Browse better with Opera opr.as/Opera-browser-bigoldboats Thank you so much for watching! What other stories would you like to see on the channel?
@TheBullethead5 ай бұрын
Makes you wonder how the European colonization of the Americas, or the Polynesians colonization of the Pacific, every happened given those folks had even less weather forecasts. AND THEN there are the Great Lakes.
@markstott66895 ай бұрын
I'm still waiting for the video that you promised me on storms and wrecks on Lake Ontario. It must have been six months since I mentioned that Lake Ontario never gets talked about. Well, unless it's about Lake effect snowfall shutting Buffalo down. That's about the only time it makes UK news. Especially if the Bills can't play. 😊❤😊
@jamesswapinski91905 ай бұрын
@@BigOldBoats How about one on Chicora,1895 Lake Michigan wreck. . definitely one of the Great Lakes most enduring mysteries.
@twalatka5 ай бұрын
I grew up hearing that from my Navy Dad. I still abide by this.
@krimke8815 ай бұрын
please open for saving the video to favorites.
@carlmontney79165 ай бұрын
Those who've never lived along the Great lakes have no idea how severe the storms can be. Very brave sailors serve on ships that sail the lakes.
@TheSaneHatter5 ай бұрын
I was living well inland, in the outer suburbs of Detroit, almost 40 yers ago, and the stormy weather was STILL upsetting!!!
@ANYHOO05 ай бұрын
Very true, they might as well be oceans in some ways.
@hollieBlu3035 ай бұрын
I live in the UK, East Anglia. Cannot IMAGINE how hectic your weather systems.are...we get 70-90mph gales here, and the North Sea is nothing to be sniffed at, but I'm well inland. A tornado or a November Witch sounds beyond terrifying. No idea how you know that's coming and deal with it.
@scottkoch58965 ай бұрын
@@ANYHOO0they’re worse than the ocean in a lot of ways. Look into the lake effect.
@famousutopias5 ай бұрын
So true! I’m in Cleveland ≈ a mile from Lake Erie shore. Erie is so shallow on average it can go from glass to raging in minutes. There’s a somewhat iconic photo of the lighthouse encased in ice from the incredibly high waves freezing on contact. I was stupidly determined to get home that night and was on the I90 Rt2 Shoreway unable to see much of anything with water from breaking waves landing on top of the car! I’ve driven ghat route in pretty heavy weather but that was new to me. I fully expected it to start raining fish! I made it home, following the distant orange lights of a plow truck ahead of me. The lighthouse photo went viral at the time which was when I realized how bad it was.
@Dulcimertunes5 ай бұрын
Lifelong Midwest resident here. If the November weather stays warm, it’s ok. If it TURNS warm-watch out!
@forrestunderwood31745 ай бұрын
November is always warm up here these days.
@alisonflaxman15664 ай бұрын
@@forrestunderwood3174no it isn't.
@SovereignStatesman4 ай бұрын
When the gales of November come early!
@jmdcomplexity10343 ай бұрын
@@forrestunderwood3174ive hunted on opening day for rifle season in 0 degree weather in Michigan. That was only a couple years ago. Lately its been a little warmer in November, but I do believe a brutal winter is coming. Maybe not this year, but soon.
@AngelHassan-k5d3 ай бұрын
@@jmdcomplexity1034 ‘Winter is coming ‘
@Steven-em5if5 ай бұрын
As a lifelong yooper the great lakes have always been a part of my life. When I watch videos like this I think of my best friend. He was a commercial fisherman and lost his life on Lake Michigan in a bad November storm.😞 Rest in peace Cliff.
@charliekezza4 ай бұрын
My best friend lost her father at sea and her brother survived the sinking. I don't know why but I can't stop watching these kind of videos. Rip Mr Timpson you are still missed and will always be a father figure to me.
@kimfleury3 ай бұрын
May Cliff and Mr. Timpson rest in the peace they so longed for.
@CherryPrana13 күн бұрын
Rest in peace.
@robertwerner20855 ай бұрын
As a teenager growing up in Pentwater MI in the 1990s I had the opportunity to meet Lloyd Belcher, a helmsman on the Novadoc at the time of her sinking (can't remember if he was at the helm when she grounded.). He was visiting from Canada to give a presentation about the events he experienced, and later he and his family went out on my father's boat and we took them to the wreck site. All those decades later and he still remembered where the remains of the ship were. On a calm day you can still see what is left of the wreck buried in the sand off Juniper Beach near the Silver Lake sand dunes.
