Lake Freighters > Everything else

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They got a few of these which dock in my city every spring.

>>1038083

>Needing that much bow on a lake

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>>1038111
Yes, you do need that much bow on the lakes.

Forecast for South of Lake Michigan at this time:

>11217 19717 11720 11730 11740 12650 12757. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 7 FT TODAY. WAVES BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT OCCASIONALLY

>GALE WARNING IN EFFECT...

>10804 11723 11730 12740 11750 13757.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TODAY.
WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT TODAY.
WAVES BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 18 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Just a glorified barge

>>1038111
November 10, 1975

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Warning: gore

>>1038446

>Implying that's rusty

>>1038446
What it that bridge looking thing towards the bow of the ship? Is is a ramp for loading ro-ro cargo?

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>>1038449
It's a little rusty

>>1038449
Not entirely sure, here's another pic

>>1038446
Honestly how do you let a freshwater lake freighter get that bad?
>>1038452
It's a ski ramp for launching aircraft, go ask /k/ about the advantages of ski jumps on aircraft carriers

>>1038476

Thing probably hasn't been painted since someone slapped it with a champagne bottle

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Another sighting in the same trip down the Detroit river.

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>>1038446

>>1038181
THE CHURCHBELL CHIMED
TIL IT RANG TWENTY-NINE TIMES
FOR EACH MAN ON THE EDMUND FITZGERALLLLLLD

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>>1038452
>What it that bridge looking thing towards the bow of the ship? Is is a ramp for loading ro-ro cargo?
Cargo unloading boom. Uses conveyors to unload the cargo instead of cranes or other shore side unloading rigs

>>1038476
>Honestly how do you let a freshwater lake freighter get that bad?
The worn sides are mostly from rubbing up against the lock walls in the Soo locks, and due to the restricted shipping season the companies let vessel maintenance take a back seat to cargo ops. On the lakes it's rare for you to go more than a day or so before making your next dock.

>>1038535
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE LOVE OF GOD GOES
WHEN THE WAVES TURN THE MINUTES TO HOOOOUUUUURRRRRSSSS

>>1038535
29*29 = 841
fak u gordon lightsman

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>>1038710

A few months ago I found this dank t-shirt in a thrift shop, "Great Lakes Freighters", with just a bunch of drawings of ships laid out, ala a "blackstock's collections" image.

Unfortunately it was YM size ;_;

>>1037968
Fuck yeah. It's the best part of living in a great lakes city. That and the siberian winters

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>>1038111
>Being this fucking ignorant
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Waves out on Lake Erie can easily exceed 25 ft, especially during "the gales of November" Just google "The Edmund Fitzgerald"

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>>1038111
Another pic of the waters these things traverse

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>>1038111
And another

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>>1038710
Underrated

>>1041573
>>1041574
>>1041575

While that may be the case if you look closely at your images you can tell that those chops are not even 10feet tall.

The angle and distance of the shop coupled with the size of the droplets being wicked away by the wind tell me that your first image is an 8 foot chop and the other two barely cut 6 feet. If even 6.

>>1041658
>coastalfag detected
People keep underestimating the Great Lakes and they keep getting fucked.

Sinking freighters, dismasting sailboats, boats capsizing...

get gud and respect the lakes or you'll die.