Classic Great Lakes Fall Storm this Weekend forecasted

[Instigator]

Spotless. They won't let you in eh! Not salty enough

Promise not to touch anything ��

[FMP]

Ha!

[Charger20sv]

The engine room is pretty clean we have a great engine room crew and a chief engineer who loves his paint. The cargo holds and tunnels are another story!! after 40 years of hauling salt, they are in rough shape. We got word yesterday she wont be coming back out next year....all finished. Its sad, end of an era. Built in Collingwood with Canadian labour and Canadian steel, not many left like her. She is being replaced by a chienese built ship and designed to use half the crew. Seems the way of the world now a days.

We are still anchored near point peelie and looks like here until wednesday morning at least. Gotta love that november weather!

[FMP]

No kidding Collingwood Shipyards, right on. Sad she's near the end. Winds don't let up much this time of the year, wait it out ?

[Instigator]

Too bad.

We have a cabin cruiser on Erie and Pelee Island is our favorite island.
Their ferry to the Canadian mainland, the Jiimaan is also being replaced. It is owned/operated by the Canadian government and chose a builder in Chile.

Much to the anger of the locals, including a ship builder in the Leamington area.

Yeah, let's let our government run things.

[Capt.Insane-o]

Hey guys our ship is 650 feet long and approx 6600 hp between 4 main engines. They are fairbanks morse opposed piston engines 2 strokes all feeding a single gear box with a single controllable pitch prop. Its called the Algoway....lots of info on google about it. Its a self unloading bulk carrier and we normally take salt from the goderich mine to various places this time of year. So far sandusky, lorain, cleavland, greenbay, milwaukee, chicago, perry sound and saginaw in the last 2 months or so. Getting all the stock piles ready for the wintery road conditions. We also take loads of stone and somtimes iron ore.

One of the mates told me just now we will be going to anchor once we get close to lorain for approx 24 hours due to high wind.

The temp in Goderich yesterday was about 3 or 4 degrees c. I would post some pics but our wifi is painfully slow.

I've seen your ship in the Saginaw river a few times.

[Charger20sv]

I've seen your ship in the Saginaw river a few times.

We go there quite often. And usually smoke the place out!

[Capt.Insane-o]

We go there quite often. And usually smoke the place out!

[Capt.Insane-o]

Well let me know when your in port next season

[BUZZIN' DOZEN]

* WIND AND WAVES DURING THE GALE WARNING: EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 41 KNOTS FROM THE WEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 56 KNOTS. THE LARGEST EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT WAVES WILL BE 19 FEET WITH A MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT OF UP TO 28 FEET POSSIBLE.Superior tomorrow

[FMP]

We're at 42 gusting 49 knots this hour. Been blowing for days but picking up today. Westerlies with snow squalls

[Tomanytoys]

It's gonna be a good one.
Next few days are lookin pretty wild.
welcome to winter!

[FMP]

That's the station out on the Westerns

[Charger20sv]

yes this storm is going strong right now. Were anchored near the mackinaw bridge and its blowing hard and snow off and on. Been here since yesterday and looks like at least tomorrow as well. Im supposed to go home and thats going to be delayed!!

[Dd24skater]

yes this storm is going strong right now. Were anchored near the mackinaw bridge and its blowing hard and snow off and on. Been here since yesterday and looks like at least tomorrow as well. Im supposed to go home and thats going to be delayed!!

Great thread.......Hope you get home soon Charger.....Thanks for the photos and comentary