@jamesmccarthy50865 ай бұрын
I think he was at the wheel when she ran aground.
@gayprepperz68625 ай бұрын
Fascinating. I wish I was there.
@kurules30722 ай бұрын
Sounds like you made this up
@Teverell10 күн бұрын
Looking at Google Earth, if she's located at 43º41'49" N, 86º30'56" W... she's visible on Google Earth even today. Sailors are a whole different breed, they go through hell - especially back in the day.
@Ohiotrucker15 ай бұрын
Moral of the story. "Red sky at night sailors delight, Red sky in the morning sailors warning.
@lukeeade62265 ай бұрын
Matthew 16:2 is where it comes from
@abnurtharn29275 ай бұрын
Still valid.
@ssokolow5 ай бұрын
@@abnurtharn2927 Depends on where in the world you are. It only holds true in certain regions.
@bestboy1385 ай бұрын
Red sky at noon, full moon.
@arthurwoodend77605 ай бұрын
I would imagine that they knew that.
@geralddrake30025 ай бұрын
My grandmother's cousin was on the Davock, and she would talk about how she could still hear her aunt's cry's of grief when she got the news that her son had gone down with the ship, it was something that her aunt never really recovered from.
@skycaptain33445 ай бұрын
I love your Great Lakes content. I recently visited the region again touring Manitowoc’s excellent Maritime Museum and did a crossing on the SS Badger. So much history in those lakes. Our crossing of Lake Michigan was glassy smooth - heard a daughter ask her father why there weren’t waves - he told her “because this isn’t an ocean.” He has no idea…
@TheScottbb15 ай бұрын
Yeah even the ocean ocean can be waveless when it’s really calm.
@famousutopias5 ай бұрын
Great story. It’s been 11 or 12 years since I took the Badger from Manitowoc to Ludington and that day was after a huge severe storm system went through the day and evening before. There were definitely waves! It was impossible to walk a straight line, and holding on to things was a big help. We’d tip one way and you could look into the churning water from the side windows and then the horizon when it tipped the other way. I gave the young man at the cafeteria a big tip since there weren’t many people eating anything that day! Despite feeling a little woozy at times, I really enjoyed the experience. I wholeheartedly recommend a crossing on the Badger!
@CodyHomes3 ай бұрын
According to my Native American Relatives, some of them still consider the great lakes seas that used to be a single ocean.
@ALCO-C855-fan2 ай бұрын
@@CodyHomesI also consider them one ocean as together.
@FryingTigerАй бұрын
Zero mph wind. Quite rare on the big lake.
@scooterc64125 ай бұрын
Thank you for another Great Lakes story! This time you mentioned Ludington, MI, which is my home town and 2 ships the car ferries Pere Marquette 21 and The City of Flint, both of which I would later sail many times as a passenger. My father was an able seaman for the C&O railroad car ferries in the 1960’s. When I was born, there were 7 ships in the C&O fleet, including SS Badger, that still sails today from Ludington to Manitowoc, WI. She’s the last coal fired steam powered ship in North America. My father could get us free passage whenever we wanted and I cherish those memories as a young lad absolutely mesmerized by ships and sailing the Great Lakes! Thank you for giving an old man passage once again on a trip down memory lane! Oh, and the Galloping Gerdy into was excellent! I never realized it was the same storm that took down the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that later became the Armistice Day storm! Fascinating! You really have a gift for historical accuracy and narration! I can’t wait for your next video! As always, great work!
@Happydays143854 ай бұрын
I love Ludington! Went salmon fishing the last year
@christinagowan81163 ай бұрын
My Grandma used to own some land by Manistee and we'd go to Ludington alot, I really miss it up there.
@happyhighway1065 ай бұрын
#180 I have crewed aboard the SS Pere Marquette 21 and wheeled the ship on occasions, also. I am 76 now and thank you for the history. We used full gear to tie down the rail cars. Clamps, Jaxs, Turnbuckles, chains, etc. Those of us that worked the deck, developed some pretty good muscles. No need to work out at the gym.
@dukecity76885 ай бұрын
I find myself humming "the wreck of the edm Fitzgerald" a lot. I think about these ships and the men who sailed on them. This was a well told story. I appreciated it.
@SovereignStatesman4 ай бұрын
The Great Lakes are a famous place for Wreck diving by scuba explorers. That tells you something!
