The Samuel Risley was built to replace the Canadian Icebreaker Alexander Henry which is now a museum ship in Thunder Bay Ontario. There is a picture of the two ships together online from 2017 from when the Henry was being moved.
I remember the old Mac. She had many good years on the lakes. I still think it was a better ice breaker than the new Mac. USCGC 63.. Lives forever in memories
Old Mac was a much larger and heavier ship, when it comes to breaking ice, being heavy counts, but she was damned old, almost 60 years, breaking ice is hard on the body. Strange problems with metallurgy, a lot of steel alloys don't like to be really cold and get brittle at low temps. I understand that the breaker Glacier, that was build of leftover armor plate from WW2 suffered greatly from this problem and was retired at a young age due to extensive hull cracking. The Finns are very good a building breakers, I suspect the Russians are too, we are not. A new heavy breaker built in the USA will probably cost a billion dollars, that is why we don't have any, Our one existing heavy breaker is nearing 50 years and is unreliable. We are not a shipbuilding nation aside from naval vessels and subs, even there we are limited. One big factor is propulsion systems, we made some very good diesel engines in the 5000 hp range but we don't make any that can produce 20,000 hp. We also don't produce the azipod systems that are the preferred technology in driving ships today.
The worst thing about the ice breaking on the St. Lawrence Seaway is the other of the ice free ports on the East Coast, Halifax, NS and Saint John, NB have lost 90% of their winter port business and have to subsides the Seaway until it closes for winter usually in January.
It appears that the stern deck on the Canadian Icebreaker was never meant to take on high seas. Still, an obvious power house breaker slicing through the ice.
If you look at off-shore supply vessels used to bring pipe/drill sections & other bulky equipment to off-shore oil rigs, you'll see they have an almost identical design, particularly the large open aft deck with low freeboard (height above the waterline). You could consider them giant, sea-going pick-up trucks! They operate in some of the roughest seas around the world, particularly the North Sea oil fields between Norway & Scotland. I know it seems strange that a large, open aft deck so close to the water would be suitable for heavy seas, but they're designed for that purpose & have been around since at least the 1970's. Check out the videos on the "Ulstein X-bow", a newer design for OSV's on RUclips, or just look up other videos of off-shore supply vessels & you can see them going through some really awful seas- they're pretty impressive! This icebreaker, with the large crane on the aft deck, is also used as a buoy tender- lifting heavy navigational buoys in & out of the water.
Nice work! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
Yes, you may put a link to these videos on your own page. That includes the one on the Mackinac as well as this one. Glad you like the videos and thanks for the comment. Regards, Larry and Mobbs.
Ohhhhh Canada!!! Great Job Canada! I remember when I was little going on trips with my parents to my uncle's house. It was a long drive from Iowa to Detroit. But we were so scared that the Canadians were going to invade or strike. You never knew back then. And my uncle lived right by the border. However none of the propaganda out there was true!
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He overtakes the car lol , those coast guard boys dont f**k around
The Samuel Risley was built to replace the Canadian Icebreaker Alexander Henry which is now a museum ship in Thunder Bay Ontario.
There is a picture of the two ships together online from 2017 from when the Henry was being moved.
Going through the ice like it’s nothing
Love the way the front end of the cutter has a "shark face" from the ice!
I was thinking a milk moustache
Haven't seen much of the Hollyhock this season. The Risley has been busy.
Ice breaker is really moving
I remember the old Mac. She had many good years on the lakes.
I still think it was a better ice breaker than the new Mac.
