BUSTLING- it may not be a beauty treatment, but it adds long life to a Great Lakes freighter

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024

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  • @jaynorris3722
    @jaynorris3722 4 месяца назад +1

    I truely enjoy your videos. Thank you so much.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  4 месяца назад

      Glad you like them!

  • @karlschwab6437
    @karlschwab6437 10 месяцев назад +4

    I never knew this. Thank you so very much for this great information.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @Jwelly963
    @Jwelly963 10 месяцев назад +8

    Thank you for making these informative videos. I see these boats all the time in the canal and it's great to know so much about their history

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Glad you like them!

  • @maddoxbeaudet157
    @maddoxbeaudet157 10 месяцев назад +9

    Keep it up Wes, we always enjoy your videos!

  • @roderickcampbell2105
    @roderickcampbell2105 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wonderful and informative video. I live for this material. Best from Newfoundland.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Many thanks!- best from down in the states

  • @chuckg6039
    @chuckg6039 6 месяцев назад +1

    Watch for a future video on Captain TJs channel. He is the captain of the Manitoulin. He indicated that he would capture some video of transferring the taconite to his ship. That'll be interesting to watch.

  • @pipebender2522
    @pipebender2522 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks to "Bustling", I was able to get some good photos of these ships. All are among my favorites. Thanks for this video Wes; never knew the story of this.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Cool! I wondered myself how long these would have lasted without the bustling

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 10 месяцев назад +9

    Weren't "bustles" also an article of Victorian women's underclothing that also expanded the "beam" of the wearer?

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, indeed. And it also led to the phrase, when something was outdated, “I thought that went out with the bustle.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      Correct

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 10 месяцев назад

      @@authorwes Now you’re cooking with gas!

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 10 месяцев назад

      You’re going like 60!

  • @craigtupper103
    @craigtupper103 10 месяцев назад

    Great little video, and glad to see the Leitch/Century featured. My grandfather was her Chief Engineer in the early 80's

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      Very cool. "The captain gives the orders, but it's the chief's boat."

  • @jerrykast7713
    @jerrykast7713 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you, Wes. I didn't know about that procedure.

  • @Iowaclass65
    @Iowaclass65 10 месяцев назад

    Great video! My cousin served on the Senneville in the late 1970's and throughout the 1980's. I got to visit aboard once. It's great to photos of her in that colorful livery again!
    These days, we still visit the Welland Canal at least monthly and we always seem to catch the Tadoussac! I wondered why and how Tadoussac received those 'Chipmunk Cheeks' as my GF calls them. Love the pilot house forward classics! Thanks Wes!

  • @Blrtech77
    @Blrtech77 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the history lesson about the freighters! Amazing

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      That's my job!

  • @jamesthompson8008
    @jamesthompson8008 10 месяцев назад

    Great video, Wes! Thanks for educating some of us entry level boat nerds! Love the research efforts put into these, btw.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Glad you like them!

  • @NickFortier
    @NickFortier 10 месяцев назад +1

    I remember a piece of wood on my buddies farm, on it painted "tung hooker" ( a prop for the tongue of the wagon for the pto block) just finished "great lakes shipwrecks and survivals" crazy what these boats go through, mods and otherwise

    • @NickFortier
      @NickFortier 10 месяцев назад +1

      The John d Leitch is in port in owen sound in winter layup as we speak. I thought it looked weird. Sadly many ships that come here get scrapped shortly after it seems

  • @johnkelley9877
    @johnkelley9877 10 месяцев назад

    I never heard of that until now so this was a very helpful tutorial. I always learn something new from your channel. Thanks for sharing this information.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @bruceringrose7539
    @bruceringrose7539 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent video! Informative, great camera work, and best of all no robo-voice! Thanks, subbed.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the sub! Robo voices make me nuts!!

  • @jeffdayman8183
    @jeffdayman8183 10 месяцев назад

    Very interesting Wes! Great video, I really enjoyed it. I had no idea that this was first done so early, in the 1880's. Cheers!

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @hooklineandsinker6688
    @hooklineandsinker6688 10 месяцев назад

    Keep it up. I found and dove an unknown forgotten wreck off the soo locks it’s a 19th century schooner . Bout a 100 and 30 feet long . I’m currently doing my own research based on tips in your videos

  • @aceckrot
    @aceckrot 10 месяцев назад

    I learned a new term today.Thanks, Wes!

  • @russschaeffer3705
    @russschaeffer3705 10 месяцев назад

    I saw the Tadoussac on the saginaw river around 2003 and saw the bustles on the ship and had no idea what they were called or used for.
    Thank you for answering a question that I have had for over 20 years.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      That's my job! Thanks for watching.

  • @chuckg6039
    @chuckg6039 10 месяцев назад

    Great information Wes. Thanks for your efforts.

  • @BillAlexander-cv6oj
    @BillAlexander-cv6oj 10 месяцев назад

    Great Video, Never knw about this Procedure in the Past or Present. thanks for the Information.....

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 5 месяцев назад

    I discovered a Very useful tool for looking up different Lake Freighters: The Historical Collections of the Great Lakes.

