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If there's one ship out there I'd love to see in person, it'd be the Anderson. The history of that vessel being the final vessel the Big Fitz spoke to before disappearing is just so incredible to me. To think she's still sailing after all these years, so cool. I wonder if those folks watching her there even knew just how significant she is to the Great Lakes history.
Interlake knows she delights a crowd and they encourage Captain Brad to use it as much as he can. He's originally from a small town that's down bound on the St. Mary's river and when he passes by the shores of it he does more than one salute. They always know it's him and the JRB saying hello.
super video, so clear, well cropped, capturing the setting sun effects, etc. And a big plus, no stupid music, just the sounds of the ships. When I was trucking, I did a couple of deliveries to Duluth, beautiful city, I always stayed in a motel up on the hill over looking the lake. Thanks for posting such a great video.
I've finally been able to see some of their videos recently. They still hold up nicely! Fun to see some familiar ships sporting different names or colors.
phantastic video of these vessels. i am from Basel Switzerland where also ships cruising the river rhine. almost unbelivebel that ships of 8o years of age still cruise on the great lakes. just amazing.
Cool to see important history still out working on the waterways. Pretty sure the Anderson was the boat talking to the Fitz and sailing not far away from her the night she went down.
Enjoyed this comprehensive compilation! ⚓ Fantastic footage. So many wonderful vessels. My favorites are American Century, American Mariner & American Integrity, all from my home town company.👌 Also enjoy seeing the tugs 👍
Thanks for this beautiful compilation & for all the work you have done to document these vessels. I love studying all the structures & configurations above the hulls. This helped me know some favorites, especially some from he 40s & 50s. Thanks again!
What a contrats between the Manitoulin and the Alpena. One, eighty years old and in mint condition, the other seven years old and looking like some ones slammed it into a wharf, repeatedly. Great video.
This is stunning work. It’s truly an emotional experience you’re sharing and authentic artistry, the way you have edited the entire piece and captured something special with each vessel. I want to jump in the car and head east to these ports! ❤
Paint is cosmetic. These boats are very busy. You can't paint a boat when they are laid up for the winter, too cold. Work-horses! Thanks for the wonderful video. Northern MN here. -20 F. right now, 1 Jan 22.
Great video! Loved the Captain's Salutes as well. A lot of the vessel's shown make their way down the Welland Canal during the season. Unfortunately, the 1000 footers can's transit the Canal. I'll have to make my way over to Buffalo or Nanticoke to catch some videos of those.
1:38 what a fantastic view of this warrior, it shows the true, mind blowing scale. This shot gave me a Barker fix jaja! Great video as always, thank you for the A+ content!
Remember seeing a lot of these boats going through Port Colborne just living a couple's blocks away from lock 8 .. You can definitely tell the older ones with there curves on the hull and cabin's.. just lovely watching them float by ... Great job on the video don't ever take it down this is history at its best🧐
Another amazing video from you, here’s hoping for another great batch of vessels in the 2021 season. Already got my list made for what I need to catch, can’t wait to see how your videos turn out
Yeah, I'm putting together my list too... with the ships that I didn't see in 2020 on the top of the list: Kaye E. Barker, American Spirit, Indiana Harbor. The Blough was on that list too, but I'll have to wait a bit longer.
@@1Long2Short you can have the Kaye lol, she was frequent enough in Green Bay to where I don’t think they would mind something else taking up the route for a bit. Chief on my list is the Frontenac, Clarke, and the Oberstar however I’m not about to pass up anything else that appears at a good time
On a good year, we only get the Kaye Barker a couple of times, as she’s almost always loading at Marquette. I don’t think we got her once on 2020. Also high on my list are the Cuyahoga and Saginaw. With the retirement of the Mississagi, my fear is that these two are next... especially the Cuyahoga. But I don’t complain about any classic laker I see. Each one is special.
It's kinda cool to think that some of these ships are made from iron that came from two harbors, duluth or thunder bay. It's also a little ironic too. Great video!
Yeah, when you think about it, ships from the 1920s probably hauled the iron to build the ships from the 1950s. And the ships from the 1950s probably hauled the iron to build the ships from the 1970s and 1980s.
The boom must be pretty light compared to the weight of the ship. Even with the boom fully extended to the side, I’ve never noticed any list to these ships.
Ahhhh, I saw this come up in my feed yesterday and was so excited, wanted to wait until today to make sure I had time to watch the whole thing in one go. Beautiful job on capturing everything and then putting it all together for us. Bless you for fading out/editing out the Bridges salutes after the ships so I can crank up my volume. Especially love Frontenac, the Cort (of course), H Lee White's shimmer and the unloading clips!
Thanks! I figured nobody needed to hear nearly 40 salutes from the bridge in one video! I did leave in 3-4 bridge salutes scattered throughout, since I knew some people would want to hear them.
@@1Long2Short You're right! In my opinion, at least. The bridge, while I've certainly nothing against it, is a bit jarring as compared to some of the regular Lakers horns.
Man, this was relaxing, interesting, and absolutely the kind of thing my family would watch. I loved it! I think the Munson's horn needs some work though 1:07:16
@@1Long2Short Oh absolutely! I watched this one over the course of about 36 hours, and loved it. During the first half of my dad's Coast Guard career, he was on the _Neah Bay_ and worked in this very area. I sent him this video, and one of the things he said was "As for the ships, I'm acquainted with almost all of them, worked many in the ice, and even rode _Edgar B. Speer."_ There's a picture in the dining room of the _Neah Bay_ that he took from _Speer's_ wheelhouse. He loved Duluth and working on the lakes.
The Anderson, every time I see her I get a tinge of sadness knowing she sailed with one of the last ships to be lost in a November gale The mighty Fitz.
@@jstoli996c4s and you point is?????????????? I made a statement I’m a Master Mariner I said I’d like season on the lakes!!!!! Don’t tell granma how to blow eggs I don’t want a weather forecast i get them every 15 minutes at sea
@@purtlemoirrey1161 wow lol I merely made a comment that the Great Lakes are dangerous and to exercise caution, and for some reason you’re taking personal offense to it. Good luck sir ✌️
Thanks! The Fitzgerald's sister ship (Arthur B. Homer) was scrapped in the 1980s. But there are some ships here that have a similar style to the Fitzgerald.
Can some please explain the purpose of those barges as opposed to a complete ship under its own power?The Great Lakes seems to be treacherous at times and it seems to be a mad idea to have a barge that size and a tug pushing it along at low speeds? (Well it seemed that way). Cheers, great video!
Thanks! The main advantage of this tug-barge combos is they can operate with smaller crews, about 15-20 instead of 25-30. They run at about the same speed as the traditional ships. If the weather gets rough, they seek shelter.
This might be a dumb question. Here goes. Does anyone else think if all these huge ships would be lifted out of lake superior do you think the water level would drop a noticable amount. By noticable I mean like probably less then a 1/2 inch or so
Who else thinks that the next great lakes ship to sink will be an Algoma owned ship. They don,t maintain these ships worth shit. Half of them look like they have already sunk,raised and put back in operation.