2023 Winter Fleet at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

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  • @adriannegrillo8394
    @adriannegrillo8394 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the sight of the "girls" getting their well deserved winter rest. Crew and tugs also! Enjoy family time and can't wait to see you all later!

  • @TOTALCAMARO
    @TOTALCAMARO ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful video of all the ladies taking their winter break. Thank you for doing this video. Enjoy your time off all the captains and their crews. It’s nice seeing all the tugs getting a break too. 😊

  • @gregmctevia5087
    @gregmctevia5087 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Big boats in hibernation. What a beautiful piece.

  • @johnmacqueen1777
    @johnmacqueen1777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just visited Sturgeon Bay yesterday. Got quite a few shots with the Canon (some with the long lens). Your video planted the seed. Lots of big boats and tugs. Worth the trip from Minnesota!

  • @tmayer0009
    @tmayer0009 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the wonderful video, awesome! I’m have ship withdrawals!!!

  • @ron827
    @ron827 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    VERY well done and I love the music. That was a lot of flight time and editing to give us the tour. THANKS!

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I drove out to the end of the peninsula in 1974. Wisconsin is beautiful!

  • @GreatLakesStateProductions6708
    @GreatLakesStateProductions6708 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s neat to see all the boats together in sturgeon bay. Can’t wait for them to all be back at it out in the lakes though…..

  • @connorpatton1919
    @connorpatton1919 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This year in Cleveland Harbor the barge vessels Michigan Trader and Joseph H. Thompson are in winter layup. The tugs that accompany those ships are here as well. This is the first time since I have grown to enjoy the Great Lakes freighters that I have seen those ships here for winter. I should note that their port of call is Escanaba, MI. Great video!

  • @sarah-fu6et
    @sarah-fu6et ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks you for this.nice to see them all snuggling together against the cold lol.

  • @tomglessing3748
    @tomglessing3748 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, thanks,looks like a road trip to Sturgeon Bay is in order!

  • @kirkfranklinboy1986
    @kirkfranklinboy1986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you

  • @foto3077
    @foto3077 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video and pictures. Thanks

  • @steveb855
    @steveb855 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interrupting the peaceful music with horn blasts is like an alarm clock buzzer in the middle of a nice nap.

  • @livinglikeananimal
    @livinglikeananimal ปีที่แล้ว

    Winter layup pics are always such a cozy sight, something about seeing all the ships together like great hibernating leviathans huddling together for warmth until the ice thaws and it's time to work again. It looks like the Gott is getting some TLC with her paint job from here. :) Thank you for filming these!

  • @joeweimer3163
    @joeweimer3163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job thanks Gary

  • @sparkybluefox
    @sparkybluefox ปีที่แล้ว

    BRAVO ! Very well done presentation !
    Great Drone camera work and Great audio track !
    BRAVO !

  • @Geraldinslo
    @Geraldinslo ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this, thank you Gary C

  • @charliem.550
    @charliem.550 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video - thanks for sharing!

  • @johnmacqueen1777
    @johnmacqueen1777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video and stills!

  • @alecfromminnenowhere2089
    @alecfromminnenowhere2089 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice!
    I have always wanted to go to Sturgeon Bay, but certainly wouldn't have this view if I did.

  • @shawncosmos5431
    @shawncosmos5431 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

    • @GaryCihlarPhotography
      @GaryCihlarPhotography  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @shawncosmos5431
      @shawncosmos5431 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GaryCihlarPhotography I’m a real behind the scenes guy. Be interesting to know and see what goes on with these ships while laid up. Maintenance and dealing with zero degrees in port…

  • @joedesautel6092
    @joedesautel6092 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some ice in harbor channel and open water in the canal Park channel the ships are moving good 👍

  • @LynneAnn51
    @LynneAnn51 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video, thank you! We are missing our “ladies” coming through Port Huron. Have a relaxing winter break. 🤗

  • @jerimunson5175
    @jerimunson5175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rest easy ladies.... the season will open again before we know it ... thank you

  • @gojjjddoooj
    @gojjjddoooj ปีที่แล้ว

    I really miss working the winter fleet!! sadly im stuck inside working dod this winter but it does have its upside staying warm.. Great video!!

