Yep ,I go to Manistee every summer to visit family. Been doing it for decades. This never gets old. Great place in the summer , lots of fun beach stuff to do there. 😎👍

The skill of the captain and crew is amazing.

@9carcottrell246

5 жыл бұрын

J Mos it's 34 years experience sir

@joehaynes6647

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually the pilot who navigates the boat

@tommcadam9897

Жыл бұрын

@@joehaynes6647 Great Lakes freighters don't use pilots.

We used to sit along the Muskegon channel fishing and watch the freighters go by. That was in the 60's. My da worked the docks for a while after comming back from the Korean war. He loved taking us down to the channel to watch the freighters come in just for fun.

@johnstudd4245

5 жыл бұрын

Just a few years ago the 1000 footers were still coming into Muskegon with coal for the power plant. That was quite a site to see. Now the plant is closed and not as much freighter traffic will be moving in and out.

Man, that hull has taken a beating!

@ksv-river-men

Жыл бұрын

Да , корпус уставший .

@JohnnyLaps

Жыл бұрын

Almost looks like duct tape 😂

I love this video because it's almost hard to believe this big boat can fit through this river, cute little downtown.. Pure MICHIGAN

Such a cool sight to see! Especially, in the middle of the night. My family goes up to Manistee every year and we always try to catch this at least once while we're there.

Capt knows how to get lined up right and make his initial approach , no room for error or correcting for mistakes

this is skill,that big through that small,with water bouncing off the sides of the canal, SKILL!

Unbelievable !!! This is not at all like driving my KIA Soul through a tool booth, that's for sure - I am amazed that this can be done at all....to all who designed whatever makes this possible, and to all who actually performed this feat - you have my greatest admiration and respect...

@ohrazda1956

5 жыл бұрын

The ship has bow thrusters......

I alway love seeing Great Lakes frighters and the 1000 foot frighters. What a great video keep up the hard work.

Manistee is so awesome,charlevoix has similar bridge and traffic

Man that's a tight squeeze! Great video!

amazing how quiet it is and it doesn't make big waves

supposed to thank the bridge operator with a horn blast after passing through.... cool video...!!!

@RU-zm7wj

5 жыл бұрын

The horn blasts are BEFORE you pass through.

Manistee. Spent a month there one weekend!

nice video

That Hull you are right . Darn scary looking

Incredible!

This reminds me of my wedding night!

@Jleed989

4 жыл бұрын

You mean over in 6:51? 😉

@jamesliotta1043

4 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it didn’t take this long!

@zackzander425

3 жыл бұрын

You got a really tight canal and your husband is like this ship?

Beautiful video

,Cleveland Ohio always loved getting out of car and waving at the ships crew from all over the world my father taught me to do that I still do and wave at trains fun times

Cool!

Man! That hull plating has taken a beating!

@johnsoper5675

5 жыл бұрын

I just noticed that. Can't be very good for steering with all that hull damage.

@Spacejunk63

5 жыл бұрын

My guess from winter ice.

@chrisjohnson4666

5 жыл бұрын

Steel on steel at the ore docks and steel on concrete in the locks... some of the boats have like 6in clearance on either side in the locks...

@dalepyke9452

5 жыл бұрын

The locks at the soon.

@danielbearden7346

3 жыл бұрын

100 lbs of poop in a 5 lb bag Amazing

What a beautiful monster

C'mon, captain ... blast that horn for the folks after you make it past the bridge! ;-)

@WowImSalty

6 жыл бұрын

Anonymous there's two bridges he's only gone through the first. Not to add the second bridge is the main bridge.

@tommcadam9897

3 жыл бұрын

@@WowImSalty The boat is outbound and has already passed under the Memorial Street bridge. This is the Maple Street bridge and from here it's a clear shot out to Lake Michigan.

LINDO NAVIO CARGUEIRO!!!👏👏👏🇺🇸🇧🇷❤️👏👏👏

I always liked draw bridges.

@oldrustycars

3 жыл бұрын

Ogunquit, Maine has a hand operated draw bridge. When a boat needs it opened they rely on a passerby to open it. It's way cool.

Ive been there so many times, oh how I miss the water.

That looks like a perfect bridge for the B B to try their ramp jump technique...As it is now with the ship under it.

I absolutely love Manistee, the Harbor and Raider is so cool, my wife and I were just up there for this past weekend stayed at the Casino.

Is it normal for the hull to look so damaged ?

If I was standing in MY boat, and saw a bow thruster that big coming toward me, I would sit down. Just sayin'.