  • @tomrichter244
    @tomrichter244 10 месяцев назад +1

    I seemed to miss it -- did the bustle add storage capacity to the ship, or just additional buoyancy that allowed them to place more material elsewhere on the ship

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      The second one

  • @bobbysenterprises3220
    @bobbysenterprises3220 10 месяцев назад +1

    Would this be considered a refit type thing? Would it end up needing new coast guard approvial along with new stability calculations? Curious how this would effect boyancy and the rolling of the vessel.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Great question- I'll need to look that one up.

  • @eherrmann01
    @eherrmann01 10 месяцев назад +1

    And all along, I thought they were torpedo blisters! j/k, great video sir, thank you.

  • @TOTALCAMARO
    @TOTALCAMARO 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you I was just asking about that in one of the videos someone posted a few months back. He informed me what they were. It’s definitely fascinating. Looks strange but definitely makes them unique 😊

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      Glad I could help

  • @ironhorse3497
    @ironhorse3497 10 месяцев назад

    Interesting. Thanks !

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      You are welcome!

  • @robertmcmanus636
    @robertmcmanus636 10 месяцев назад +1

    What was the extra space used for on the Three Brothers? It seems like there were two hulls with dead space in between. And what is it used for on the newer boats? Also, apparently all the boats that were bustled are Canadian. What would be the relevance of that?

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 10 месяцев назад

      I would love it if Wes would weigh in here, because he knows more than I do, but I believe the idea was not to give the ship extra cargo space in cubic footage, but that the additional cubic footage of the bustle adds to buoyancy, and therefore allows the ship to carry greater weight. Is that it, Wes?
      I have two questions. How much additional weight can those four ships carry, and how long would it take before the additional cargo capacity would pay for the $20 million bustling?

    • @robertmcmanus636
      @robertmcmanus636 10 месяцев назад

      @@johnsrabe My impression is the same, that it was for extra buoyancy. So what was that dead space used for?

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe 10 месяцев назад

      @@robertmcmanus636 Just air.

    • @robertmcmanus636
      @robertmcmanus636 10 месяцев назад

      @@johnsrabe And you're throwing this out there from your base of knowledge...?

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Correct- in the case of Three Brothers, he extra cargo was deck cargo- stack more lumber higher = more board-feet carried

  • @davidt3705
    @davidt3705 10 месяцев назад

    Regarding the last four of the "bustled" boats you describe in the video do you know how much the cargo carrying capacity was increased?

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 8 месяцев назад

    I have a Question: How does River/Lake Traffic work in the Great Lakes Region, and what are the rules for Commercial Vessels like LakeBoats/Salties, and Public vessels like smaller speed boats, and other recreational vessels?

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  8 месяцев назад

      rules are basically the same on both salt water and fresh water.

    • @rottenroads1982
      @rottenroads1982 5 месяцев назад

      @@authorwes, Thanks. Anyways, I was wondering if you could ever make a Video about StemWinders and/or Rabbit Boats. I remember you mentioning it in your video on the History of Great Lake Ship Design Evolution, and I have been curious about such vessels.

  • @leehanna4929
    @leehanna4929 10 месяцев назад

    An excellent and educational video, Wes!
    On another note, I’ve been watching videos of lakers (and salties) at Duluth. I have noticed than very few have the same style, even among those of similar length or age. Do you know why? I think it would be an interesting video.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Vessel design has been following economics and mission needs over the pas two decades far more than in earlier years

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 10 месяцев назад

    Would the term be accurate for battleships with added torpedo blisters?

  • @davidfischer5945
    @davidfischer5945 2 месяца назад

    I recall watching Tadoussac coming into StelCo at the Canadian Soo in 1986 and she had such a classic, handsome Laker silhouette. It’s my own view, and I understand profitability, but I don’t think she looks good since widening.

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 10 месяцев назад

    I have actually wondered that.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      Happy to help.

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 5 месяцев назад +1

    Maritime history is fascinating. Around that time, women, instead of getting a "bbl," Brazilian Butt Lift, they added um, volume to their rear and by wearing "bustles," a large padded thing they wore under skirts. Interesting how the word has similar meaning...🤔

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  5 месяцев назад +1

      That may be where it originated

  • @fredtedstedman
    @fredtedstedman 10 месяцев назад

    looks a bit like ballast tanks on a submarine , I don't think it detracts from her looks >

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад

      When they first came out, some boatnerds were really un impressed by the looks.

  • @petervisor
    @petervisor 10 месяцев назад

    Business is bustling!

  • @josephpadula2283
    @josephpadula2283 10 месяцев назад +1

    Must be really for torpedo defense….

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      "I don't think so Tim"

  • @rawbsworld6604
    @rawbsworld6604 6 месяцев назад

    No more comments? Michipecoten a ww ll boat ? ie ship !

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  6 месяцев назад

      Due to abuse of the comments option, all future videos will have comments disabled

    • @rawbsworld6604
      @rawbsworld6604 6 месяцев назад

      @@authorwes 🤷‍♂️ don’t recall ubber bad comments but it’s your channel , but ya them idiots always been a part of YT 😢
      ✌️🤙 BTW thanks for the reply

  • @randymagnum143
    @randymagnum143 10 месяцев назад +1

    Torpedo blisters.

    • @authorwes
      @authorwes  10 месяцев назад +1

      Not quite... but WWII saw plenty of those on vessels.