highhertel
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Just read on www.boatnerd.com that a round trip is taking over two weeks vs. three days normal trip time:
Downbound convoy slowly reaches Soo
4/19 - The downbound convoy continued a slow passage down the upper St. Marys River overnight and ended with the Presque Isle arriving at the upper end of the Soo Locks about 4:30 p.m. Friday with assistance from the tug Missouri. Presque Isle was reported to have suffered some type of mechanical failure that required tug assistance.
About 9:30 p.m., the Canadian icebreaker Pierre Radisson passed into Whitefish Bay escorting the Edwin H. Gott, Edgar B. Speer, Stewart J. Cort and Sam Laud downbound. They were followed an hour later by the USCG Mackinaw and Algoma Discovery. They stopped for the night with plans to resume their ice battle Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, the waiting upbound convoy stretches over 10 miles from Ile Parisienne to Gros Cap and includes Roger Blough, Algoma Olympic, Algosteel, Radcliffe R. Latimer, Tecumseh, Lee A. Tregurtha, Herbert C. Jackson, Paul R. Tregurtha and James R. Barker.
The ice delays this season are unprecedented. The Roger Blough arrived for upbound passage on April 4. After suffering ice damage she had to turn back from the first upbound convoy and undergo repairs at the Soo. She is upbound for permanent repairs at Fraser Shipyard in Superior.
When the Edwin H. Gott, Edgar B. Speer, Stewart J. Cort and Sam Laud reached the Soo it marked the downbound leg of a round trip journey that took more than two weeks, it normally would take about three days.
Downbound convoy slowly reaches Soo
4/19 - The downbound convoy continued a slow passage down the upper St. Marys River overnight and ended with the Presque Isle arriving at the upper end of the Soo Locks about 4:30 p.m. Friday with assistance from the tug Missouri. Presque Isle was reported to have suffered some type of mechanical failure that required tug assistance.
About 9:30 p.m., the Canadian icebreaker Pierre Radisson passed into Whitefish Bay escorting the Edwin H. Gott, Edgar B. Speer, Stewart J. Cort and Sam Laud downbound. They were followed an hour later by the USCG Mackinaw and Algoma Discovery. They stopped for the night with plans to resume their ice battle Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, the waiting upbound convoy stretches over 10 miles from Ile Parisienne to Gros Cap and includes Roger Blough, Algoma Olympic, Algosteel, Radcliffe R. Latimer, Tecumseh, Lee A. Tregurtha, Herbert C. Jackson, Paul R. Tregurtha and James R. Barker.
The ice delays this season are unprecedented. The Roger Blough arrived for upbound passage on April 4. After suffering ice damage she had to turn back from the first upbound convoy and undergo repairs at the Soo. She is upbound for permanent repairs at Fraser Shipyard in Superior.
When the Edwin H. Gott, Edgar B. Speer, Stewart J. Cort and Sam Laud reached the Soo it marked the downbound leg of a round trip journey that took more than two weeks, it normally would take about three days.