Boatnerd News – November 8, 2024

Boatnerd News – November 8, 2024

  Lost Mariners Remembrance ceremony being held in Detroit this weekend on Edmund Fitzgerald anniversray The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975 in Lake Superior, in a violent storm on the lake. November can be a turbulent month for weather across Michigan,...
Port Report  November 8, 2024

Port Report November 8, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Thursday, November 7, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Boatnerd News – November 7, 2024

Boatnerd News – November 7, 2024

Thursday prorgram looks at Lost Whalebacks The Shipwreck Coast’s Lost Whalebacks: The Story of Sagamore and Barge 129 Whaleback ships originated on the Great Lakes in 1888 and in less than ten years, shipyards in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, built 44 of...
Port Report  November 7, 2024

Port Report November 7, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Boatnerd News – November 6, 2024

Boatnerd News – November 6, 2024

Impending Manitou Islands closure may put ferry out of business National Park Service building new Manitou Island docks By Garret Ellison | gellison@mlive.com LELAND, MI — The impending closure of North and South Manitou islands during a multi-year infrastructure...