Still, over ten years after the fact, i love to watch these videos and reminisce about these awesome seven days in 2010 we spent aboard this ship. That's me at 1:45 messing with the TV set in the lounge. Would give anything to go again..... It was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us six.
Scott, is your family connected in any way to the Arthur M. Anderson freighter, which gave you special permission to go on the Tregurtha? I ask this with the utmost respect 😔
There are travel agencies you can go through that could probably get you on a great lakes freighter for under 1000. Don't need to be rich to afford that
My mom and dad went all over the world cruising on freighters lol they loved it. Perfect accommodations nice service very few passengers it was great...
I didn't know lake freighters even had guest rooms. The guest quarters seem about like small 2 bed hotel rooms. Interesting that the schedule (if I read it right) seems to put the whole trip extending over 2 nights.
Small observation. The guy watching TV at the end of the video was watching Goodfellas. Specifically the part where Henry Hill hears about the Lufthansa heist. Ohhhh Jimmmy!!!
Nice and cozy living quarters. For some reason I didn’t expect that on the longest freighter on the Great Lakes. I’ve seen too many pirate movies....I have to snap out of it.
LOL. The space on a surface ship is unbelievable, I could not believe the size of the galley. One of the comments was "you couldn't pay me to go on a cruise." Ironically more people would have paid big bucks to submerge just once on the Jefferson, my old sub. Kind of unique.
If you don't mind me asking how did you arrange passage on this vessel, I didn't know they took passengers on a commercial ship like that. And why do they take passengers?
I've often wondered how dose that work when you depart from the Navy and you decide to go into the merchant shipping trade is there any kind of special training involved for such a transition?
Was watching the Smithsonian Channel, Mighty Ships, the Paul R Tregurtha was featured, first run of the season, going through heavy ice, the ice punched a hole through her hull, the ship was layed up for a week until it was repaired.
The Great Lakes freighters inspired me as a boy to join the Navy, where I served for 10 years. This new breed of ship is just amazing... would love to sail on her and experience being at sea again!
I worked on board the PRT for inter-lake steam ship as roving maintenance for the fleet.they did not have any open rooms down below with the crew so i had to stay up in the owners room the best view & the food was awesome while on board
This would be a great trip! I guess as a Canuck I probably couldn't - but maybe Canadian lake freighters offer the same. I've also been looking into container ship voyages across the Pacific and Atlantic, which obviously are a lot longer, like three weeks or more.
Hi. Im a fellow Canuck and I’m wondering if you had any success finding passenger accommodations on freighters crossing the Atlantic. I’ve been keen to go to Europe by sea but cruise ships aren’t for me. Please let me know. 👍
West or is that Left Coast Canuckian.. Anyway, I was told a few years ago by a travel agent friend, that to hop onto a Container Ship, you have to contact the shipping agents directly to see which are available, although with Covid the rules have changed.. I had a friend back years ago, he essentially travelled around the World but I cannot remember how long or the cost. . But it is doable..
This series of videos aboard the Paul R Tregurtha are amazing. Watching similar ships sail through the St Lawrence Seaway, I've always wondered what life is like aboard them. Thanks you for showing us.
I can't believe I'm the first person out of over 900 who's commenting. I would love to be a passenger on this freighter as I see it so often near my home in Marine City. I had no idea it was so lavishly appointed inside. I'd be in that lounge 24/7 and also would rarely watch the TV. How were you able to be a passenger, win one of those oh so infrequent "win a trip" lotteries?
I worked for Inter-lake steamship & was on board when it ran aground that day. we were stuck for several hours we ballasted it & got off the rocks, we then took it to Sturgeon Bay WI for repair put a gash in the bow about 20 foot by 10 foot we sent divers down with video cameras
Very cozy interior, looks like a decent hotel room from the 70s. Idk why someone is a guest on a ship like that with views like that and they are just watching TV nonstop. Lol I would be looking out all sides and different windows and roaming around as far as theyd let me looking at the scenery.
One of my fathers cousins was the cook on the Edmund Fitzgerald (rip) and was sick with pneumonia and home when she sank in that November storm in the early 70's...he was saddened by this right up to the day he died....the lake has one hell of a history in November...gut check kind of stuff...
