Threading the Needle In Raging Seas

Beware the Gales of… May? I have never seen a laker rolling in the waves through the Duluth Canal! Absolutely one of the best and most dramatic arrivals I’ve ever seen. The 740ft long Algoma Niagara making a grand entrance in 10ft waves that were barely contained inside the canal piers. Sailing like this is incredibly challenging, although the wind had started to die off, allowing for a (more or less?) safe and absolutely spectacular passage! Something might have broken on her in the waves because she required tug escort to pull into her dock, something that lakers don’t typically require. For a better camera angle of the waves themselves here’s this video taken about a half hour before this one! • Crazy Waves and Darede...
Believe it or not the waves you see here in this video are far calmer than those seen several hours earlier! There were waves breaking far over the shore and over the piers, even over the raised platforms that the lighthouses stand on! It would not have been safe to stand within 10 feet of the canal!
Built in 2017, Algoma Niagara arrived with salt for Superior’s Hallet 8 dock. They sat out on the lake the whole day in raging wind and waves. They must have gotten tired of it because as soon as the winds died down they sailed in, despite the waves still rolling around the 10ft mark. One of the flagships of the Algoma fleet, the vessel is one of the newest, largest and most versatile Canadian lake ships, capable of carrying 34,000 tons of cargo, which helped keep her steady in the waves.
Very impressive and well done captain and crew!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

For those wondering about the title, yes the waves are massive. The ship is bigger than you think lol. Here’s part one of the video- kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2mooNqoKlgh8k

[@MachineryMastery-b1o]

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[@gregmctevia5087]

You just went next level with this one, bro. This has to be one of your best ever so save a spot on your all time greatest hits album for it. Absolutely magnificent.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you! Was definitely a blast being out there

[@carolsmith5151]

WOW!!!! Thank you for braving the gales of May and for sharing this awesome video!!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thanks!

[@larryblevins7055]

Superior is showing her strength!! She is even making that big ship buck!!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Yes! That was crazy to see, never seen a ship bob around like that in person. Well, at least not a ship I wasn’t on board anyway lol

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Sunk big fighter ing

[@user-AZ-phil]

The "Algoma Niagara" is showing the spectators what a "laker" is built to do! Haul cargo in any weather! She is so graceful as she rides the waves through the Duluth Canal, and passes under the Aerial Bridge. That spectacular sky doesn't give a hint of the roiling lake below it.

[@АхмедАхмедов-с9у]

мне не понятно как это судно идет на крутую волну с таким круглым носом? такого корабля я еще не видел

[@sharonbraselton3135]

This why yu pkay tiy in LA k es or jvers

[@noelkelly3223]

Well done captain 👏 👍 god bless all who sale on hir 😊❤from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@Shipmate67]

Nice video Buddy,lovely swell rolling in 👍

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you!

[@Matt-mo8sl]

I've GOTS to visit that place once before I keel over.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Would be happy to have you here!

[@davidwalsh5756]

Excellent ship handling with a following sea, very experienced Master! Everyone wants to be a captain until they gotta do the Captain stuff!! Well Done Captain! ( Halifax Captain : Retired)

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@davidwalsh5756 Definitely knows his stuff! Lol, some people here saying “no it’s not bad”. Sure, in open waters with wouldn’t be. But taking a ship of this size through a tight channel in these conditions is a very different ball game! Just curious, by Halifax Captain, do you mean the city of Halifax or the old CSL vessel Halifax?

[@leemarinus]

Piece of cake with following waves

[@Apweng33]

Awesome video - thank you!

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Wow!! Incredible!

[@susanfrench2506]

Majestic! Thank you for this especially good video!

[@VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOS]

Wonderful video. Like 👍

[@frankblangeard8865]

In Oregon these waves would be considered moderate coming into the Columbia River.

[@arturogonzalez9555]

Not the captain driving to begin with. He's going down sea, the current pushing him. The only challenge ever is before he enters the jetties, where current might come from either side of the ship. Being in broad daylight makes it a walk in the park. Try it at night with tropical storm conditions or 30 knot winds coming from your Port or starboard side with a strong current against you. You'll be sweating bullets cuz you're coming sideways until you get in the jetties... Keep your eyes on the range lights.

[@johnbellocchio66]

You're one of those douchebags who likes to ruin kids fun at the museum with...explanations from something you experienced during the Eisenhower admission aren't you?

[@scottdetter]

The waves seem to carry it along, almost like caressing it through.

