Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2009: June: Jun 20-09 |
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By Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 06:46 am: Dennis Kemper was enjoying an evening at the Hancock Beach Campground when he spotted a freighter sailing through. Normally the biggest boat you'll see on the Portage Canal is the Ranger III, at 165 feet, so witnessing the 636 foot American Courage on the waterway is an uncommon occurrence. According to Ed Chaput (Eddyfitz), this boat was traveling from Duluth to Marquette where it was to load up there and continue on to Toledo, Ohio and then back up to Superior, Wisconsin. My search of Boatnerd.com was unsuccessful in finding out where in this journey, the American Courage is right now. Any boat watchers out there in Pasty Land that can give us an update on her whereabouts? By mickill mouse (Ram4) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 07:32 am: We see, of course, a lot of freighters go through the Detroit River from downtown Detroit and Belle Isle. One early morning we took a ride out to Belle Isle and a freighter was coming through and we thought a couple of small boats of people fishing was going to flip over from the waves. By Bob Tiura (Bobtiura) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 08:11 am: It looks like it's in Lake Linden on Boatnerd. By Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 08:28 am:
That must have been very cool to see! By Eddyfitz (Eddyfitz) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 09:23 am:
Just checked the Boatnerd.com site and it shows due to the slow economy the AMERICAN COURAGE is now in lay-up in Sturgeon Bay, Wi. I sailed for this company years ago on a ship similar in size but it was one we who grew up in the KEWEENAW Peninsula were more familiar with i.e. front and back cabins. By Ryan Olson (Quesoguapo) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 09:31 am:
I was on board Keweenaw Star for a pre-wedding sunset cruise that night. We sailed under a fully raised Portage Lake Lift Bridge and passed American Courage as it made its way toward the bridge. By Excite Able (Exciteable) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:47 pm:
Found it on YouTube the other night By FRNash/PHX, AZ (Frnash) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 05:21 pm:
Excite Able (Exciteable): By mickill mouse (Ram4) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 07:56 pm: I found the 'Keweenaw' videos on You Tube. The ones we watched were pretty interesting. |
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