Port Reports - January 23
St. Marys River
Wednesday night the downbound Algocanda, tug Victory and her barge James L. Kuber and the USCG icebreaker Mackinaw were stopped for the night in the vicinity of Nine Mile Point. Arthur M. Anderson was inbound at DeTour bound for the Carbide Dock to unload coal.
Straits of Mackinac - Robert Bemben
Algomarine, upbound on northern Lake Michigan, became beset in ice around 10 a.m. Wednesday after making a run into the ice field near Lansing Shoal. The USCG cutter Mobile Bay departed St. Ignace late Wednesday afternoon, presumably to assist the Algomarine and likely the Philip R. Clarke as well. The Clarke was upbound on Lake Michigan off the Door Peninsula Wednesday evening with an AIS destination of Ashtabula. The CG Mobile Bay was spending the night stationary in the ice field just NE of Hog Island. Thursday morning, the CG Mobile Bay will likely cut a 25-mile track west, towards the two lakers, and escort them eastbound to the Mackinaw Bridge, some 45 nautical miles away.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Wilfred Sykes docked for winter lay-up at Bay Ship Wednesday morning.
Goderich, Ont.
On January 12, the Calumet reported a fracture on the port side of its hull. Repairs were carried out alongside the berth. No injuries or pollution reported.
Lake St. Clair
On January 18, the tug Stormont ran aground on the St. Clair River off Windsor, Ont. The vessel was assisted by a tug and was refloated. No damage, injuries, or pollution reported.
Colchester, Ont.
On January 19 the tug Leonard M sustained a failure of its starboard side main engine while pushing the barge Huron Spirit on Lake Erie off Colchester, Ont. The tug and barge were beset in ice; the crew is awaiting the delivery of a tool in order to make the repairs. No injuries or pollution reported.
Coast Guard warning residents of ice-breaking activities in Ludington
1/23 - Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – The Coast Guard is alerting residents, particularly ice fishermen and other recreational users of Pere Marquette Lake, of ice-breaking activities scheduled to begin Friday and last one week. The nearest towns to Pere Marquette Lake are Ludington and Scottville, Mich.
The tug Spartan and barge Spartan II, assisted by the tug Manitou, are scheduled to transit through Pere Marquette Lake for cargo deliveries Jan. 24-31. The tugs and barge will make two transits, stopping at Ludington’s Occidental Chemical Facility. All ice fishermen should remove their ice shanties and equipment from these areas.
Recreational users of the ice should plan their activities carefully, avoid shipping channels and use caution near these areas of operation.
USCG
Fact trumps rumors on Carbide Dock cargo pile
1/23 - Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – Working quickly to get in front of the rumor mill, Acting City Manager Robin Troyer provided assurances that the large black piles at the Carbide Dock are comprised of metallurgical coal destined to be trucked to Essar Steel.
A vocal contingent of city residents began spreading the word over the weekend that petroleum coke had been delivered and made a convincing case with their false claims. Going beyond identifying the controversial substance early Monday morning, they were warning that even more was destined for the Sault and hinted at a pending environmental catastrophe.
Troyer indicated that there are no health or safety issues related to the use of the Carbide Dock for coal shipments and further allied any fears by saying that pet coke is not a product Essar Steel uses.
“This is what happens with rumors,” said Commissioner Bill Lynn, “because that’s exactly what it was.” Lynn also noted the Carbide Dock is zoned as industrial and, as a result, the off-loading and subsequent transport of coal is one of the acceptable uses. The City of Sault Ste. Marie collects a fee when the dock is used and all of that money is placed in a special fund designated for future improvements and repairs.
Essar Steel requested use of the Carbide Dock after the early onset of ice made it difficult, if not impossible, for the coal shipments to come into the steel plant, according to Troyer’s background information. The original plan was for the coal to be shipped by truck over the International Bridge to its final destination roughly from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, but the Sault Ste. Marie City Commission unanimously approved a measure Monday evening, allowing the trucking company to work 24/7 on the project.
“The sooner we get it out of there the better,” said Mayor Anthony Bosbous after the commission approved round-the-clock transport.
Troyer provided more assurances under questioning, saying a berm system had already been installed to contain salt shipments at the site and it would be effective in containing the coal as well.