[@ekimnamdets6946]

Haven’t been over there yet but I’m looking forward to it. I do get up to sturgeon bay to watch the shipyard work, hoping to hop on the ss badger soon

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Sturgeon Bay has an awesome canal as well! Just not used as often from what I understand. Definitely worth a visit though! Can always shoot a message to me if you want recommendations for places to visit around town as well

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

I was on a aircraft carrier 70 have film me sitting in middle of flight deck 55 ft above water waves washing over the front of the deck and down got a little wet on the way back from the med 1972 uss inchon lph 12

[@jonathanellsworth21]

The oceans and Great Lakes can be beasts! Rare sight to see a demonstration of it from land

[@stevevoyles3816]

I sailed the north atlantic so i know what you are saying..lol

[@GlendaLewis-p5b]

I'm sorry you were there

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

Loved it

[@rmactvc]

First time I’ve ever noticed a laker rocking and rolling coming into the channel

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Same here! Intense waves to be using the canal in! Takes a heck of a lot to do that

[@BassBashin]

Boat had the tide pulling him back and had a really heavy following sea 🌊 crazy to see that boat rock

[@ebermarfreitas3078]

Praticagem sensacional altuara ponte rumo ,maquinas bowtraster em pleno funcionamento otima pilotagem em canal estreito.

[@christophermcoleman]

Unless I didn't catch it, where's the horn salute? This ship has a beautiful horn! Great video!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Nope! I think they were a little occupied and these guys don’t often salute the bridge anyway it seems :/

[@joseantoniomantillarincon5872]

Hermoso lugar en duluth ,tuve el privilegio de visitarlo

[@deanrobinson3020]

Takes balls, brains, just enough way to steer and plenty of insurance.

[@Oskarsgaminglife]

I was in Niagara last week and saw this vessel in a sos lock beautiful to see😮

[@andrewandres148]

Was it delivering oil to Duluth/Superior?

[@Oskarsgaminglife]

@@andrewandres148 I think this magnificent boat is a self discharging bulk carrier

[@pauladams7344]

Imagine being "out there" in 40 foot seas !

[@bettygilmore611]

That is the biggest 🏄‍♀️ surfer I have ever seen 😅

[@jonathanellsworth21]

😁

[@ericvonp]

I just to jump off that lighthouse, as well as the one a Wisconsin point…not anymore, but great fishing for monster pike off the rocks!!!

[@blauer2551]

That’s Superior when she has a slight headache

[@khwajamdasim7630]

Length is extreme!! But the hight is very low against water,, How it faces big waves!! Water mus be pass above the deck/wreck

[@infopelayaran3917]

Daerah perairan negara mana itu Kep ...

[@jonathanellsworth21]

United States

[@AzsHatGrifter]

Love your videos but not exactly raging seas for Lake Superior.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

True but some of the largest waves I’ve seen the canal used in. They’re usually very cautious about that! I’ll get a video out of how it looked a couple hours earlier lol

[@EdwinMK79]

Nice video 👍

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you!

[@briangustafson5757]

Got the wind and waves astern

[@fredliperson9171]

That ain't no joke!

[@robertteap8052]

Where are the raging seas?.. At most a slight swell, the waters breaking of the wall is a combination of the swell and the bow wave....

[@jonathanellsworth21]

It’s a two part video, here’s the other section. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2mooNqoKlgh8k Was trying to keep both under 10 minutes which was apparently not the best move for some people lol

[@peterfrazer1943]

Sorry but that made me laugh, raging Seas, I dont think so. She was coming in light and the following water running along side the Ship was funnelled between the walls of the Piers. Look how calm the waters were when She passed through. That was click bait at its best.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Exact same conditions about 20-30 minutes earlier, just from a different angle kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2mooNqoKlgh8k

[@flyingfox10001]

Looks like she’s about ready for the scrap metal pile

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@flyingfox10001 lol nope, she’s still a baby, built in 2017! Brand new for a laker. As for why she looks the way she does, check this out, the ship right at the beginning is the same ship kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIGXoptnrq6jmtEsi=yE6KquHfVmiwwgPj

[@henktulp4400]

I am surprised how a vessel of her size stil has steerage at such low speed??!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Side thrusters! Most lakers have them, even many of the barges. The waves might have knocked on out here though, she made the turn much wider than usual and needed tug assistance to dock, something not usually required by a laker

[@henktulp4400]

@@jonathanellsworth21 Thanks for the explanation!! I would not have thought these vessels are equipped with side thrusters….

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@henktulp4400]

@@sharonbraselton3135 Pfoeh this dialect is hard to understand.