Got caught in some kind of rogue wind out of nowhere east of Cabo San Lucas Mexico. We were fishing for sail fish on the Pacific side of the cape In about two thousand feet of water. I am not a sailor .Over a period of about ten minutes the sea went from friendly to deadly with ten foot waves. We were in a thirty foot twin Diesel fishing boat chartered out of Cabo. The waves kept pushing the boat side ways until they were breaking over the side of the boat one after the other. I was scared fishless. As I remember back, the captain, who was maybe twenty didn't seem to get the idea that we could sink if the boat got hit broadside by a large rogue wave. There were no other boats within sight. He and the first mate(?) sat up on the fly bridge smoking and laughing. We caught one ten pound yellow tuna. We did not tip the captain or the first mate. In my opinion we were lucky to get back to port alive.
Good. Good. Good video. Years agod (decades past, actually), I had heard about someone who traveled on a freighter. He preferred it to crossing the ocean on a passenger ship.
Some of the guests rooms makes me think they are slobs they could at least make there bed and tidy up their room I do that even when I stay at a hotel and I’m a man
I know these are old but i'm in the process of getting my MMC Card than hoping to work on the PRT someday. I was hoping to win one of the raffles :( but didn't but oh well hoping i'll be on the Great Lakes soon.
That looks awesome!! ❤ I would so love to be able to stay on a Great Laker!! How long can one stay aboard?? I absolutely love how it sounds!🥰 I'd fall asleep so fast aboard any Great Laker!@ Very awesome video!! Thank you so much for sharing! How i would have loved to have been able to stay on the Edmund Fitzgerald!!! ❤❤❤
I thought many freighters offered passenger accommodation but you have to know whom to ask. I had a friend travel from New Zealand to Sydney on a container ship and it took 2 weeks.
Kevin Redmond you have to follow a marine engineer course of 4 years (as i do) or deck officer course, than the state will give you the licence to navigate. Or if you dont like money you can be an oiler or a deckhand ;). Sorry for the english, i usually speak french
I have never seen the insides of a Laker. Found this fascinating, thanks for sharing. I would love to travel on a big ship someday.
You couldn't pay me to take a cruise, but I would love to cross the Great Lakes on one of those ships!
Really get the scope of the size crossing in a ship
I absolutely enjoyed my time on Royal Carribean Freedom of the Seas.
I would love a three to seven day cargo trip on Great Lakes
Me too
I agree, doing some work sounds like good exchange for a trip without drunk obnoxious partyers or screaming kids running around deck.
Still, over ten years after the fact, i love to watch these videos and reminisce about these awesome seven days in 2010 we spent aboard this ship. That's me at 1:45 messing with the TV set in the lounge. Would give anything to go again..... It was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us six.
Did you have to pay to come aboard?
Scott.. you didn’t make your bed 🛌 😂
Why did you get to go on the ship?
How much does this cost?
Scott, is your family connected in any way to the Arthur M. Anderson freighter, which gave you special permission to go on the Tregurtha? I ask this with the utmost respect 😔
Very cool. Thanks for the tour.
WOW despite their appearance the largest Great Lakes freighter is more luxurious than it looks.
rather go on this than those carnival cruises. wish I was rich to ride on a lake steamer...
Royal Carribean is way better...
There are travel agencies you can go through that could probably get you on a great lakes freighter for under 1000. Don't need to be rich to afford that
My mom and dad went all over the world cruising on freighters lol they loved it. Perfect accommodations nice service very few passengers it was great...
I didn't know lake freighters even had guest rooms. The guest quarters seem about like small 2 bed hotel rooms. Interesting that the schedule (if I read it right) seems to put the whole trip extending over 2 nights.
That's incredible. That is better than cruise ship accommodations.
Boring
Mystic Wine I think you spelt wine wrong. Believe it should be whine.
@@donnebes9421 whine is just looking for a response and looking for some crackers and cheese to eat
Small observation. The guy watching TV at the end of the video was watching Goodfellas. Specifically the part where Henry Hill hears about the Lufthansa heist. Ohhhh Jimmmy!!!
