1500 Mile Great Lakes trip on a Ranger Tug. Day 15 The Forecast Was Wrong
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- Starting our day leaving St Ignacio MI. We travel under the Mac Bridge and back onto Lake Michigan. We soon find the weather forecast was quite a bit off and end up in 6ft seas as we turn near the abandoned lighthouse. On a Ranger Tug R-27 OB
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The Tug took it like a champion, you had nothing to worry about.
It was defiantly able to handle the conditions well. At one point I was feeling seasickness coming on but thankfully it passed.
Thank you for taking us along. Looked like a rollercoaster ride for a little while. Ranger seems like a great boat, but a fiberglass hull vs an aluminum hull of a Northwest type of boat - think Duckworth, Kingfisher, Hewescraft, Wooldridge boats
My Uncle really drilled boat safety in my head when I was little… I used to roll my eyes but would listen. Turns out I’m obsessive about safety & checking the weather so you made me laugh. Although Gwen you said the forecast was for 2-3 ft waves I instantly thought 5-6. So I paused this video to type this and am sure you’ll make it alright
That’s great you had an uncle that drilled that into you. Plan for the worst and hope for the best. Usually before this when I saw a forecast if 2 foot waves worst case would be 3ft.
Good old lake Michigan, some days just wonderful and others hold on to your butt. It will change in seconds. Great job Captain 💪
Very true! At least until that point I was lucky that forecasts were accurate. It was less than fun at the time but a good memory!
@@MillennialAfloat And your rig took it like a champ. As you said noisy when you're up on plane in those swells. Good job, be safe.
Another rough water strategy to consider is getting inside the wake behind a larger boat and match speeds. Slower, but smoother if your friends (or anyone else) is nearby. Thanks for the video. Always interesting.
Great advice. We were crossing Lake Erie once and the forecast was wrong (shocker, I know) We ended up getting behind two other boats heading in the same direction. You could tell that the first boat was taking a beating compared to us.
That’s a great tip thanks!
Back in the later '50's my dad & I motored from Sault Ste. Marie to NY & return in a 14' Chris Craft kit boat. Weather didn't favor us along the north side of Georgian Bay. On our return were canaled as far as Oswego from where we headed north to pick up the Trent-Severn canal again. Headwinds and 6-8' waves forced us to shelter on Main Duck Island. Bad decisions made for some miserable hours manning the manual bilge pump - but some great memories. Definitely would not repeat!
Thank you for showing the R27 in rough conditions. We sail the Straits almost exclusively, and are currently hoping to purchase a Ranger Tug/Rosborough or something similar. There are many “walkthrough” videos of the boats, but few going into detail of the boats mannerisms in the water-thanks again!
I'm an old Navy Boatswains Mate and 6' seas sound downright calm !!
I do think you can build up a tolerance to waves! I’m sure the navy put you through some rough stuff!
@@MillennialAfloat Noth Cape Norway in November !!
And GITMO in Summer !!
Typhoon off Guam aboard the USS Proteus. Waves were over the O2 level. Oh what great fun we had cleaning up after that.
Golden shellback out.
Big waves and weather is fun as heck.
Yes in deed. Good vid but to much drama. Stay at home and sit in your pool. This guy is a GLASS BOATER. still good vid, much enjoyed, but not the moaning about 2-3-4 ft waves.
Especially when you think you are able to handle whatever the seas throw your way…..😖 You’re an idiot. I just hope when your day comes you don’t take other people with you.
Well it’s fun to reminisce about after
I defiantly do consider myself a fair weather boater. I mostly spent time talking about them because it was something I couldn’t find a lot of information about when I was first looking into buying a ranger tug.
Quite a trip ! Glad you enjoyed the Great Lakes .