Bosbous also noted that the folks at Essar Steel have been very accommodating and have pledged to clean the site up to the city’s satisfaction once the coal is removed.
Soo Evening News
Locks maintenance work planned during shipping break
1/23 - Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning maintenance work on the navigational lock system at Sault Ste. Marie, which has shut down for the winter. The Soo Locks closed last week, halting most cargo shipping on the Great Lakes. They’ll reopen in mid-March.
The Army corps says its crews will install hydraulic pump units for the Poe Lock operating gates and make other improvements and repairs.
Vessels make more than 4,500 trips through the locks annually, hauling 80 million tons of freight including iron ore, coal, limestone and grain.
The Lake Carriers Association represents 17 American companies that operate 57 U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes. The organization says its members will spend $70 million tuning up the fleet during the winter break.
Soo Evening News
Council to decide museum ship Norgoma's fate
1/23 - Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. – The non-profit entity that runs the Norgoma tourist attraction wants to keep its operation afloat. And while the Norgoma has had its ups and downs in recent year, the St. Marys River Marine Heritage Centre is keeping its head above water, a financial statement will show city council next month.
Last week, council received an information report with options it must consider if it wants to cut ties with the downtown tourist site.
The city provides annual funding of $15,000 to the Norgoma and council's five year commitment was extended last year for one more year, providing the operators with a chance to make something of the venue. And some success has been realized, said Ward 3 Coun. Brian Watkins, who also sits as a member on the board of directors.
“The cheapest option for the city and our taxpayers is to continue to run the Norgoma with the $15,000 from the budget,” Watkins said. Watkins said the 2013 operational season saw a 35 per cent increase in visits.
The Norgoma is also part of the downtown cultural corridor and is packaged with other tourist locations, also helping with its growth, he said.
“It's still in the infancy and there is room to grow but we've had a number of groups and boards and committees booking for events and meetings and that's new to us,” Watkins said.
In recent years, the St. Marys River Marine Heritage Centre has spent $50,000 on upgrading the facility and Watkins said it's the only activity that is showcased from the city's waterfront. “There is a presence, a culture there that we need to maintain and preserve,” he said.
Last year, the St. Marys River Marine Heritage Centre also requested continued funding and sharing of resources, something city staff has recommended against. The St. Marys River Marine Heritage Centre will make a presentation to the board at a February council meeting.
At that time, council will decide the fate of the Norgoma, including the option of halting funding and cutting ties with the group. Options to cut ties with the docked ship were also examined briefly last year.
The report to council recommends that that area be dredged and the Norgoma moved off site to a ship breaking yard for demolition. It's estimated the procedure would cost between $200,000 to $300,000.
Other mitigating factors for that option include the least amount of involvement by the city, reduced exposure to environmental liability, partial dredging of the marina for improved options and significantly less disturbance to the surrounding site, the report reads.
It's also anticipated that this option would allow the city to dredge the entire marina to a desired depth while the docks are temporarily removed.
Other options from the city’s consultant, STEM Engineering Group, include demolishing the Norgoma on-site at a cost of about $500,000 or partially demolishing the upper portion on site and then removing the remaining portion to a ship breaking yard. That option is expected to cost between $200,000 to $240,000.
Consultants conclude that the costs associated with decommissioning and removing the Norgoma would exceed its salvage value.
The Norgoma was built in 1950 as a steamship and was used to transport passengers and cargo between Owen Sound and Sault Ste. Marie for 13 years. In 1975 it was purchased by the city for $1 to be used as a museum ship and the ownership was later transferred to the non-profit corporation established as the St. Marys River Marine Centre in 1981. The Norgoma was named a historic site in 2011 with a plaque unveiling at the waterfront location in September 2011.
In an email to council, MP Bryan Hayes said he has not been approached formally for any funding requests specific to the Norgoma and he doesn't know if any are available but would explore options if formally asked.
He notes there are no guarantees of funding but that being said, considering the federal government under Parks Canada does have a stake in this in consideration of the plaque that was dedicated, perhaps it would be appropriate to at least advise the federal government of your intent in the event there are any implications from the federal perspective, he writes.
Sault Star
Lookback #67 – Captain M. Lyras arrived at scrapyard on January 23, 1983
1/23 - Captain M. Lyras was originally a Liberian registered general cargo carrier with some limited refrigerated cargo space. It was reflagged to Greece in 1960 and first came to the Great Lakes for a single trip that year. It returned again in 1963 for Evermia Cia Naviera S.A.
