Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Marty" wrote:

Huh? I live at junction of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario, (just
east of Carlton Island on Wolfe Island if want to check it out), I
can
assure you that they travel pretty damn close to the shore here!

Those are "Salties", AKA: Baby boats.

1,000 ft ore boats never see L Ontario.

From what I remember, there are/were no steel mills along the St
Lawrence.



Well, there are no steel mills on the St Lawrence, but there's plenty of
iron ore pellets transported there. Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald?

You're right, not 1000 ft, but 800' pretty damn close, 25,000 tons or
more of cargo.

You were the one who wrote
" One of the reasons these boats travel in the middle of the lake"

Sure they spend some time in the middle of the lake, but only if the
shortest distance from A to B puts them there for a while.

Cheers
Marty

"Marty" wrote:


Well, there are no steel mills on the St Lawrence, but there's plenty of
iron ore pellets transported there. Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald?

If there are no steel mills, where is the iron ore going?

Great Lakes ore boats are not designed to handle ocean waters.

Remember the "Fitz" quite well. Got the opportunity to go on board once as a
guest of my distributor who was delivering parts.

Even then, the "Fitz" was a very mature boat.


You're right, not 1000 ft, but 800' pretty damn close, 25,000 tons or more
of cargo.

As I said, a baby boat, especially when you consider 60,000 tons is the
normal 1,000 ft cargo, assuming enough water in the lakes to support 25 ft
draft..

Sure they spend some time in the middle of the lake, but only if the
shortest distance from A to B puts them there for a while.

Take a look at a lake chart, Erie for example.

Mid lake courses are well marked and followed.

Most of the small pleasure boats stay out of the middle of the lake.

Lew

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:16:21 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote this crap:

Take a look at a lake chart, Erie for example.

Mid lake courses are well marked and followed.

Most of the small pleasure boats stay out of the middle of the lake.

You would be wrong on this statement.




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