[@JimDouglas-m9n]

If she’s not surfing in a following sea, those swells are far from raging!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

It was definitely raging lol, I just screwed up the editing a little when I split the video up into two parts. Here’s the waves, taken about a half hour before this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2mooNqoKlgh8k

[@stevevoyles3816]

Those waves are nothing compared to the north atlantic...

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Lol nothing compared to here 6 hours earlier either. But ships can’t use the canal in heavy seas, very surprised they used it when it was even this wavy. The waves are way bigger than they seem as well, 10-15ft in the video

[@willsaf8624]

did i miss the horn : (

[@kef103]

Camera filter made it at first look cgi

[@jonathanellsworth21]

There’s no camera filter! Completely unedited video, I just put the footage together, added in the one line of text and posted it.

[@john-w3d2q]

The ship can use some fresh paint

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Yes good in dark paint se at night with oiwr or lights

[@leonardcollings7389]

That is no where near raging, more like roiling lake water.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Here’s a different angle, taken about a half hour before kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2mooNqoKlgh8ksi=7M-z8I0gTvdsElRS

[@mas_dem]

Kapal nya besar sekali 8:52

[@MikeBowles-w8u]

drama queens , hardly a ripple

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Next to the ship, sure they looks small but these are massive waves, especially for a ship to be using the canal in. I’ve got another video I’ll put out this evening that’ll maybe show the actual size a bit better

[@denniscrane9753]

These are some big waves! Spent a lot of summers working a charter boat on the Great Lakes trollin for salmon and those waves would would have a seasoned fisherman hanging over the side!! Awesome video though I love Duluth everyone needs to see at least one ship coming in in person! 🫡

[@MDMehedi-im9vm]

😂😊

[@thedolphin5428]

Huh? What's the big deal? It's not pitching or rolling AT ALL. There was clearly no danger at all or the captain wouldn't have even thought about coming in. There's absolutely no problems steering a ship that long with such momentum in a channel where the water is going straight ahead like that. In fact, it is creating a current which is HELPING straight steerage.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

It is pitching and rolling lol. Plus watch the video I linked in the description it has a better angle on the waves which shows exactly how big they are (my fault, editing fail)

[@thedolphin5428]

@@jonathanellsworth21 Mate, use your eyes and brain. Any ship longer than the wavelength below it cannot pitch. DUH. Each of those wavesets is about 1/6 of the hull length, meaning it is travelling UPON (more accurately IN) 6 crests and 6 troughs at any given moment. Also, the depth of that channel would be minuscule compared to the ocean Therefore those waves have little mass and power to pitch that ship. Basically it is parting the water as it advances. Just look at it. The real reason that captain stood offshore in the storm before was WIND, which is a far greater danger to steering than that little bathtub current. AND, how can a ship roll with no side swell? You're making shit up. Use the breakwater as a reference point to the hull. It neither pitches nor rolls an inch. Ffs.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@thedolphin5428 that’s all great except you can see it doing it. Watch in x2 speed if you have to lol

[@thedolphin5428]

You're a nutter. I watched it at 2x and 4x and you could just about play billiards on the deck. If you call that pitching then you've NEVER been to sea. Laughing at your little drama video for children.

[@tomtrenter3208]

@@thedolphin5428 You are the first person here that understands ships and how wave actions affect them. If he was pitching, standing off would make sense to avoid striking the bottom in the trough of the wave but that wasn't happening here. I don't know what the currents outside the pier heads was like but the wind was a concern.

[@markkubiak8296]

Raging seas? That's laughable.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Yeah slight editing error on my part, I linked the first part into the description and the comments, which shows it better. The ship is large enough that the waves look small. They are far from!

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[@jonathanellsworth21]

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[@AlekseiVasilich]

Откуда взялась вода,и в таких объемах как на Земле? Почему в обычных условиях кислород и водород воздуха не реагируют друг с другом превращаясь в воду?!

[@АхмедАхмедов-с9у]

первый раз вижу такой тупой нос у корабля. как он против волн ходит?

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Standard bow for a lake ship, freshwater waves are steeper and closer together than ocean waves, putting more stress on the hull. So this is designed to smash through waves rather than ride up and down, reducing that stress. Plus it allows for more cargo space for its size and better visibility when going through some of the insanely tight spaces that this ship has to sail through (centimeters of space)!

[@АхмедАхмедов-с9у]

@@jonathanellsworth21 у нас нет таких больших озёр для таких кораблей . а где они есть? зачем такие огромные корабли для озёр?