The 500 foot, 4 inch long vessel could carry 13,727 tons of cargo deadweight and had been built by Brodogradiliste 3 Maj. in Rijeka, Yugoslavia, in 1958.
The ship was still registered in Greece when renamed Angeliki L. in 1964 and was back through the Seaway the next year. It became Anamaria in 1972, still Greek flag, and then moved to Panamanian registry a decade later.
The former Seaway Salty was laid up at Jebel Ali, Dubai, on August 29, 1982, and sold for scrap the following year. It arrived at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, 31 years ago today. Scrapping of the hull commenced on February 20, 1983, and the dismantling of the 25-year old former Great Lakes trader was done by Tarakkal Ltd.
Skip Gillham
Updates - January 23
Lay-up list updated
Today in Great Lakes History - January 23
January 23 - The CELTIC (wooden schooner-barge, 190 foot, 716 gross tons, built 1890, at W. Bay City, Michigan) broke away from the steamer H.E. RUNNELS during a fierce gale on Lake Huron on 29 November 1902, and was lost with all hands. No wreckage was found until 23 January 1903, when a yawl and the captain‚s desk with the ship‚s papers was found on Boom Point, southeast of Cockburn Island.
GEORGE A. STINSON struck a wall of the Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on January 23, 1979. The damage was estimated at $200,000.
The rail car ferry GRAND HAVEN sailed on her first trip as a roll on/roll off carrier from Port Burwell on January 23, 1965, loaded with 125 tons of coiled steel bound for Cleveland and Walton Hills, Ohio.
1983: The Greek freighter CAPTAIN M. LYRAS visited the Seaway in 1960 and 1961 and returned as b) ANGELIKI L. in 1965. It arrived at Gadani Beach on this date as c) ANAMARIA for scrapping.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 24, 2014 6:02:41 GMT -5
Seems like a viable alternative to just hacking away with a torch and shipping to the chinaman. The only real holdbacks are the financial logistics. Youd need a really prominent piece of ground that would be accessible for a heavy lift. Id bet that whole Benson Ford deck house has to weigh about 200+ tons. Then to mount a foundation into water front bedrock, you have the bunny huggers all over it. I wonder if the owner has the steaming lights on after dark. That would really test some amateur captains. " I had it on the GPS in only 6" of water..."
Me? Id have to put up a 300 foot long walkway in the trees with yellow lights the whole length! ws
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 24, 2014 6:07:08 GMT -5
Port Reports - January 24
St. Marys River
Arthur M. Anderson was upbound at Mission Point led by the USCG Mackinaw as Thursday night came to a close. She as carrying another cargo of Canada-bound coal that will be unloaded at the Carbide Dock on the U.S. side and trucked across the border. The tug Anglian Lady remained beset in ice at the lower end of the east Neebish Channel, with the tug Wilfred M. Cohen assisting.
Straits of Mackinac - Robert Bemben
Thursday was a long work day for the USCG cutter Mobile Bay. It began by escorting the Philip R. Clarke (coming from Ashtabula) and Algosteel (Goderich) eastbound from near Lansing Shoal to just past Grays Reef with the eastbound tanker Algoeast (Sarnia) playing catch-up in their track. The three lakers then continued eastbound, passing the Algowood, which was beset in ice just east of Round Island Passage. Meanwhile, the Mobile Bay had turned around and headed west to give relief to the Algomarine, which was beset for nearly 24 hours southwest of Lansing Shoal and had drifted with the ice field about four miles to the SW. Mobile Bay escorted the Algomarine eastbound around 50 nautical miles to reach the Algowood, which it broke out at Round Island Passage and escorted westbound. At 9:30 p.m. the Mobile Bay and Algowood were just north of Hog Island, and they noted in a radio communication that the ice was getting easier there. The toughest stretch appeared to be between Grays Reef and Hog Island, which had slowed the convoy earlier in the day to around 4-5 knots. By the end of the night, the Mobile Bay will have likely covered 150 nautical miles.
Marine City ferry remains closed due to ice
1/24 - Marine City, Mich. – Icebreakers remained busy this week on the St. Clair River and the Great Lakes it connects.