@abnurtharn29275 ай бұрын
My father used to say that the sea is a beautiful lover, but a cruel mistress. I guess that goes for the Great Lakes also.
@jacobrothschild429364 ай бұрын
What an appropriate saying. The greatest and the worst day of my life were both on lake michigan.
@abnurtharn29274 ай бұрын
@@jacobrothschild42936 ❤
@SovereignStatesman4 ай бұрын
Is even worse in the Great Lakes, because you don’t know what’s coming.
@flyingtigerlineАй бұрын
The writing of your videos is excellent.
@kittybitts5675 ай бұрын
I stop everything if I can for a Big Old Boats videos. God bless the souls of those lost to the storms that rock the Great Lakes.
@gayprepperz68625 ай бұрын
Hear hear! 👍
@greenthing991005 ай бұрын
Thanks for the connection with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure which I had not realised was the same storm as sunk these Great Lakes freighters. As always well researched and interesting.
@MrGoesBoom5 ай бұрын
Really love the coverage you give to the Great Lakes and surrounding regions. As someone not even remotely close to them it's hard to remember just how large an area they really cover and the sheer amount of traffic that takes place there
@MarianneKat5 ай бұрын
They are very underrated! Love my Michigan great lakes❤❤❤❤
@Travis256015 ай бұрын
I’m glad this channel is doing well. I wish him lots and lots of luck. This is a brilliant niche and the videos seem to have the ambience of mystery. I like this.
@tundrawomansays6945 ай бұрын
Me too. The quality is consistently excellent.
@ANYHOO05 ай бұрын
Plus, there are big old boats!
@albertgreene3135 ай бұрын
This has to be one of the most metal KZbin channel ever
@mikeadams23515 ай бұрын
being born and raised in Seattle I knew all about the storm and Gallopping Gurdy, but I never knew the storm caused further damage. thanks for the information.
@jez62085 ай бұрын
I love your work mate. Totally facinating! I'm a Brit but I lived in St Joseph Michigan for a couple of years in the late 80's. Then in Chicago for 6 months in the mid 90's. I loved the lake. The Michigan winters were something else! Bloody brutal sometimes. I love ships and the ocean but there's something so very compelling about the great lakes. I could never really get my head around the fact that such huge bodies of water were fresh. Your production and research is outstanding! Cheers mate. 😊
@jonawesolowski-thecommunit99685 ай бұрын
I'm a lifelong Ohioan, from way down in the SW corner. When we've gone up north near Kelly's Island on the shore, we call Lake Erie Ohio's Ocean.
@20thCenturyManTrad5 ай бұрын
Glad you cover the Great Lakes area, as someone who calls the area my home, it helps me jog my memory of the less famous events.
@Kimberlaina3 ай бұрын
My grandfather grew up in Ludington, and I'm a volunteer for the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association, which preserves the lighthouses mentioned in this video. The Ludington Coast Guard station is now an excellent maritime museum with exhibits about this storm. Both lighthouses mentioned are open to the public, as well as the Ludington North Breakwater. Ludington is well worth a visit if you're interested in Great Lakes history.
@matthewhowe37273 ай бұрын
Very beautiful area. Moved to Traverse City from Owosso in 1976. The Great Lakes are not to be taken lightly.
@jackr22875 ай бұрын
I had visited the Marquette marintime museum, and one of their great focuses was on one hand, the wrecks... but also the precursors to the Coast Guard rescue crews. Phenomenally dangerous, that job. And yet some of those rescue crews went out into stormy and icy conditions just this bad, or more, to save their merchant mariners who found themselves in trouble. Gotta respect them, for their enviable courage and strength.
@robbiet85834 ай бұрын
Yes! I too have the highest regard for these sailors!
@kallanstedje51335 ай бұрын
To those who've never witnessed a sunrise at Duluth Minnesota; they are more beautiful than you can imagine... Woe to those too arrogant to fathom the full fury of the Lakes..
@hughjass10444 ай бұрын
I've always been fascinated by stories of The Great Lakes because even though I've never been a sailor nor been out on a ship on those lakes, I've travelled the highways around all of them hundreds of times as a trucker and boy, I'll tell ya; I know well how fast and how furiously the weather can change in that region and if it frightened me on land, I cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like out on those lakes. I've heard different accounts of sailors who've sailed both the North Atlantic and the lakes and they said the storms on the lakes frightened them more.
