Let’s call this the leg between East China, MI and Roger City, MI. A faster vessel–Happy River–over take us soon before we both
passed Damia Desgagnes.
North of the Blue Water Bridge, we passed Huron Spirit after she exchanged the pilots on Happy River.
Once out in the width and depths of Lake Huron, we passed CSL Niagara.
Sparta pushed barge Sparta II, containing some sort of liquid.
Manitowoc was down bound.
So was Joyce L. VanEnkvort. pushing Great Lakes Trader.
The last time I saw her she was just about coming out of hibernation here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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August 18, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Deborah Wiegand
That pilot boat would have been my Dad’s “regular ride” on his last years on the Lakes as a senior pilot for the Upper Great Lakes Pliots’ Association (1975-80). He gave it up, after 42 years and just before he turned 70, when he was not longer sure he could make the jump between the pilot boat and the vessel. Deb Wiegand
On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM tugster: a waterblog wrote:
> tugster posted: “Let’s call this the leg between East China, MI and Roger > City, MI. A faster vessel–Happy River–over take us soon before we both > passed Damia Desgagnes. North of the Blue Water Bridge, we passed Huron > Spirit after she exchang” >
August 19, 2018 at 10:53 am
William Lafferty
That’s the Spartan and Spartan II, Will. The pair transport calcium chloride liquid produced by its owner, OxyChem, at Ludington. Both came from the defunct Hannah operation, the barge the former Hannah 6301 and the tug the former Mark Hannah.