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Samuel Risley was in Sarnia Wednesday clearing ice from wharfs and was scheduled to head south to assist a tug and barge waiting to travel from Windsor to Sarnia, said Andy Maillet, superintendent of operations with the Canadian Coast Guard.
The Bluewater Ferry between Sombra and Marine City was closed Wednesday because of ice conditions. “We still have our trouble area down the bottom end of the river,” Maillet said. With Lake St. Clair frozen, “there’s no place for the ice to go,” he said.
“The cold snap we’re in is solidifying the ice a bit,” and allowing new ice to form quickly, Maillet added. “As soon as the winds die, you have instant ice everywhere.”
The Canadian icebreaker Griffin also has been assisting traffic in the region, including in Lake Erie. “We have a couple of U.S. Coast Guard vessels also in the fray,” Maillet said. “It has been a very interesting year so far.” That’s because of the deep freeze the region experienced earlier this month.
“That came really early in the season,” Maillet said. A thaw that followed helped ice-breaking operations across the country, he added. “But, the problem is, we’re back into a deep freeze, and we’ll see what this hand is going to deal us.”
The U.S. National Weather Service is forecasting a high Thursday of 15 and a low of -4 Thursday night.
Port Huron Times Herald
Lake-effect storms may ease as ice cover nears 100 percent
1/24 - Lake Erie today is nearly fully encapsulated in ice. Subfreezing temperatures straight on through next week should finish the job. Most Buffalo Niagara residents know that means the lake-effect snow machine will grind to a halt.
But there’s another potential benefit: more sunshine.
Vitamin D was plentiful Wednesday across the region – if you could brave the single-digit temperatures. Days like Wednesday, absent any significant weather-making systems, could continue so long as Lake Erie stays frozen, forecasters say.
That’s because warmer, open waters of Lake Erie during winter months promote evaporation. The moisture rises, creating all those steely-gray, snow-laden, lake-effect clouds that block the sun, oftentimes quickly turning our landscape a deep white.
“It’s like putting a lid on a pot,” said Jim Mitchell, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, of the ice cover on lake-effect clouds and snow. “It cuts it right off completely. You don’t have the water there for the moisture source. It’s basically acting like dry land.”
Lake-effect cloud cover during November, December and usually January is what can make the sky seem like never-ending gray. Freezing out that evaporation can clear those skies above us.
As of Wednesday, the lake was 95.1 percent covered with ice. Only a very small area of the lake along the Canadian shoreline just east of Long Point showed more than 10 percent open water, according to ice concentration maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
Daytime highs will remain below freezing through at least Wednesday, according to forecasts that also show the mercury dipping into the single digits or below zero for four of the next five nights. That should be enough to freeze over the remaining areas, Mitchell projected.
If that happens, it would be the most – and earliest – the lake has frozen over in recent years. The largest ice concentrations on Lake Erie over the last five years have occurred in early February – 95.8 percent on Feb. 1, 2011 and 95.5 percent on Feb. 5, 2009.
“We’ve had an early ice cover this year,” said George Leshkevich a research scientist at the Great Lakes laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich. “It’s earlier than normal. Lake Erie usually sees its maximum ice in early February to mid-February.
“It’s getting near that point right now.”
Leshkevich was a little less bullish on prognosticating more sunny days for Buffalo Niagara. The laboratory doesn’t keep statistics to back up such a theory.
“Certainly, Lake Erie can generate low cloud cover, but then you can get clouds coming in also from the west and northwest,” said Leshkevich. “If the lake is ice-covered, it will certainly cut down on evaporation and lake-effect snow.”
But just because there may be more clear skies with an iced-over Lake Erie, it doesn’t necessarily translate into warmth.
Much to the contrary, especially at night when cloud cover often acts as a form of insulation from the most bitter cold air. “It’s like a blanket,” Mitchell said of the clouds.
When that “blanket” is removed, there’s nothing keeping that frigid air from nipping your nose, fingers and toes.
A lot of factors have combined this season to produce the cold winter, most notably repeated airflows from the polar regions. It is what has led to the quick freezing of Lake Erie. And, it’s not just Lake Erie that’s getting the chill this winter. Across the Great Lakes, waters are turning to ice.