@johnschlaefflin21005 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I believe my Grandfather Lee Kipp survived on the Novadoc. They ate minced meat, and burned whatever they could to survive.
@jamesswapinski91905 ай бұрын
Seeing what remains of the Minch..and viewing the forlorn almost toy-looking inverted hull of the Davock.I am in awe.. These boats were giants of their day.and they were as nothing before the power of that storm.
@hollieBlu3035 ай бұрын
This man is a KING! Thank you for all your work on getting the human side of these stories. You are a legend, and sir, i salute you x
@mjc11a3 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation! I grew up just inland of the Lake Michigan shoreline, and while this storm was before my time, those of us who were fortunate enough to grow up in the Great Lakes region are familiar with 'the witch of November.' By the time this storm ended, it had claimed the lives of 150 people, 58 of whom were mariners. The blizzard associated with the storm dumped over a foot of new snow, which was covered by a thick layer of ice, and produced 20-foot snow drifts. Thanks again for the excellent presentation, and stay safe🙏
@michaelsinger46385 ай бұрын
“Dominated by a fleet of aging freighters.” Well that doesn’t sound ominous at all.
@guyk7685 ай бұрын
This is very sad, but interesting about the history of the Great Lakes storm of 1940. Thank you for the video Big Old Boats.
@JaneGreen-u4r5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the riveting story so well told. I like the way you included the duck hunters, showing how massive the storm was. Great channel! Hope you prosper.
@sarahhernandez73264 ай бұрын
Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at morning. SAILORS. TAKE. WARNING! Every single one of these sailors failed to pay heed to the most basic sailing warning in history.
@tobsixi6702Ай бұрын
May be better for you to just delete that disrespectful comment of yours 😅
@robertjacob667424 күн бұрын
@@tobsixi6702sailors very rarely had a choice either you come do this work or not have a job beyond that the owners wanted their money
@tobsixi670224 күн бұрын
@@robertjacob6674 thats exactly my point, which is why I think that the comment above is absolutely ridiculous... none of the sailors were responsible for what happened that day, its all on the ship owners who pushed their captains to sail through ice and storms with subpar equipment and safety measures
@mattn98862 ай бұрын
I was born in Port Huron and moved when I was 7 to Ann Arbor. I remember hearing stories about great lakes shipwrecks even being that young. People who don’t live along the coasts of Michigan don’t realize how quickly the weather can change and how dangerous and destructive the lakes can be. 45 years later to now and I really enjoy your videos about the lakes.
@BigBennKlingon5 ай бұрын
I live in a Great Lake coastal city (one often mentioned in these vids). Im just a short walk from the shoreline. Since I started watching this channel (and a few others like it) Ive taken notice of some of the dramatic wind events around here. For example a couple times a year a sudden violent wind will shake my house for 5 minutes and then be totally gone. And other stuff like that. I always wonder 'is this one those things that would sink ships a century or so ago?' It's probably just my imagination getting carried away. But nonetheless this channel has helped me appreciated the spookier aspects of Great Lake life.
@Xavier-jh8qy5 ай бұрын
Dear Sir, you are getting extremely good at this! No channel thrills us more than yours when a new video comes out. What makes your story telling so successful in my opinion is, in no small part, your low key voice with no high pitched sounds. That's got a very soothing effect to it. So unlike other channels that try and fail, your videos we can listen to as we're laying in bed, drifting off into sleep as you draw our imagination on a voyage into fascinating stories of old. Thank you...
@rebeccahylant76955 ай бұрын
Living in New Mexico but loved our visit to Lake Michigan. That water was so cold even in late June!
@jacobrothschild429364 ай бұрын
About a year ago we sailed across lake michigan to ludington and went to the museum near the lighthouse. There we learned about this storm and the events of that day. After we had crossed back to port washington, the next day we got caught in following seas with ~14 foot waves just tossing our 40 foot sailboat like a floating bottle. Being out on the lake that day was the most terriying experience of my entire life, it took 3 hours of nerve racking focus to make it to milwaukee to hole up for the night. I cant imagine being out there in waves twice the height overnight. This video made me relive all of those feelings of dread and angst that I had on that day. Never underestimate the tempest that lake michigan can so quickly become.
@mrbrooks9969Ай бұрын
thank you for this story
@footballlvnlady5 ай бұрын
Living on the bay of Green Bay/Lake Michigan all my life she can be beautiful and calm. When she gets riled up she turns into a wild beast! November is the worst month! Just took my grandkids to a beach last week. It was calm, sunny and very warm out. Watching people of all ages in the water swimming, boating and jet skiing. Perfect summer day. But when November comes watch out!