@mariopuzo4509

7 жыл бұрын

JasmineLindros atta girl =)

@ghall7763

6 жыл бұрын

It does look as if he heard you, seems to be hanging on to the Boat next to him... :-)

@mariospanu159

4 жыл бұрын

This ship looks like it needs a Frapping lot of body filler .

I WISH I could see a boat like that in person, I would want to walk on an see, feel, what it's like for myself.

@thomasdaniels6824

Жыл бұрын

You can!

Hometown Manistee!

Check out those bow thrusters working hard in the narrowest part of the channel. Captain PUCKER factor!! :D

Look at the hull plating all pushed in !!! I worked at the Newport News Shipyard on the enterprise refueling and update. All the deformities are below the waterline. Ships talk Bends gouges etc are the ships way of saying look i gotta boo boo.

OOOOMMMMGGGG!!!!

@ohrazda1956

5 жыл бұрын

The ship has Bow thrusters......

Tree branches are blowing pretty good

Now I want to see them backing out

If I were at the helm of the MV my pants would have been soiled,,lol

How is that hull not leaking water into the ship? It's beat.

If a ship like this did not have bow thrusters, it would never make it through tight places like this.

@ksv-river-men

Жыл бұрын

Без подруливающего устройства его на берег навалило бы.

Sam. Was hoping to see that now thruster in action.

3:00 are those bow thrusters?

@robwillie226

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Now THAT is what I call Roll'n Coal 0:26 dang...

Are there cameras on front of ships?

How's the saying go: "You're gonna need a bigger boat..."

@donmcmannamy3409

6 жыл бұрын

NattyBumppo48 that is as big as you can get though the wellon canal

@donmcmannamy3409

6 жыл бұрын

NattyBumppo48 she is also halling a light load they normally set lower in the water depending on what they hall

@bernie9728

5 жыл бұрын

@@donmcmannamy3409 This ship is heading out of the channel towards Lake Michigan. It is mot likely empty. This would account for it riding high in the water.

@donmcmannamy3409

5 жыл бұрын

@@bernie9728 if she was mt she would be setting higher on the water . she isn't loaded full or has a light load. Seen many ships like her and have seen her were o live

@janicesullivan8942

3 жыл бұрын

More like: we gonna need a bigger channel.

Looks like its had a hard life, the entire lenght of the ship has been damaged

No spotters on the bow?

This is the easy part of the river. From here it's pretty much a straight shot to Lake Michigan. The piece of river behind the bridge is narrow with a nasty curve. It limits the boats coming in to Manistee to a maximum of about 730 feet.

Is this the drawbridge on 31 or is there another drawbridge in Manistee I don’t know about?

@tommcadam9897

5 жыл бұрын

This is the Maple Street bridge, several blocks west of the US31 bridge.

Is that thing maneuvering without tugboats? Around Hampton Roads big ships like that can't even get into the Elizabeth River without tugboats. Especially the aircraft carriers. And it's at lest a mile wide.

@duncanmichano6886

5 жыл бұрын

Bow thrusters

Holy Crap talk about threading a needle.

What did the ship offload - or load in that small area?

@wdwfan102

6 жыл бұрын

There are several Factories around Manistee Lake. Freighters offload/load coal, aggregate & rock salt.

@SportDogg2008

5 жыл бұрын

@@wdwfan102 There is also one of the Dow Chemical plants as well as DTE Energy

Very impressive, but too bad there is no protection against wind on the mike

I went too Manitowoc once and it was closed and i never went back!!

@pedroconterolopez1173

6 жыл бұрын

vern fwallen

wouldn't want to have to bring it to a stop by pulling on one of its mooring lines, that's for sure.

@jamiesmith1881

8 жыл бұрын

How to lose a arm

what is this boat doing in this small of channell whats back there for it to be here ..?

@wdwfan102

7 жыл бұрын

jlions72 they unload coal to several factories

@jamesspafford5985

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, in Manistee, they come in empty and pick up salt. Motorn salt has an underground salt mine in Manistee...

@wdwfan102

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesspafford5985 Actually, I have a picture of the Manitowoc offloading coal on 11/16/15. Morton is not the only factory back there.

@wdwfan102

5 жыл бұрын

As I said in another comment, there are several factories around Manistee Lake. Freighters offload/load coal, aggregate & rock salt.

@tommcadam9897

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesspafford5985 There are no mines in Manistee. They pump water into underground salt deposits to dissolve the salt, then pump the brine back up to be dehydrated and processed into usable salt products like salt blocks for livestock and water softener pellets

I wonder if the Captain was experienced or was his $3%W puckered.