As of Wednesday, Lake Huron was 72 percent ice-covered, Superior is nearly 58 percent and Michigan and Ontario were showing about 29 and 33 percent, respectively. Both lakes Michigan and Ontario are more southerly and deep – more than 800 feet in places.
The highest Great Lakes ice cover occurred in a frosty 1979 when 94.7 percent of the lake water was iced over. Laboratory figures show the lowest occurred in 2002 when only 9.5 percent was covered.
The 2014 forecast by the laboratory – that the lakes will eventually be up to 62 percent ice covered regionwide – would be the third-highest since 1996. Last year only about 38 percent was covered.
“We’re well on our way,” Leshkevich said.
The Buffalo News
Lookback #68 – Enders M. Voorhees broke in two on January 24, 1988
1/24 - Late season transatlantic tows to an overseas scrapyard have presented problems for some of our retired lakers. The Enders M. Voorhees was buffeted by Force 9 winds on the Mediterranean in January 1988 while bound for Aliaga, Turkey. The retired United States Steel Corp. bulk carrier had been under tow of the Greek tug Everest when the line parted and the 46-year-old laker went aground.
The 639-foot, 6-inch-long, 18,325-ton capacity bulk carrier stranded at Kythnos Island, about 60 miles south of Athens, and broke in two 26 years ago today. The sections were salvaged in 1989. The bow and the stern were able to complete the tow to Aliaga, Turkey, on August 23, 1989, where they were eventually dismantled by Kalkavanlar Gemi Sokum Ticaret A.S.
Enders M. Voorhees was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works and launched at Ecorse, Mich., on April 11, 1942. This was the second of the five “Super” lakers built for U.S. Steel and they set cargo records during the critical movement of raw materials during World War Two.
Over the years, this vessel operated around the Great Lakes in the ore trade but also ventured down the St. Lawrence delivering grain for overseas export and then loading iron ore from Eastern Canadian mines. The ship was also part of the winter navigation project in the late 1970s.
The vessel was tied up at Duluth on December 16, 1981, and never sailed again. The bow thruster was removed for the John G. Munson in 1986 and the ship was sold for scrap in 1987. It departed Duluth August 22, 1987, between the tugs Avenger IV and Chippewa and then left Quebec City, under tow of the Irving Cedar, and in tandem with the Thomas W. Lamont, on September 15.
They arrived at Algeciras, Spain, on October 24 and headed east on the Mediterranean separately. After the Thomas W. Lamont was safely delivered to Aliaga, Turkey, on December 27, the Greek tug Everest returned for the Enders M. Voorhees and departed on January 13, 1988, for the ill-fated voyage.
Skip Gillham
Updates - January 24
Lay-up list updated
Today in Great Lakes History - January 24
JOHNSTOWN (Hull#4504) was launched January 24, 1952, at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard.
SPRUCEGLEN was launched January 24, 1924, as a.) WILLIAM K. FIELD (Hull#176) at Toledo, Ohio, by the Toledo Ship Building Co.
The steel barge MADEIRA (Hull#38) was launched on January 24, 1900, at Chicago, Illinois, by the Chicago Ship Building Co.
1964: RUTH ANN, a Liberian freighter that came through the Seaway in 1960, ran aground on the Chinchorro Bank off the Yucatan Peninsula enroute from Tampico to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, as d) GLENVIEW. It later broke up as a total loss.
1967: DAMMTOR, a West German flag pre-Seaway trader, foundered in heavy weather as b) HASHLOSHA while about 80 miles west of Naples, Italy, enroute from Greece to Marseilles, France. A distress call was sent but the vessel went down with the loss of 21 lives before help could arrive. The ship had also made four Seaway voyages in 1959,
1988: ENDERS M. VOORHEES, under tow on the Mediterranean, broke loose in gale force winds and went aground about 56 miles south of Athens off Kythnos Island and broke up. The hull was salvaged in sections and the bow and stern reached the scrapyard at Aliaga, Turkey, in August 1989.
2009: DIAMOND QUEEN sank at the Gaelic Tugboat Co. dock at River Rouge. It was refloated on January 27, 2009.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.
Great Lakes coal trade down 2.8 percent in 2013
1/23 - Cleveland, Ohio – Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 24.6 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 2.8 percent compared to 2012. Some of the decrease can be attributed to the early onset of winter in December, which lead to a 17-percent decrease in loadings on Lake Superior.