@sadiedavenport5 ай бұрын
It’s clear how much love and care you put into these videos. And you're a wonderful storyteller!
@FloozieOne5 ай бұрын
I "dscovered" your channel two days ago and have been binge-watching your videos ever since. I don't know how you managed to find so much in the way or original footage and stills; it must have been a lot of work, but I'm glad you did. I intend to keep watching and have subscribed. btw, I grew up in a sailing family and the pictures of the beautiful dawn reminded me of a saying my father taught us. Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
@pedalpower573 ай бұрын
red sky at night - sailors delight , red sky in morning - sailors take warning
@roselightinstorms7273 ай бұрын
Rest in peace.❤ When you see sky that way dont leave the dock. Get inside and get warm!
@elainewhite36324 ай бұрын
My Mom was just about engaged to a sailor on the ships in the Great Lakes in 1940, who unfortunately was drowned. They were from Newfoundland. As time passed, my Mom moved to Nova Scotia and was married there in 1946 and had my brother and me. Eventually I moved to the US and now have my precious family here. I shutter to think that that might never have come to pass. Of course, I'm sorry for the loss of the sailors like then and I knew some of his family in NL. But how everything is in God's hands and He brings to pass what He planned for us before we were born.
@plokoon19125 ай бұрын
Everyday Big Old Boats uploads a video is a good day. I really have to thank you, because of mainly you I know so much about the great lakes freighters and I am so glad of it. You definitely stand up there together with Part Time Explorer and Oceanliner Designs as my favorite maritime KZbinrs. Take care and may God be with you on your journy!
@jenniferlevine54065 ай бұрын
Terrifying, what a story! This is another storm I haven't heard of before. You do such a great job on your channel! Thank you so much for telling stories such as this one. I think this is a great memorial to those working men who where just there, trying to make a living and take care of their families. Great work!
@Straswa4 ай бұрын
Great work Big Old Boats. RIP to all the poor souls lost in the Storm.
@AcaliahWolfsong5 ай бұрын
Perfect way to start a Sunday!!❤
@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc98795 ай бұрын
Perfect pre-work viewing!
@boydwalker1613 ай бұрын
My mom was 8 years old living with her mom and sisters in a one room apartment in a little bungalow besides a house. This was in the little town of Grand Meadow in S.E. Minnesota. The wind was so fierce that my moms mother was using a table knife to shove cloth into the gaps in the walls and door. As soon as she plugged one the intense wind blew another one out of the gap. Many hunters died trying to get back onto shore or once back on shore didn’t make it to their vehicle.
@joshjohnson28445 ай бұрын
I wish I had come across this post ten years ago when I could have asked my Grandmothers (who would have been 16 and 18 respectively in 1940) . They were in the area and would have had stories. They rarely told stories unprompted, but if I brought up an even or dates, I was in for a treasure.
@k9spike2355 ай бұрын
My good Sir, You are the Steven Spielberg of KZbin creators . Always a delight to listen to and watch.
@BigOldBoats5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@gayprepperz68623 ай бұрын
This is one of your greatest works yet. I don't know how much time and effort it takes to produce the kind of quality presentations that you do, but you the quality of your finished product ALWAYS speaks for itself. Thank you!
@ehrenknappe82685 ай бұрын
Ah, the Witch of November. I am a lifelong sailor, but thankfully have never been on the lakes during those times. I have been in Duluth and the north shore of Superior during some very nasty storms, and I can't imagine what any men caught out on the waters would be feeling. They looked terrifying enough from the shoreline.
@Spencer4815 ай бұрын
I really like how you interlaced the introduction to each ship with the vignettes of the devastation from the storm as it moved in on the Great Lakes. It created a series feeling of foreboding.
@Hobotraveler825 ай бұрын
My grandparents were Salvation Army officers stationed in Michigan for 9 years. So me and my sister got to spend plenty of winters and summers there. 😊
@josephelden45735 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@BigOldBoats5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Alphaskeptic5 ай бұрын
In 1940 there were two categories of ships in Canada's great lakes fleet. "Canallers" were short enough to pass through the seaway. Many of them were lost to submarines, while doing convoy duty to Great Britain. "Upper Lakers" were restricted to service on the upper great lakes due to their length. Ironically, at the time of this disaster, jobs on these ships were coveted and carefully guarded by some to avoid the dangers of the North Atlantic. I was told about this by one of my shipmates who had done convoy duty while I was working on lakers in the 1970's. The Novadoc was the only canaller of the three ships that sank.
