Paul R Tregurtha Shoves Through a Chaotic Canal
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- The Queen of the Lakes making her third Duluth departure of the season on May 7th, 2024! Splashing her way out in style with a thunderstorm behind her and a heavy east wind in front of her, the two clashing weather systems made for some very interesting waves and a fantastic backdrop for her departure!
The 1,014 foot ship is the world’s largest freshwater vessel by physical size, capable of carrying 71,000 tons of cargo, or roughly 3,000 semi truck loads. Built in 1981 she makes regular trips to Duluth on a near weekly basis, hauling coal and iron ore to Detroit. She missed nearly 2 months of this season due to extensive work on her ballast tanks and their support structures, but she’s been busy making up for the lost time since then!
Really great video. Thanks for leaving the sound clean and unbothered.
Always do!! Glad you enjoyed!
Great waves make your video wonderful!
Nice video, always nice to see the mighty Tregurtha.
Beautiful! Lest we forget that these are awesome fresh water inland seas, this is a reminder! Thanks!
Yes! Definitely was surprised to see large(ish) waves this close to summer. Definitely best to remember who’s in charge of the lakes, and it’s not people that’s for sure!
She is the queen and it was a great salute
Now retired... I worked at a power plant where many vessels made deliveries. Typically, 30 to 35 thousand tons of coal. Almost 8 hours to offload. They are remarkable.
The Queen always great to see this beauty..:)
That’s some rough water. Outstanding piece.
I can't begin to imagine how bad it was the night the Fitz sank
Lot worse than this, that’s for sure. Wouldn’t want to be there 😬
Thanks very much! Ships in the canal give great close-ups! Love the Lake!
Can’t beat it!
Very cool !!! Good catch- I love the Paul R
Excellent clip, well done
She is beautiful, massive but beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. If that water wasn’t so cold I think it would be fun in the canal on an inner tube 😊
Lol that would be something! Not sure of the legality of tubing in a shipping lane though 🤔 I might have to ask about that at the museum lol
@@jonathanellsworth21 hey I’ve seen jet skis
Go through lol Fear not I wouldn’t want to go through if a ship is coming lol I would try it one time. lol 😂
Thank you for these videos.
There is an incredible amount of force on display there. Far more than it appears.
Thanks for braving the weather to take a great video. Loved every minute.
Wow!! Great video and narrative. Thank you so much for braving the elements!! Stay safe.
Those things look like they are on rails.
Wow, that is some turbulent water. Perfect for catching some 'bow spray'. 😄
She put on quite a show! Always a lot of fun to watch 😁
Wow! She doesn't even notice that the water is giving her a hard time.
As rough as it looks the ship stays surprisingly level.
Oh yes, she can stay level even in waves 2-3 times this size even! 200 million pounds doesn’t move easily
The mighty lake is no less mighty than the sea.
Great video! Paul didn't seem to be disturbed by the water, but I feel seasick now! 🤢🤪
The ships give a stately dignified almost musical hoot, and the bridge replies with a raspberry.
Lol the Bridge isn’t nearly as grating in person. Most of the time anyway, sometimes when it’s cold it can be pretty bad. Not sure why microphones struggle with it so much
I admire the PRT, want to get some white paint and fix the name, she deserves the improvement.
Those waves look about 5 feet peak-to-peak -- can be fun on a Jet Ski is you like air!
And she sails majestically on with great disdain for the sea
Mother nature has her own set of rules and we must adhere to them.
Not sure it is in the shipping lanes, but do any of these freighters ever go over or close to where the Fitz is?
She went down fairly close to the only shipping channel that leads in and out of Lake Superior, so every ship that sails the lake comes relatively close to the site
Greetings from Europe. Being from this side of the ‘pond’, I’m curious to know why so many of the Great Lakes cargo vessels have rounded bows.
There’s a lot of different reasons! The big ones are that the hydrodynamic features that work in salt water don’t necessarily work as well in freshwater, physically they behave quite differently. The waves are closer together and steeper, packing much more punch than the same size ocean wave. This means that rolling in the waves puts a lot more stress on the hull and can ultimately sink it. So the bows are designed to smash through the waves rather than roll upwards in them; keeping them as level as possible. A leading theory on how the Edmund Fitzgerald sank for example was her bow raised up on a wave, and with the short spacing between waves, a second wave hit before the first was out from under her. This left water under the bow and stern, but nothing in the center to support it, breaking the ship in two.
Additionally the lakes have very tight sections that require precise maneuvering and high visibility from the crew, which a long, flared bow limits. The shorter rounded bows allow for a lot better control in those situations. It also maximizes the cargo space within the length of the ship, so they can fit more cargo into a ship that can squeeze through those tight spaces.
Plus ocean going vessels are more concerned about fuel efficiency over long distance since they can go for weeks or months without the ability to refuel and their hulls reflect that. Lakers have that option any time but have a limited operating season, so cargo space is prioritized, hauling more cargo in fewer trips
I’ve always been curious as to the hydrodynamic forces at play while in the canal….ive seen the videos where when a freighter passes by at some distance how the water at the shoreline will recede and then return…in such a tight area like the canal why don’t we see anything like that?
It’s always fascinating to see how the water behaves! Not sure I’ve ever seen the lake do that, wonder if the fact that it’s freshwater vs salt water
Another day at the office for the PRT
Lol yep! Always a great sight though!
Very dramatic... the waves against the side of the ship are huge..
The size of the new generation cargo ships is staggering.
Glad you enjoyed! She’s actually not new! 43 years old this year! Been the largest freshwater ship in the world for a long time now
Does Tregurtha have a bulbous bow?
Nope! Those work better in salt water, in the Great Lakes they create additional stress on the bow in heavy waves. Salt water and freshwater are similar but they do behave differently. Straight up and down bows work best in the Lakes
SLOW No Wake!
It would be Fun to Board & Cruise aboard this the Mightiest of the GreatLakes Ships. All the Way to Quebec or to Montreal Canada. What a Fine, Fine Freightor It is there.