Individual cargos were further reduced toward the end of the month when vessels voluntarily lightened their drafts to ease transits through an ice-clogged stretch of the St. Marys River that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes. One 1,000-foot-long vessel experienced a 4,474-ton reduction in payload when its first and last cargos of December were compared.
For the year, coal loadings at Lake Superior terminals totaled 15 million tons, a decrease of 62,000 tons compared to 2012. Overseas coal exports from Superior Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, totaled 1,381,000 tons in 2013, a 38,000-ton increase compared to 2012.
Coal loadings out of Chicago, Illinois, totaled 2.9 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 11.4 percent or 370,000 tons compared to 2012. Coal loadings at Lake Erie docks totaled 6.7 million tons, a decrease of 4 percent or 280,000 tons compared to 2012.
Lake Carriers Association
Port Reports - January 23
St. Marys River
Wednesday night the downbound Algocanda, tug Victory and her barge James L. Kuber and the USCG icebreaker Mackinaw were stopped for the night in the vicinity of Nine Mile Point. Arthur M. Anderson was inbound at DeTour bound for the Carbide Dock to unload coal.
Straits of Mackinac - Robert Bemben
Algomarine, upbound on northern Lake Michigan, became beset in ice around 10 a.m. Wednesday after making a run into the ice field near Lansing Shoal. The USCG cutter Mobile Bay departed St. Ignace late Wednesday afternoon, presumably to assist the Algomarine and likely the Philip R. Clarke as well. The Clarke was upbound on Lake Michigan off the Door Peninsula Wednesday evening with an AIS destination of Ashtabula. The CG Mobile Bay was spending the night stationary in the ice field just NE of Hog Island. Thursday morning, the CG Mobile Bay will likely cut a 25-mile track west, towards the two lakers, and escort them eastbound to the Mackinaw Bridge, some 45 nautical miles away.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Wilfred Sykes docked for winter lay-up at Bay Ship Wednesday morning.
Goderich, Ont.
On January 12, the Calumet reported a fracture on the port side of its hull. Repairs were carried out alongside the berth. No injuries or pollution reported.
Lake St. Clair
On January 18, the tug Stormont ran aground on Lake St. Clair off Windsor, Ont. The vessel was assisted by a tug and was refloated. No damage, injuries, or pollution reported.
Colchester, Ont.
On January 19 the tug Leonard M sustained a failure of its starboard side main engine while pushing the barge Huron Spirit on Lake Erie off Colchester, Ont. The tug and barge were beset in ice; the crew is awaiting the delivery of a tool in order to make the repairs. No injuries or pollution reported.
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Post by skycheney on Jan 25, 2014 21:47:11 GMT -5
Seems like a viable alternative to just hacking away with a torch and shipping to the chinaman. The only real holdbacks are the financial logistics. Youd need a really prominent piece of ground that would be accessible for a heavy lift. Id bet that whole Benson Ford deck house has to weigh about 200+ tons. Then to mount a foundation into water front bedrock, you have the bunny huggers all over it. I wonder if the owner has the steaming lights on after dark. That would really test some amateur captains. " I had it on the GPS in only 6" of water..." Me? Id have to put up a 300 foot long walkway in the trees with yellow lights the whole length! ws You figured about right. 220 tons. Take a look at the HGTV video in the photo section of the site. |
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 25, 2014 23:29:32 GMT -5
Aside from having to be completely gutted for insulation and new paneling, I wonder how its heated? Another ton of mtce. work had to go into it as well like the 4 dog weather deck doors with 100 years of paint on them and the gaskets. It would have to be a labor of love. Painted in awlgrip too of course! ws
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Post by skycheney on Jan 26, 2014 22:02:26 GMT -5
Aside from having to be completely gutted for insulation and new paneling, I wonder how its heated? Another ton of mtce. work had to go into it as well like the 4 dog weather deck doors with 100 years of paint on them and the gaskets. It would have to be a labor of love. Painted in awlgrip too of course! ws In the video they show the two boilers that they added to run the old original radiators. |
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 27, 2014 4:26:13 GMT -5
I wonder if you "Ring up more heat" on the Chadburns?? I didn't pay attention; were those scotch Boilers?? ws
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 27, 2014 4:39:28 GMT -5
BOATNERD.COM aint up yet... the three dog watch is all on report! ws
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