  • @nhess2020
    @nhess2020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful ❤

  • @jameskiehm546
    @jameskiehm546 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing how they thread the SB canal with some speed.

  • @StephenLPhotos
    @StephenLPhotos ปีที่แล้ว

    6:45 wow, gotta deepen that channel, she's stirring up all kinds of mud!

  • @peaceraybob
    @peaceraybob ปีที่แล้ว

    The US Jones Act. A modern-day Navigation Act and own-goal of epic proportions.

  • @jameskiehm546
    @jameskiehm546 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also great to see the Bay Ship Building facility still in operation after Palmer Johnson and Peterson closed.

  • @PhillipStewart-k7f
    @PhillipStewart-k7f ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can hear that horn all the way to Texas hahahaha

  • @elsdp-4560
    @elsdp-4560 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed. Is the Gott the biggest?

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Paul R Tregurtha is the largest at 1,013.5 feet

    • @elsdp-4560
      @elsdp-4560 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattharper588 Thank you for that Matt.

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I worked on the Gott during construction

    • @elsdp-4560
      @elsdp-4560 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mattharper588 I Just watched a video of the Paul R. Tregurtha, she is a long one.

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elsdp-4560 Boat nerds call her the Queen

  • @tomt9543
    @tomt9543 ปีที่แล้ว

    When do these lakers usually go back to work? Being in NC, my knowledge of this stuff is sparse, but my love of it is huge! Thanks for a great video!

    • @jimzeirke9320
      @jimzeirke9320 ปีที่แล้ว

      Early to mid March depending if they need to transit the Soo Locks. The locks don’t open until sometime in the latter half of March.

    • @JamesMartin-fm8ke
      @JamesMartin-fm8ke ปีที่แล้ว

      Soo locks will open mid March of 2023 and the boats will go back to work.

    • @GaryCihlarPhotography
      @GaryCihlarPhotography  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soo Locks opens March 25 at 12:01 AM, I should have some video of the opening weekend.

  • @IKhanNot
    @IKhanNot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are they in cold layup or do they at least run accessories and the bilge pumps?

  • @irench
    @irench ปีที่แล้ว

    Is the water that shallow at the new bridge that the props pull muck? Sturgeon Bay sure has changed in the decades since I last visited or lived there.

    • @GaryCihlarPhotography
      @GaryCihlarPhotography  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have dove many areas in the bay, its all 28-30' +, There is 4-5' of silt on the bottom, which means prop wash will easily stir that up.

    • @irench
      @irench ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GaryCihlarPhotography I know the canal is 90 or that's what the spec was when ACE dug it through. I also believe the center was dredged to allow for deeper drafts.
      Yeah at less than 40 the prop wash would put up that mess in the water. Poor fishes.

  • @CatarineausArmory
    @CatarineausArmory ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am under the impression the ice does not get thick enough to damage hulls and props? South Texas asking...

    • @GaryCihlarPhotography
      @GaryCihlarPhotography  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The ice is thick enough that they drive cars on the bay to go ice fishing. In the spring when the ships are getting ready to leave, tugs need to break ice and the Coast Guard will be breaking paths for them to travel in.

    • @CatarineausArmory
      @CatarineausArmory ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GaryCihlarPhotography Roger that sir. I guess this does not damage hulls or props?

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว

      Around the propellers they put air hoses so it doesn’t freeze look at time stamp 13:15 and you can see they have air hoses around the graving dock doors

  • @Ivc406
    @Ivc406 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great to see altogether, excuse my ignorance how do the push tugs connect to there barges, is it by mechanical means ok r are they tethered with cables?regards from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇬🇧

    • @GaryCihlarPhotography
      @GaryCihlarPhotography  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      An articulated tug barge (ATB) has a saddle in the barge. The tug drives in, and there are hydraulic rams that come out from the tug into gears in the barge. The tug can now push pull and steer the barge. Look up the coupling system for ATB.