Great video captain! I agree with you that being out in these conditions gave you great confidence in the abilities of your vessel. I took delivery of my brand new Ranger Tug R-31 CB during Covid 19. The wife and I couldn't find a delivery captain to make the two day journey with us from the dealer, Winter Island Yacht Yard in Salem MA to our homeport of Stamford CT. Peter Haywood, the owner of the Ranger Tug dealership and a highly experienced captain, agreed to pilot our new tug down as far down as Newport RI where we would spend the night. As soon as we got out of Salem Harbor, we were greeted with 4-5 foot seas, rain, and gusty winds. I urged Peter to turn back. He told me not to worry as the tug could take it and he as a seasoned sailor claimed to have been out in a lot worse seas and weather. Within 45 minutes, I got seasick as the waves increased to 5 feet with occasional 6 footers. We had no respite until we reached the Cape Cod Canal. After 45 minutes transversing the canal in much flatter conditions we entered the notorious Buzzard's Bay where the frequency of the waves increased, short intervals and very choppy. When we finally docked up in Newport, Peter bid us goodbye. I was totally spent and exhausted. Of particular interest, my wife never complained nor did she get seasick. We ran the tug from the lower station all the way with the heat on as it was March. The tug never complained nor did she ever moan nor groan. She was solid, and certainly could take more than I could. The next day we found ourselves a delivery captain to come with us, departed early and again got beat up, although not quite as badly. We eventually made it to Long Island Sound NY where the land mass somewhat shielded us from the wind and the seas dropped down to about 2-3 feet. This trip gave me great confidence in my boat. Three seasons later, I have not forgotten that journey and am still very happy with my Ranger Tug..!
We were cought in Great Lakes gales twice on my 25 foot sailboat. Not able to out run the surprise change of weather and being out of sight from shore, I was very happy to be in a sailboat. My express cruiser would have gone over especially on Lake Erie where the waves were coming from several directions and ten feet high.
I always add a foot to the forecast. We fish 50-100 miles off shore and usually overnight. I've had it blow up to 12-14 ft where from the fly bridge in the trough you were still looking up at the peak. Nobody wants to be out in rough weather but it's part of boating. Usually once on plane you can find a speed the boat is comfortable with. Don't worry about squeaks worry about having your fillings knocked out. That was a little uncomfortable but not dangerous.
I took the Beaver Island boat and it was a terrible trip. The boat being shallow draft rolled almost 30 degrees, back and forth. Sick people, people falling, water over the bow! I rode a Navy destroyer for 27 months and i was never afraid of a rollover as I was on that day. The boat ride back was worse as the boat was the smaller of the two and it rolled further. More sick people and people falling. The wind was high and the sea state rolling and spray off of the tops of the waves.
Hi from Don your doing well in video at times I saw water smooth out that's when I would throttled up and ran faster, your right, key to good run on water is the eye on waves
Great job captain! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you!
Great video, yea getting caught in those rough seas can be mentally exhausting. I’m planning a cross Lake Michigan trip next month, from Charlevoix, to Manistque, then down to the Door Peninsula to Sturgeon Bay and then back to Charlevoix, doing this trip solo in my 24 foot Sea Ray
OH wow that sounds like quite the adventure! Charlevoix to Manistique is a long crossing. Are you planning on stopping at Beaver Island or doing a straight shot? Door county is a great place to boat! My personal favorite town to stop at is Fish Creek
@@MillennialAfloat yes I’m going direct Charleroi to Manistque, crossing just below Beaver Island. Good to know about Fish Creek, that is one of my planned stops.
These seas are a basic chop on the New England coast. I agree with hawkdsl, big waves and weather is fun as heck.
As soon as you turned, the waves were hitting you so excellent job navigating … boy that had to be stressful. I always wear my life vest too
It was defiantly stressful at the time. I took a big nap when I got into port. But now that I have that experience it will help for the future! Thanks for watching!
Personally, I much enjoyed all the footage of your boat underway in those conditions wirhout comments or with something that really bugs me, some crappy electronically created music on a loop. Just the sound of the boat, wind and water. I'm interested in getting an R-27 OB. Its definitely a seaworthy boat. They are built to the standard of 200 miles of offshore operation and since they come from the Pacific Northwest and designed to operate in the conditions found there up into Alaska. I ever had heard that some big wigs from Fluid Motion had taken an R -26 up to the Arctic Circle. I don't know if its still on the market, but someone in Florida was selling their 2018 or 19 R-27 that had a Seakeeper. I bet with one of those, if you don't mind its high pitched whine, a day like this one would be a piece of cake.
