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A sad day to remember - especially for those who have spent time on and around the big lake, any of the Great Lakes for that matter. We can't forget the the hundreds of others lost, the name "Lake" is deceiving. This video has some chilling recordings and footage from the most memorable loss on...

I don't know what to say: :smt101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebS6cYNxals

Seems a bit early for this kind of windy weather. Looks like I'll have to check lines at the marina a few times as I'm sure the water levels will be coming up and things will be rocking: Gale Warning URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI435 PM EDT TUE SEP 9...

We had another great, typically calm, August day on Lake Superior. Took some visiting friends out for a tour of the lakeshore and Grand Island. Enjoy the pictures: My wife grilling on the boat with daughter and friend. An unfortunate cliff casualty. This is the second seen this year that...

My wife and I took a nice 2 hour ride East along the Lake Superior shoreline to Grand Marais, MI. It was a perfect, warm and calm day for the trip. Fueled up, anchored out and took the dink in to the Lake Superior Brewery for some good food. Headed back to Munising around 9:30 p.m. with our run...

Good news for you southern lake boaters, we are sending you more water: (AP) -- The brimming water level on Lake Superior has led a Canadian-U.S. regulatory board to increase the outflow through gates on the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie. The International Lake Superior Board of...

Well I'm glad I finished wrapping up the boat for the winter today. Forecast should make for some interesting shoreline video and pictures: URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1006 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2013 A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING...

Something strange is going on recently with the CSR site and external links to pics. I have been noticing that posted pics, some that have been posted for years, are not always showing up now. I need to refresh the pages or step out and come back. I know the pics are accessible as they are...

The most know wreck of the Great Lakes has it's date here again (the Edmund Fitzgerald). I am posting this you tube link from Coast Guard Station Marquette to salute ALL persons who have lost their lives to 1,000's of wrecks on the Great Lakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

Watching the sunset last night looking out over Grand Island at 270 feet above the water. Leftover seas from the 12 to 13's the day before.

On August 24, 2012 side scan sonar imaging was being done of Munising Bay by my daughter Melissa and I and an image of what appeared to be a shipwreck was found. After a bit of research no record was found of a wreck in this part of the Alger Underwater Preserve. On September 1, 2012 we...

Just sharing a short video along the Southeastern tip of Grand Island on a calm Lake Superior summer day. Picture Rocks National Lakeshore in the background near the start ending with the North end of Grand Island in the background across Trout Bay...

I see there is a 1990+ 270DA tread and thought one should be started for missing 80's 270DA's in the proper "classic" category. So here we go with sharing restorations, fixes, upgrades and any other items we may have in common. Any owners of 270DA's from beginning 1982 through final 1988 model...

I ran across this old classic hanging in there as a lobstering workhorse in Halifax, Nova Scotia last week. Looks like she has been refit a bit and beyond candidacy for the "hole in the water club". :huh:

I finally found the leak - wooohoooo!!!! :smt038 For the past year I have been re-bedding all the deck hardware and windows to stop all the top-side leaks. Even did a complete break-down and rebuild of the long sliding windows 2 years ago. Just checked on the boat at the marina before heading...

Today I took an underwater shot as we go over a shipwreck near our homeport. It was an overcast day and the water is a bit cloudier than usual from high winds but the recording came out ok: Enjoy - http://www.midwestconnection.com/ima...m/GOPR0082.MP4

Late start this year but finally in. :smt001 Bad impeller stopped me from putting in a few weeks ago, followed by a delay from life requirements. Great to be back out after being in storage for 1 1/2 years. Tried out my new GoPRo, Hero 2, waterproof camera. I can see the camera is going to be...

Late start this year but finally in. :smt001 Bad impeller stopped me from putting in a few weeks ago, followed by a delay from life requirements. Great to be back out after being in storage for 1 1/2 years. Tried out my new GoPRo, Hero 2, waterproof camera. I can see the camera is going to be...

Getting very anxious, she has been in storage for over a year while out of state working. Wheeled out the hull today, deck tomorrow. Taped off the new bottom paint to keep the polish and wax off of it. Prepped the new 300 feet of 8 plait anchor line too, getting it wet and laying it out over...

New life in the shift cables I had done this a few years ago and thought some may be able to put this to use on the older craft and save a few bucks. After putting the new drives on shifting was becoming an issue. To extend the life of the shift cables I did a bit of maintenance which can be...