I won the trip in a raffle sponsored by the ISMA
Wow that would be awesome!!!! Congradulations
Was it a fundraising that you won this trip?
Love to see these ships my father sailed 37 years on the great lakes thanks Dad miss you.
Paul R Tregurtha serves two purposes: one is to haul freight as any Great Lakes freighter does, and the second is to transport Executive Passengers.
I'd go, but not in November!
Still gives me chills
I'd love to go in November. Be up on the bridge as they game-plan around the weather. Maybe enjoy a longer trip than 5 or 6 days
Thanks for the tour. I hope to win a trip on one of the freighters someday!
That ship looks like it would be warm and comfortable in the winter on the Great Lakes.
Nice and cozy living quarters. For some reason I didn’t expect that on the longest freighter on the Great Lakes. I’ve seen too many pirate movies....I have to snap out of it.
Hey, Mike, really nice tour of an awesome place! Thanks for posting this. Glad I found it by accident :)
I would love to go on a cruise on a freighter more so than on a cruise ship.
LOL. The space on a surface ship is unbelievable, I could not believe the size of the galley.
One of the comments was "you couldn't pay me to go on a cruise." Ironically more people would have paid big bucks to submerge just once on the Jefferson, my old sub. Kind of unique.
My husband is a former merchant marine and I would love to be able to give him a cruise on the Great Lakes.
She's Just A Beautiful Freighter!!
If you don't mind me asking how did you arrange passage on this vessel, I didn't know they took passengers on a commercial ship like that. And why do they take passengers?
I did a many years of haze gray and underway on a US Navy destroyer, I'd love to spend some time on this ship!
I've often wondered how dose that work when you depart from the Navy and you decide to go into the merchant shipping trade is there any kind of special training involved for such a transition?
Was watching the Smithsonian Channel, Mighty Ships, the Paul R Tregurtha was featured, first run of the season, going through heavy ice, the ice punched a hole through her hull, the ship was layed up for a week until it was repaired.
Just saw this where there was a damaged spot. Wonder if it's the same. th-cam.com/video/L-i5UEbwXuY/w-d-xo.html
@@tomjones4318That's not unusual.🍁😂
Very cool, thanks for sharing. You should have gone out on the stern deck though! Oh well.
Very cool! would love to travel on this great ship!
The Great Lakes freighters inspired me as a boy to join the Navy, where I served for 10 years. This new breed of ship is just amazing... would love to sail on her and experience being at sea again!
Where are you from?
@@husky_studios SE Michigan, Btwn Detroit and Port Huron.
I worked on board the PRT for inter-lake steam ship as roving maintenance for the fleet.they did not have any open rooms down below with the crew so i had to stay up in the owners room the best view & the food was awesome while on board
Very nice and cozy. Wonder how we book passage on one of these ships. Much better than being on a floating city with 2000 passengers.
there are a few people that do explain how to do it here on youtube.
It's up to the captain and it's an In surence Hassel....plan ahead..
This would be a great trip! I guess as a Canuck I probably couldn't - but maybe Canadian lake freighters offer the same. I've also been looking into container ship voyages across the Pacific and Atlantic, which obviously are a lot longer, like three weeks or more.
Hi. Im a fellow Canuck and I’m wondering if you had any success finding passenger accommodations on freighters crossing the Atlantic. I’ve been keen to go to Europe by sea but cruise ships aren’t for me. Please let me know. 👍
@@peterritchie2990 Hi! Unfortunately I haven't followed up at all :(
@@deino117 thanks for responding. 👍
West or is that Left Coast Canuckian.. Anyway, I was told a few years ago by a travel agent friend, that to hop onto a Container Ship, you have to contact the shipping agents directly to see which are available, although with Covid the rules have changed.. I had a friend back years ago, he essentially travelled around the World but I cannot remember how long or the cost. . But it is doable..
This is great. I would love to see where the crew has to sleep/eat etc.
Wow. I would love to take this ride. It looks very interesting and relaxing at the same time.
Awesome video! Always considered a job on a freighter...however, I have the second best job on the Detroit river and get to watch them pass by.