You would think that with the name of the boat it would have incorporated a flared front that throw the waves side ways and helps keep passengers dry, or less wet. I’ve been in this crap in a go fast boat that does not keep you dry and going slow is not it’s forte. My son and I had to switch off drivers every 15 minutes it was so tedious. We had to navigate each wave until we could take shelter short of our destination. The small craft advisory that got posted as we left on our trip said the waves were 6 to 10 feet. They looked like mountains. Never again.
That sounds rough! Being in that stuff is tiring its great you had your son to help you its probably a good story you share now
My wife’s great grandfather was the first lighthouse keeper on north Manitou island . Chris Ankerson was his name .
You can see the front moving through and the squaw line! I wonder what the Barometer was showing?
Lake Michigan weather
Always interesting
Been there done that! All is well until that famous left Turn!😂
Interesting video. Lumpy going indeed. I've found my heavy Boston Whaler 350 Realm sometimes rides best in rough stuff at a low planing speed, although it is not fuel-efficient at all. At least the water splashing over your bow was fresh -- I boat in salt water and in some conditions the salt crystallizes on the windshield, very annoying.
You aren't a very dedicated TH-camr... ANYTHING for the fans, except change batteries in rough seas LOL
Great video, Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I think I have a better camera setup this year so I wont have to risk my life to change the battery anymore lol. It should give better views as well
No 6ft seas visible in video. Is this clickbait or am I missing something?
Waves are one of those things that done come across well in videos. It’s hard to show a sense of scale since there’s nothing around and the camera is mounted higher up. It’s kinda the same thing if you ever tried to record rain.
A camera does not accurately represent the scale of some things like wave size or the steepness of a trail or hillside.
Try the Delaware Bay sometime. First time I piloted my brand new boat I took it from Wildwood NJ to Elton MD in pouring rain, lightening and 7 foot waves. Fun as hell! But tiring nonetheless.
That’s gotta be a great story for your first time with your boat!
We are curious if you have found your RT-27 will actually override auto pilot manually by turning the wheel alone? We cannot manually turn off course without first going into standby mode, else the helm ignores the manual input. We are getting different answers about this. Thanks,
David
28 minutes of the bow pounding through the waves, Really??
Great shots. Thats your view if you yourself was piloting. First person view.
28 minutes boredom
Looks like you were moving out pretty good there
@@briancasey4917boredom for whom ? The danger is real .
I appreciate your grit for not heading to a port . There’s a hundred spots you could have stopped .
Cowboy up jeeze that's a 3-4 ft sea tops
Now imagine 30 foot waves out there.
Funny thing about video or pictures of waves you really can't tell what you're looking at, when I was in the navy I took pictures of massive waves in the Pacific and when I got the film developed I had pictures of billions of gallons of water, looked like standing on the beach of lake Michigan, nothing to really give reference to size.
That’s very true. When I was looking at the footage of the day later on I thought it wasn’t looking as wild as it was that day! Waves don’t come across well in video. Being high up on a ship doesn’t really help the perspective.
Oh wow
Was this on Tuesday the 16th by any chance? We departed Frankfort heading north that day with the same 1-2’ forecast, and discovered quickly that the forecast was VERY wrong. 😑
I believe it was the 27th.
Can we see radar footage?
LMAO!! I'm from New England and that would be a CALM DAY on the ATLANTIC! TRY 10' to 12' Seas Sometime.....I've been out there in 18ft seas in a 28ft boat........................the ocean separates the men from the boy's.
Do you know how high the camera level is relative to the water line (at, above, below)?
I would estimate about 8-10 ft above the water its on the radar mast and its almost at the highest point on the boat.
I saw nothing to be concerned with what so ever in these conditions. A little chop is nothing for anyone with any time on the water. Now of xourse if there was a storm and it got real...like 6+ foot waves that could have been interesting but i saw nothing even half way dangerous about the conditions in this video.
60 miles takes 2 hours? Wow! You really don’t believe in fuel economy do you? Nice to have such discretionary fuel funds. Reduce your speed and 2-3 footers don’t become a concern. Those are fishing waves on Lake Superior! At least on a 19ft boat. No brand names need to be mentioned!
Six foot waves?
I sport fish the straits, and weather forecasting is very inaccurate.
2 ft?
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Um yeah, if white guys with a passion for weather forecasting were not pushed out by DEI, you would have more accurate forecasting.