@549RR5 ай бұрын
As always, wonderfully narrated & illustrated with a wealth of historic photos. Thank you, BOB
@daleslover27715 ай бұрын
Amazing this happen, as Duck season open in Wisconsin, When that hit hundreds of Duck hunters were fighting for their lives, incredible story..
@michaelfrench33965 ай бұрын
It doesn't matter if you're a sailor a seaman fisherman. Whatever, none of us are guaranteed tomorrow, so live today like you're not.
@gayprepperz68625 ай бұрын
So true, even if you're not bound to the sea!
@Biggestfoot102095 ай бұрын
Absolutely, no one is guaranteed tomorrow. If you haven’t already, find Christ.
@craytum69455 ай бұрын
Excellent post. Great historical information. I've chartered out many times salmon fishing on lakes Michigan and Ontario. They are no joke and will kill if provided with the correct conditions. Thank you.
@SamBroadway5 ай бұрын
These historical events are fascinating. Thanks for bringing them back to life
@sydney.g.sloangammagee81815 ай бұрын
I have watched many of your videos by now - all on the Great Lakes. I have learned everything that I had no idea about - other than Edmund Fitzgerald, I knew nothing. What a fascinating & crucial part of our history, heartwrenching but glorious!!! Movies based on times from the past, would give hints about life on the Great Lakes being much more active & popular than it seems to be today - now I know why . . . this nation didn't operate at all without the shipping going on across the Great Lakes!!! I do hope this is your real voice (& not AI) so soothing, smooth, calm & reassuring - despite every video involves death in watery graves!!! Thank you for all you are doing, we need these archives you have created!!!
@chesspiece815 ай бұрын
Good Sunday morning, Big Ass Boats. I hope you get to feeling better from your summer illness.
@rottenroads19825 ай бұрын
All I have got to say is that all these Videos on the Great Lakes are what I come to your channel for. The History, as well as the Vessel Designs are all very fascinating. Anyways, I have comments on the Daniel J. Morrell Video and the Lake Huron Disasters Video. Both of which I ask about a peace of music. Note that not all of us use Epidemic Sound, and don’t want to start a Subscription for it.
@johnnybanks53215 ай бұрын
"The Lake it is said , never gives up her dead when the winds of November come early."___Gordon Lightfoot
@Lisa11115 ай бұрын
Best song ❤
@the-trustees3 ай бұрын
The men who didn't wait for the Coast Guard are examples of the best and most heroic impulses our species is capable of. When I feel disheartened, and often disgusted, by humanity, it is stories like this that give me some measure of hope... and pride.
@InlandSeas5 ай бұрын
My hometown was pretty well impacted by the sinking of the Davock. Five of the crew were from Ashtabula.
@richardjohnson29655 ай бұрын
My dad just started sailing the Great Lakes that year….sailing out of Duluth.
@jamesnelson69803 күн бұрын
My grandfather was a riveter at Manitowoc Ship building from 1915-1959. The carferry CITY OF MIDLAND 41 was under construction at that time, during the storm. Grandpa told me he went to work that morning, to drive rivets inside the hull of the 41. He took a light jacket with him for his 7AM start time. The temperature was around 70. When his crew broke for lunch, it had dropped to 40, and a cold wind howled. By the time the end of his work day ended at 3:30, the temperature was down to 10, with a terrific wind. He wondered about the boats on lake Michigan that day. And as a side note, the grounded SINALOA was towed to Manitowoc Ship building for repair. She was pretty beat up, he said.
@librarianlaura36975 ай бұрын
I am on the board of a small town historical society. I am very curious about what you said at that 10 minute mark. You said the Calumet river reversed course. Did the Fox River also reverse course? We have a photo of what appears to be the Fox River running in the opposite direction and would love to solve this mystery!
@randyhebbebusche36445 ай бұрын
So tragic. Can never take anything for granted. You do a fantastic job. Thank you.
@Liddledriver2 ай бұрын
I always enjoy your presentations and noticed after watching many of them that the greed of the shipping companies and lack of loss prevention were at the heart of most of the losses.
@DanielDavis19735 ай бұрын
Armistice day evolved into Veteran's day in the US. It's still a federal holiday.