This series of videos aboard the Paul R Tregurtha are amazing. Watching similar ships sail through the St Lawrence Seaway, I've always wondered what life is like aboard them. Thanks you for showing us.
I can't believe I'm the first person out of over 900 who's commenting. I would love to be a passenger on this freighter as I see it so often near my home in Marine City. I had no idea it was so lavishly appointed inside. I'd be in that lounge 24/7 and also would rarely watch the TV. How were you able to be a passenger, win one of those oh so infrequent "win a trip" lotteries?
The Queen of the Lakes
This boat got into a 'pickle' on August 15. Grounded near Sault St. Marie. Thankfully she only sustained minor damage to the bow and stern.
I worked for Inter-lake steamship & was on board when it ran aground that day. we were stuck for several hours we ballasted it & got off the rocks, we then took it to Sturgeon Bay WI for repair put a gash in the bow about 20 foot by 10 foot we sent divers down with video cameras
That would be my dream come true!!
Dang, that is one heck of a mighty fine luxurious accomodations...
I wish he had gone out onto the back deck so we could see the back of the ship as it’s moving
I would liked to see more of the lounge and the views from there. Looking at look alike state rooms, well come on please.
What Nice State Rooms And Guest Quarters Everthing Looks Really Great!!
Absolutely fascinating. Would love to go on a run with this beauty queen someday 😀😃
For the negative commenters on cruise ships: GOOD....the more choice for those of us who do.....
Very cozy interior, looks like a decent hotel room from the 70s. Idk why someone is a guest on a ship like that with views like that and they are just watching TV nonstop. Lol
I would be looking out all sides and different windows and roaming around as far as theyd let me looking at the scenery.
You won't see much scenery at night
That would be so cool to experience
Truly interesting ship
Nice.When can I sign on?
I didn't imagine that a lake freighter has guest quarters. Does someone know how to book a reservation or how does it work?
I am thinking about becoming a deckhand on a Great lake freighter
How is it like and will I have to go to school to become a deckhand
It sucks. Its like being in prison with a chance to drown
Such A Fantasy Cruise, Eh!!?? Yes Please!! WOW! ⚓🚢😎💙
One of my fathers cousins was the cook on the Edmund Fitzgerald (rip) and was sick with pneumonia and home when she sank in that November storm in the early 70's...he was saddened by this right up to the day he died....the lake has one hell of a history in November...gut check kind of stuff...
Paul Bourgeois Yeah :( I'm so sorry about your Cousin. God Bless.
God bless them all 😔
Great video sir. I thought no alcohol was permitted on the boat?
Shut up Hitler
Do people know how to clean anymore?
What's not clean? If you've spotted something that isn't clean then you're a freak
Scott Burns I think she meant make your bed and tidy up your room I do that even when I stay at a hotel and I'm a man
Just saw this ship pass through the Detroit river yesterday! Got some awesome pictures of it.
That looks good. I'd love to go.
Do the crew toss a line off the side and try to catch your supper ??
Got caught in some kind of rogue wind out of nowhere east of Cabo San Lucas Mexico. We were fishing for sail fish on the Pacific side of the cape In about two thousand feet of water. I am not a sailor .Over a period of about ten minutes the sea went from friendly to deadly with ten foot waves. We were in a thirty foot twin Diesel fishing boat chartered out of Cabo. The waves kept pushing the boat side ways until they were breaking over the side of the boat one after the other. I was scared fishless. As I remember back, the captain, who was maybe twenty didn't seem to get the idea that we could sink if the boat got hit broadside by a large rogue wave. There were no other boats within sight. He and the first mate(?) sat up on the fly bridge smoking and laughing. We caught one ten pound yellow tuna. We did not tip the captain or the first mate. In my opinion we were lucky to get back to port alive.
tim mayer ok, but what’s that got to do with this video of the staterooms? Just curious.
Nobody really cares Tim
That would be awesome..I know it's on my bucket list to ride a freighter and maybe work on one to know what it's like.
paul r .....sounds good
I like it..
Good. Good. Good video. Years agod (decades past, actually), I had heard about someone who traveled on a freighter. He preferred it to crossing the ocean on a passenger ship.