Not much room for error!

neater than a peter

Who is/was the Capitan! He's good!

@47homeslice

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Pendergrass captain ron

Do the lake boats go in the manistee river a lot?

@wdwfan102

6 жыл бұрын

There are several Factories around Manistee Lake where the freighters offload/load coal, aggregate & rock salt.

That's got be bit pita with wind

Why is the side of the ship dented.

@LokiOdinson-fz8ps

11 ай бұрын

Because the Canadians did not build their locks wide enough for modern ships to go through without damage.

Looks like the hull is pretty worn and thin.

Did some one really say is that a boat?

@RailwayProductions

6 жыл бұрын

dynodon427 Vessels confined to the Great Lakes , no matter what the size have been called “boats” for decades. Ocean freighters visiting the lakes are “ships”.

@indigodragon0613

6 жыл бұрын

RailwayProductions By size, we refer to them as ships. Most of the time, we just call them ‘lakers’ and ‘salties’ when they’re visiting from the ocean.

@louisyock9285

5 жыл бұрын

I've only ever heard the old timers say they worked on "the boats." (This is in Manistee, Ludington, and Frankfort.) Linguistically speaking, this ship/boat debate is an odd thing that English speakers have decided to have. An equivalent debate would be whether we're going to classify chicken and poultry as two different things based on size, where it's from, or where it's eaten.

@LokiOdinson-fz8ps

11 ай бұрын

@@indigodragon0613 try again. Great Lakes vessels are always referred to as boats.

And there are many that the g spot is a Ferrari doing 240. I like slow long and patience!

Ships rolling some hella coal

No your going to need a wider channel

I think that boat needs new siding.

Why does she look so badly damaged?

@indigodragon0613

6 жыл бұрын

TheKira699 That’s damage from waves I believe. The Great Lakes are not to be underestimated.

@TheKira699

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Julia, I wouldn't be surprised if some is from ice as well.

@indigodragon0613

6 жыл бұрын

TheKira699 Yeah on the lower portions, that would make sense. We even have ice breaker ships for the Great Lakes XD.

@alexanderheling2057

5 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to take the SS badger from Milwaukee to Muskegon like eight years ago and they canceled it due to gale warning. The weather Channel said that in the middle of Lake Michigan there were some waves with tips as high as two stories. That’s some serious white tips!

@jimzeirke1127

5 жыл бұрын

TheKira699 While there are rub rails on the sides of the ship, Great Lakes ships do way more docking and locking than do ocean going ships. Particularly when entering a lock, they put the side of the bow against the pier and drive the ship in. This assumes that they have enough room on the opposite side. This is really important when the ship is a 1000’ er such as the Paul R. Tregurtha.

They must have GE 4 stroke diesel engines in there to smoke that much. Put some EMD V16 710's in there. Better in the long run.

@jamesspafford5985

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, by lake standards, she isn't that old. She was launched in 1973 as the Paul Thayer, renamed Earl W. Oglebay in 1994, then Manitowoc in 2008 with Lower Lakes buying her from Wilmington trust. As best I can find, she is still powered by 2 V-16 ALCo diesels producing about 5,600 hp...

@paulw.woodring7304

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesspafford5985 ALCos = honorary steam locomotives. Blub blub blub blub.

The carcinogenic particulates from the Diesel exhausts!!

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR LAND LOVERS AND NON-NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE.... THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHIP AND A BOAT::: ( A BOAT CAN BE PUT ON THE DECK OR IN THE CARGO HOLD OF A SHIP...👍

@LokiOdinson-fz8ps

11 ай бұрын

Your lack of local knowledge is laughable. Great Lakes vessels are always referred to as boats. Try doing some research next time so you don"t look like an idiot.

omg .... smoke ??????????

@Laura-6887

7 жыл бұрын

Shahzad Ajmal probably the bunker fuel that runs the freighter

@jacquesblaque7728

5 жыл бұрын

No, not the fuel. Insufficient air to burn the fuel. Could be turbo-lag, or just crude mechanical fuel injection responding to control inputs for more turns. Consider the obvious vessel age, thus the main engine also.

@jamesspafford5985

5 жыл бұрын

Likely turbo lag from the captain "spiking the throttle" for quick thrust demands...

@victormorris3680

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacquesblaque7728 tired old engine, those sort of immissions are illegal in Europe, no one seems to care in America!

@steveg2509

4 жыл бұрын

Shah Zek good ole horsepower, keeps the bugs down

Anyone know roughly how deep this channel is for the ship ?