    • @Ivc406
      @Ivc406 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GaryCihlarPhotography Thank you, I have built tugs and other ships but had not come across this type of set up regards and thanks for you're channel 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @treeandaturd
    @treeandaturd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s the Kemo Sabe Miner if you ask Tonto.

  • @seldoon_nemar
    @seldoon_nemar ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do they sit so high waiting for their turn in dock? they are much higher than an "empty" draft it looks like. is this because there's no fuel/fresh water/etc onboard to facilitate maintenance? or do they usually have ballest onboard while empty to aid in stability?

    • @chesterbuck1841
      @chesterbuck1841 ปีที่แล้ว

      they have to add ballast for stability when empty, it all gets pumped out when layup for winter or adjusted when they are loaded,

  • @andrewaxelson2236
    @andrewaxelson2236 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question. I grew up in Milwaukee all my life I remember back in the early 80s a ship breaking loose from one of the piers in Jones Harbor does anybody remember that?

    • @jamesnelson6980
      @jamesnelson6980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was the E.M. FORD from Inland Lakes Management. She was in layup with a load of storage cement for LaFarge. She was banged against the dock by high winds, which opened a big gash in her hull. She settled on the bottom of the river up to her main deck. What saved her from the scrap yard was the water mixing with the cement sealed the gash in her hull. She was raised, repaired and returned to service. She was built in 1898 as the PRESQUE ISLE for Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Co. She has since been scrapped.

    • @andrewaxelson2236
      @andrewaxelson2236 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James Nelson thank you... I wasn't that old when it happened

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correct it was the E M Ford after they pumped the water out of her they towed her to Bay Ship in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin l worked on her during her repair they cut the whole bottom off of her and jack hammered all of the cement out that had hardened and put a new bottom on her her engine was awesome to look at it had 18’ open push rods and the crews quarters were right above the engine room I can’t imagine how those guys were ever able to sleep with that thing running

    • @jamesnelson6980
      @jamesnelson6980 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattharper588 Hello, Matt.... You're right, the crews quarters above the engine room must have been rough. When I was on the J R. SENSIBAR from the Columbia fleet, the deckhands room was right below the chain locker, and when the anchor was let go, and I had the top bunk, you soiled yourself it was so loud!

  • @theolddoctor4492
    @theolddoctor4492 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are ships of this nature utilized in other parts of the world, or strictly used on the great lakes??

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They do not leave the Great Lakes

    • @theolddoctor4492
      @theolddoctor4492 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattharper588 Thanks, I always wondered about that.

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว

      I should correct myself there are ships similar to these ships though out the world but these ships were designed specifically for the Great Lakes to haul dry cargo like coal,taconite,salt etc I use to work at Bay Ship 70s and 80s when they were building the 1000 footers that was a cool job

  • @vannorman1116
    @vannorman1116 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is the Walter in the dry dock for

  • @4wheelliving132
    @4wheelliving132 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not being from this area I assume those are ore boats. Hard to believe there's that much ore mining still in that area

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is where they lay up for the winter there are no iron ore mines in Sturgeon Bay edit they also carry coal,crushed stone,salt pretty much any dry cargo

    • @JamesMartin-fm8ke
      @JamesMartin-fm8ke ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Iron ore mining in Northern MN and the UP of Michigan where these boats load up and distribute the ore pellets to steel mills along the Great Lakes.

  • @marywarren8553
    @marywarren8553 ปีที่แล้ว

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @jerrydutra3225
    @jerrydutra3225 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of the boats have guy nàmes as opposed calling the majority ladies or girls

    • @ripperace
      @ripperace ปีที่แล้ว

      Most do. I can only think of a couple that were named after women. Even though boats, and ships are generally referred to as “she.”

    • @jonathanellsworth21
      @jonathanellsworth21 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lee Tregurtha and Kaye Barker are the only two lakers named after women that I know of. But maritime tradition has the ships called “she”. Anything else is almost an insult, especially in the old days, even if the ship has a male name

    • @seigelno7
      @seigelno7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonathanellsworth21 If you are counting barges, there is Dorthy Ann. Also, the articulated tug Joyce VanEnkevort.