Why Do Great Lakes Ships Look Different?

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@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

I'm going to be trying some different things in the next couple of videos. Some different styles, ideas, etc. Comment some critiques, advice and tips.

@matthewwells1470 7 ай бұрын

You did not bring up the locks. The locks are a large part to there size and shape, of the lakers.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

True. Should have been in the size section.....

@fk4515 6 ай бұрын

Locks and the fact many lakers were designed to let them go up various rivers to load and unload

@HenryGengler 5 ай бұрын

Also the buoyancy difference between fresh and salt water. That's why the majority of saltiest you see on the lakes are sitting so high in the water. They're built to be more buoyant

@plzdont5632 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great vid, Connor. Gotta say I really miss the classic lake freighter designs, they are so iconic and instantly recognizable.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Your welcome! And thanks! So much charachter and personality in those ships. Now they are cookiecutter. In a way that is reflective of society....

@riverbender9898 7 ай бұрын

Interesting and well-explained! Thanks.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Your Welome! Glad you enjoyed it!

@russellstewart5414 7 ай бұрын

Age of some of those lakers is crazy, but the Mitch just cracked open, they said 13 foot crack in the hull. Was patched and back in service quickly, without unloading its cargo. It’s about 70 years old so it going to need some TLC

@kimodowd9732 7 ай бұрын

She may be ;ack in service but she is empty she is heading for drydock

@audreyjohnson4599 7 ай бұрын

No, she was patched so she could get to where she can go into dry dock for a more thorough inspection. There is another boat, the Manitoulin, coming to take Michipicoten's load. She has to have her load removed before she can be inspected.

@kimodowd9732 7 ай бұрын

She need more than tlc she need to be retired sent to the great ship museum in the sky

@GOPGonzo 7 ай бұрын

You missed reason #0 The Locks. Lakers are built to fit though the locks and hence must conform to the shape of the locks that let them travel between the lakes.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Didn't think about that one. Thank you for bringing that up. Was something I should have included in the size section.

@rottenroads1982 7 ай бұрын

In my honest opinion, the Lake Freighters with the Pilot House Forward & Engine Cabins Aft just look better. Plus the 1 to 10 ratio for Lake Freighters also contributes to their appearance.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

I wish they still made ships on the lakes like that

@HahnJames 7 ай бұрын

You were in a good mood while recording this video. I was aware of the salt water reasona nd the age thing but I hadn't thoroughly considered the other reasons. Now, I know. Thanks! What does it take to be a, what did you call it? A "ship nerd?"

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Your welcome! Being a boatnerd is basically like being a nerd in anything else. You know a lot about it and you like seeing the ships and hearing about them. Of course being a boatnerd isn't nerdy, it's cool😎

@greatlakesadventures2024 7 ай бұрын

Basically this is part 3 of the Great Lake ships vs ocean going vessels

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

In a way

@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy 7 ай бұрын

This was very informative, especially the 10 to 1 vs. 7 to 1 ratio stat. I do not know anything about boats, ships, sailing, etc., but I find the lake freighters fascinating. Critique: The nervous chuckling and narration are distracting and lessen the quality of an otherwise very fine video. Please narrate with confidence, poise, and certainty. I'm new to this channel and have only watched and enjoyed a handful of your shorter videos. I liked the longer length of this video.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the critique! I am trying a new style of presenting the information and seeing the response.

@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy 7 ай бұрын

@@ConnorTenold Thanks for your reply and for listening. Please do not add music to your videos; they do not need it. Most music is cheesy and annoying.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

@@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy Your welcome! What are your thoughts on sound effects?

@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy 7 ай бұрын

@@ConnorTenold First and foremost, I want to express how much I enjoy your videos in their current form. They are engaging and informative, and I don't believe they require any drastic changes or gimmicks. I appreciate your passion for Great Lakes shipping and that you are a knowledgeable "boat nerd". 1. Sound effects: Some sound effects would be OK if they are tasteful, not used as filler, and relevant (i.e., the grinding noise of a ship running aground) to what is being shown at the time. 2. Music: Short opening and closing music would be fine; maybe some short, not too loud, interludes during the video. The music should be themed and respectful to fit the Lakers as much as possible. For instance, the Song Sorhleod by Leaves Eyes (read the comments for context)...kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXSanmWaa85oa5I...would fit your channel content. 3. Outtakes: Limited outtakes (such as maps, images of other ships, etc.) would help visualize and illustrate what is being discussed. Please, no Homer Simpson and other juvenile/childish outtakes. 4. Humor: If you want to use some humor, make it wry, subtle, and understated. The channel "Just Rolled In" is good at deadpan narration with subtle, sophisticated humor. (For example, when a car or vehicle is brought into a shop where the front tire/wheel is no longer connected mechanically, the wheel is literally just hanging there; it is described as a "Bluetooth connection." This is rapier wit. Apologies for this longwindedness, but you asked. It's just my opinion and suggestions, but here they are.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

@@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy Thank you! I appreciate all that.

@michaelimbesi2314 5 ай бұрын

Typical lifespan for an oceangoing ship is more like 30 years. Some of them will get scrapped earlier, but this is usually a result of economic factors rather than corrosion.

@almirria6753 7 ай бұрын

Modern lakers look so durned generic, like they all came from the same ship yard. Now those with the house forward they have a soul, and the look of what a Great Lakes ship is supposed to look like, being able to lean into the cruddy weather that is on the great lakes & plow on through to deliver their cargo

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

They basically do all come from the same shipyard in China. Why America doesn't make its own ships is beyond me.

@almirria6753 7 ай бұрын

@@ConnorTenold I would recommend you watch Dr. Sal Merchaligno over on Whats going on with Shipping he covers all things maritime shipping and has gone into these issues

@jeffburley4287 17 күн бұрын

@ConnorTenold They do.

@battledragongun 7 ай бұрын

u forgot to menching the size of the soo locks its also wellend canale locks on the Erie canale as a limiting factor when it comes to laker desines if the locks were built biger bigger ships would be able to pass thou

@MikeHunt-fo3ow 7 ай бұрын

a cement carrier sounds interesting.....like the powder? man imagine if that all got wet....how long would that take to jack hammer out lol

@Aylen-jh6yq 7 ай бұрын

Cement is simply the glue that holds the different aggregates together and on its own would simply dissipate. Now if it was concrete it would be different.

@mirrorblue100 7 ай бұрын

You might add the lakers must transit the locks.

@ConnorTenold 7 ай бұрын

Which would also imapct design. True.

@MikeHunt-fo3ow 7 ай бұрын

howcome fishing boats/crabbing boats who go out to no mans land have a top speed around 12knots? say a fast moving storm is heading at them going 14mph is shit...in ship terms they arent very big most seem to be 100ft......why dont they have engines so they can go like 30knots? do they crap out or something?