@4urluvjones155Ай бұрын
Ok, so this storm was the same Armasist day blizzard. I live and grew up here in Minnesota and the Armasist day blizzard is legendary. Thanks for the history lesson!!
@OrbitFallenAngel5 ай бұрын
I really love listening and watching your videos!! You have thee perfect voice to narrate them!! The other night I binge watched 14 of your videos!! Literally I learned so much!! I really appreciate you creating such amazing videos!! I have never heard of this storm before!! I always learn something new when I watch your videos!! Thank you so much for creating them!! I know that I said that twice but I mean it!!
@randomlyentertaining82873 ай бұрын
The scariest and most heartbreaking sinkings are those where nothing could be done. No design defects, no human error. The waves and wind were just too much.
@mellissadalby14025 ай бұрын
You did an excellent job reporting on such a terrible and tragic storm. I appreciate all the trouble you went to getting photos of the actual vessls (where ever possible). "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning". I guess that old adage was ignored?
@54321-p3 ай бұрын
Interesting to see "Galloping Gerdie" at the beginning of this vid. Grew up near there.
@budm99825 ай бұрын
Excellently presented story of this storm and the lives lost. The film footage, photographs and narration accompanying it were great.
@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu87565 ай бұрын
I live on lake Erie, when the November gails come theres no time to make plans to run into safe harbor. Imagine not having the technology we have now and the company expecting to get those last runs done. It must have been the worst time to work on the freighters.
@phillipgarrow22975 ай бұрын
Being from Michigan myself we get lake effect weather and it can go from good to bad fast
@tommyjay47235 ай бұрын
Thanks for the upload. I learn so much watching channels like yours. Some good, some bad, but I do learn how hard it was back then.
@difdaf4364 ай бұрын
I half watch your videos because the content interests me and half because your voice is very soothing.
@stevengill17365 ай бұрын
Well, they had their "red sky in morning. " hint, but no one took warning I guess.....we are blessed today with weather forecasts that are incredibly accurate compared to those days....
@michaelaltig55195 ай бұрын
I make popcorn for your videos!
@benjaminlambert89445 ай бұрын
Your videos are so good. My absolute favorite for some time now. Keep up the great work!
@BigOldBoats5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@fosterkennel6492 ай бұрын
Very well done young man on this documentary blessings to you and yours
@KingPabs2 ай бұрын
Great work
@EliteAmerican17763 ай бұрын
I love your videos as a former sailor n great lakes native your videos are amazing
@raquellofstedt97135 ай бұрын
Thank you for another fantastic video. your delivery is so respectfull and poetic with out being melodramatic, and the photographic and filmatic material is wonderfull!
@ElizabethMayo-sf4wg4 ай бұрын
What a wonderful job of telling a very hard story!!! Your voice is so soothing!!!
@paulhooker5165 ай бұрын
I've lived in Michigan my entire life and I must say the storms are crazy. I've seen lake superior in a November gale. Quite impressive!!And frightening.
@jamesmccarthy50865 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Recently I got done reading The Wheelsmen by Ric Mixter and it included Lloyd Belcher’s story as well as Howard Goldsmith who both survived the Novadoc. And also Ric Mixter’s documentary Final Run has a great segment on this storm. I thought the Sinoloa was saved by fishermen too but could be wrong. And Howard Goldsmith said the cooks were killed when the galley’s skylights caved in. Did people see the cooks from shore?
@caseycatanzaro53595 ай бұрын
Long time watcher .. 1st time commenting. I didnt know i liked this content until you. Thank you !
@BigOldBoats5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it, thank you!
@snafubar54914 ай бұрын
Red sky in the Morning; Sailor take Warning. Red Sky at Night; Sailors Delight. Old Seamans saying.
@mariekatherine52384 ай бұрын
My friend’s mother-in-law lived through that storm.
@JG-dy6yq4 ай бұрын
Loved this. Great job. You have a gift for storytelling and found some amazing footage.
@brobabroski50835 ай бұрын
The Armistice Day storm almost killed future Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant. He too was duck hunting.
@stephenstoffer7296Ай бұрын
Yes, the tragic story of the duck hunters on the Mississippi. 😢
@chriswarburtonbrown15662 ай бұрын
Swan Hunter shipyard, where the Novadock was built, is a mile from where I live in Wallsend, England. Sadly the yard closed a decade ago, like so many others, but it built many wonderful ships.