"Great Lakes Warriors".........
07-25-2012 | 06:59 AM
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"Great Lakes Warriors".........
Just stumbled on this reality show last night on the History channel.
Think, "Worlds Deadliest Catch" but with working tug boats in all the Great Lakes. Pretty cool for those of us that know them and also an education that think they're little, inland lakes
Think, "Worlds Deadliest Catch" but with working tug boats in all the Great Lakes. Pretty cool for those of us that know them and also an education that think they're little, inland lakes
07-25-2012 | 04:02 PM
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From: Between A Womans Leggs in IL
07-25-2012 | 05:17 PM
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“We will be in 2 footers, can you handle it?” They would ask.
When I first moved to Florida as a seasonal resident I was always amazed at the attitude of permanent residents who had spent little or no time on the inland seas to the north.
It took forever to convince these seasoned old harbour salts that 5 footers are common where I usually spend time on the water. They would say "How can that be, they are only lakes!"
I have gone from Cleveland to Sugar Island when the Erie Sea truly was a mill pond, and I have gone from Rochester to Oak Orchard when the first hour was a dream and the remaining 30 miles took the rest of the day!
From Cleveland to Sugar Island was much less than two hours in a Baja with twin 175 Mariners, but two days later when the mill pond had become a flushing toilet, it took nearly three full days of hiding and running the shore to get back to Catawba.
Pull out of Parry Sound in the sixth sea, Georgian Bay, and head due west to catch the shore line and run north to Tobermory only to discovery you have missed the Ferry that you had planned to hide behind. Go ahead and run the worst 10 miles of your life in a 26' extremely heavy duty aluminum boat, to have the wind lay right down and make the last 30+/- miles to Killarney a walk in the park.
Moving a boat from Muskegon to Grand Haven. Should be an easy move even in somewhat rough weather. Wind was so severe a Lyman with twin 454's was having a tough time with the channel from Muskegon Harbour to the Sea of Michigan. Boat got moved a few days later.
No, if you think the program “Great Lake Warriors” is staged or exaggerated, just ask the many of us on OSO with experience to tell you a story or two!
It took forever to convince these seasoned old harbour salts that 5 footers are common where I usually spend time on the water. They would say "How can that be, they are only lakes!"
I have gone from Cleveland to Sugar Island when the Erie Sea truly was a mill pond, and I have gone from Rochester to Oak Orchard when the first hour was a dream and the remaining 30 miles took the rest of the day!
From Cleveland to Sugar Island was much less than two hours in a Baja with twin 175 Mariners, but two days later when the mill pond had become a flushing toilet, it took nearly three full days of hiding and running the shore to get back to Catawba.
Pull out of Parry Sound in the sixth sea, Georgian Bay, and head due west to catch the shore line and run north to Tobermory only to discovery you have missed the Ferry that you had planned to hide behind. Go ahead and run the worst 10 miles of your life in a 26' extremely heavy duty aluminum boat, to have the wind lay right down and make the last 30+/- miles to Killarney a walk in the park.
Moving a boat from Muskegon to Grand Haven. Should be an easy move even in somewhat rough weather. Wind was so severe a Lyman with twin 454's was having a tough time with the channel from Muskegon Harbour to the Sea of Michigan. Boat got moved a few days later.
No, if you think the program “Great Lake Warriors” is staged or exaggerated, just ask the many of us on OSO with experience to tell you a story or two!
07-25-2012 | 05:27 PM
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From: Milton, Fla!
When I....
lived and boated up there, I read everything ever written about that water and also dove on a few of the wrecks local to my area.
I remember one of my wreck books telling the story about a barge under tow that went down in a white out snow storm. Took down the tug pulling it too. Said they saw the tow line leading in the water water (couldn't see the tow) before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it!
One broke in half and went down just outside the harbor where I docked my cruiser at the time. Still have pix's some where.
I've told some of the "locals" some of my Lake Erie stories and you could see in their eyes that they wanted to debate them but none of them ever have.
I remember one of my wreck books telling the story about a barge under tow that went down in a white out snow storm. Took down the tug pulling it too. Said they saw the tow line leading in the water water (couldn't see the tow) before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it!
One broke in half and went down just outside the harbor where I docked my cruiser at the time. Still have pix's some where.
I've told some of the "locals" some of my Lake Erie stories and you could see in their eyes that they wanted to debate them but none of them ever have.
07-25-2012 | 06:08 PM
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From: Baton Rouge La.
When I first moved to Florida as a seasonal resident I was always amazed at the attitude of permanent residents who had spent little or no time on the inland seas to the north.
It took forever to convince these seasoned old harbour salts that 5 footers are common where I usually spend time on the water. They would say "How can that be, they are only lakes!"
I have gone from Cleveland to Sugar Island when the Erie Sea truly was a mill pond, and I have gone from Rochester to Oak Orchard when the first hour was a dream and the remaining 30 miles took the rest of the day!
From Cleveland to Sugar Island was much less than two hours in a Baja with twin 175 Mariners, but two days later when the mill pond had become a flushing toilet, it took nearly three full days of hiding and running the shore to get back to Catawba.
Pull out of Parry Sound in the sixth sea, Georgian Bay, and head due west to catch the shore line and run north to Tobermory only to discovery you have missed the Ferry that you had planned to hide behind. Go ahead and run the worst 10 miles of your life in a 26' extremely heavy duty aluminum boat, to have the wind lay right down and make the last 30+/- miles to Killarney a walk in the park.
Moving a boat from Muskegon to Grand Haven. Should be an easy move even in somewhat rough weather. Wind was so severe a Lyman with twin 454's was having a tough time with the channel from Muskegon Harbour to the Sea of Michigan. Boat got moved a few days later.
No, if you think the program “Great Lake Warriors” is staged or exaggerated, just ask the many of us on OSO with experience to tell you a story or two!
It took forever to convince these seasoned old harbour salts that 5 footers are common where I usually spend time on the water. They would say "How can that be, they are only lakes!"
I have gone from Cleveland to Sugar Island when the Erie Sea truly was a mill pond, and I have gone from Rochester to Oak Orchard when the first hour was a dream and the remaining 30 miles took the rest of the day!
From Cleveland to Sugar Island was much less than two hours in a Baja with twin 175 Mariners, but two days later when the mill pond had become a flushing toilet, it took nearly three full days of hiding and running the shore to get back to Catawba.
Pull out of Parry Sound in the sixth sea, Georgian Bay, and head due west to catch the shore line and run north to Tobermory only to discovery you have missed the Ferry that you had planned to hide behind. Go ahead and run the worst 10 miles of your life in a 26' extremely heavy duty aluminum boat, to have the wind lay right down and make the last 30+/- miles to Killarney a walk in the park.
Moving a boat from Muskegon to Grand Haven. Should be an easy move even in somewhat rough weather. Wind was so severe a Lyman with twin 454's was having a tough time with the channel from Muskegon Harbour to the Sea of Michigan. Boat got moved a few days later.
No, if you think the program “Great Lake Warriors” is staged or exaggerated, just ask the many of us on OSO with experience to tell you a story or two!