Can you still book passage on the Tregurtha??
I must say, this ship was named for a guy with a last name AS hideous as mines !! I guess there hope for all.......Tregurtha !!
Wish you could buy passage on a laker just to sail and watch like some ocean going freighters allow.
I am surprised that these ships are so chopped up inside, seems like a lot of doorways and narrow halls to go through in an emergency.
Very cool. Great video. I just "SUBSCRIBED" to your AWESOME channel.
Claussen Pickles! 👍
So
What
I also would rather spend time on a great lakes freighter than a crowded "fancy" cruise ship!
watching goodfellas on the tv in the lounge---
Some of the guests rooms makes me think they are slobs they could at least make there bed and tidy up their room I do that even when I stay at a hotel and I’m a man
Never ever seen anything as poorly delivered and boring in my entire life. What a waste!!!!!
I am pretty sure I passed this ship as it was leaving the Sandusky coal docks!
I was one of many that built your ship. I am pretty sure I burned in all the windows on her.
Yikes, all that fast camera movement I felt i was on a rolling ship....🤢
so are you like friends with the captain and do you stay in contact with the captain?
I know these are old but i'm in the process of getting my MMC Card than hoping to work on the PRT someday. I was hoping to win one of the raffles :( but didn't but oh well hoping i'll be on the Great Lakes soon.
I hope everything worked out and you are riding on one of these beauties finally 🙂
That looks awesome!! ❤
I would so love to be able to stay on a Great Laker!!
How long can one stay aboard??
I absolutely love how it sounds!🥰
I'd fall asleep so fast aboard any Great Laker!@
Very awesome video!!
Thank you so much for sharing!
How i would have loved to have been able to stay on the Edmund Fitzgerald!!! ❤❤❤
Nice video , BUT You need to PAN SLOWER ! slow down your panning and movements and it would
be much more Enjoyable to watch .... Thanks for sharing !
I hope to work on one of these freighters some day. I feel lucky to live 10 minutes from Duluth
Wow. looks really cozy.
Do ppl make pretty good money working on ships?
No, they work for free
Midnight Trumptrain LMAO
Haha that guy was watching Goodfellas at the very end. I could hear Ray Liotta screaming "JIMMYYY" in the bathroom scene after the Luthansia Heist
Just like rooms in an upper class house. The only thing missing was a cuckoo clock in the TV lounge room.
They allow passengers ? I asked about cargo ships that cross the ocean and someone said that is no longer allowed
1 day i would love to sail on one of these one can hope
Reminds me of the Ernie Kovacs gag: "Thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. But couldn't you have cleaned it up a little?"
The schedule has Middle island LT. and Thunder bay island LT thats my neck of the woods Alpena,MI
I thought many freighters offered passenger accommodation but you have to know whom to ask. I had a friend travel from New Zealand to Sydney on a container ship and it took 2 weeks.
God I'm so jealous... I wish I could work on that beautiful ship... thank you for the tour.. too bad we didn't see in the captain room🤣
That was a very nice tour. I love to cook and bake and l would not pass an opportunity to cook on a Great Lakes freighter.
What does one have to do to be a guest on that ship?
Wow, that's the coziest freighter I've seen anywhere! nice!
Honestly for how much you can hear the engines from the exterior watching them enter or exit Duluth, I thought they would be louder
Is this a "one way" cruise?
How does a person go about getting a position like that? I am a firefighter & Paramedic, don't know if that would help my cause or not.
Kevin Redmond you have to follow a marine engineer course of 4 years (as i do) or deck officer course, than the state will give you the licence to navigate. Or if you dont like money you can be an oiler or a deckhand ;). Sorry for the english, i usually speak french
Pas problème, J parler français aussi. Merci pour le 411. À+.
NO !
Kevin J Redmond take lifeguard classes.
1:40 da fuc a bike
how do you book a cruise with this ship?
gotoguy43123 Laclair b
gotoguy43123 Laclair give me a call. I have tickets to sell,,,,cash only. I call it vacation to nowhere. Hurry!
You don't. You win a raffle
its like a a moving home but can you do a vid of you in the paul r elevator
You are very lucky