USCGC 63.. Lives forever in memories
Old Mac was a much larger and heavier ship, when it comes to breaking ice, being heavy counts, but she was damned old, almost 60 years, breaking ice is hard on the body. Strange problems with metallurgy, a lot of steel alloys don't like to be really cold and get brittle at low temps. I understand that the breaker Glacier, that was build of leftover armor plate from WW2 suffered greatly from this problem and was retired at a young age due to extensive hull cracking. The Finns are very good a building breakers, I suspect the Russians are too, we are not. A new heavy breaker built in the USA will probably cost a billion dollars, that is why we don't have any, Our one existing heavy breaker is nearing 50 years and is unreliable. We are not a shipbuilding nation aside from naval vessels and subs, even there we are limited. One big factor is propulsion systems, we made some very good diesel engines in the 5000 hp range but we don't make any that can produce 20,000 hp. We also don't produce the azipod systems that are the preferred technology in driving ships today.
Also uneconomical because of crew size vs new Mac. Can handle much more ice. Took the tour last summer at Mackinaw city. Still a good looking lady.
Really good video, cheers from Mark.
The Captain is hitting pretty hard taking over the Down Bound Ship.
pretty cool, never seen anything like that before.
The worst thing about the ice breaking on the St. Lawrence Seaway is the other of the ice free ports on the East Coast, Halifax, NS and Saint John, NB have lost 90% of their winter port business and have to subsides the Seaway until it closes for winter usually in January.
Pretty Exciting Stuff, eh!!
I used to break ice with a jon boat and a six horse, in Florida.
We still tell yarns around the campfire of your feats!
I have seen it so cold as soon as we broke it and passed, it froze right back. At a speed you could almost see it refreeze. In Antarctica.
That is some cold AF country. 🥶🥶🥶
Great angle, when was the video taken? (I might have been on it...) The ice on the bow we refer to as a mustache ;)
Like paul teutel or hulk Hogan
This Old Coasty can attest to the Canadian ice Breakers. The Mccloud broke out In buffalo 1970
This coasty can attest that Canadians can break the ice both at sea on on land. The Canadians own far more and newer breaker than we do.
Extra heavy duty breakers use their power to push their bow keel over the ice and then their weight smashes the ice into manageable pieces.
The Coast Guard actually has several of the Ice Breakers as they are called today instead of a Ice Cutter of old days gone by.
Does the ICE Gets sucked into the propellers of the icebreaker and if so can it do damage?
It appears that the stern deck on the Canadian Icebreaker was never meant to take on high seas. Still, an obvious power house breaker slicing through the ice.
If you look at off-shore supply vessels used to bring pipe/drill sections & other bulky equipment to off-shore oil rigs, you'll see they have an almost identical design, particularly the large open aft deck with low freeboard (height above the waterline). You could consider them giant, sea-going pick-up trucks! They operate in some of the roughest seas around the world, particularly the North Sea oil fields between Norway & Scotland. I know it seems strange that a large, open aft deck so close to the water would be suitable for heavy seas, but they're designed for that purpose & have been around since at least the 1970's. Check out the videos on the "Ulstein X-bow", a newer design for OSV's on RUclips, or just look up other videos of off-shore supply vessels & you can see them going through some really awful seas- they're pretty impressive! This icebreaker, with the large crane on the aft deck, is also used as a buoy tender- lifting heavy navigational buoys in & out of the water.
Notice the icebreaker overtaking a vehicle at 2:59.
2:59
deary me, it is sunny here 360 days a year, the other 5 days we give the sun a week off
geeze Hate to live there
It makes you appreciate the sun that much more!
We feel the same.
And that's how she's done folks!!
Nice work! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
Yes, you may put a link to these videos on your own page. That includes the one on the Mackinac as well as this one. Glad you like the videos and thanks for the comment. Regards, Larry and Mobbs.
@@fishnetlarry I will do that! Many thanks!
Is that in Duluth
Near Detroit
GOT MILK?!?!?!!?!
360p
That’s a lot of zooming...
Ohhhhh Canada!!!
Great Job Canada!
I remember when I was little going on trips with my parents to my uncle's house. It was a long drive from Iowa to Detroit. But we were so scared that the Canadians were going to invade or strike. You never knew back then. And my uncle lived right by the border. However none of the propaganda out there was true!
Canada only attacks Canadians.
The ice breaker isn’t bothered by the ice. Get out the water ski’s.
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