Miles Traveled 0
Total Miles Traveled 6079
Day 349
We spent another day at Ludington, tied to a secure dock
protected from the south west wind blowing across Lake Michigan. It is amazing the affect a 10 to 15 mph wind
has blowing across 60 miles of water.
I watched the SS Badger pull away from port this
morning. The SS Badger is a passenger
and vehicle ferry that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953 and
shuttles between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. It is the last coal fired passenger vessel operating
on the Great Lakes. The steamship makes
the 60 mile cruise in about 4 hours using two four cylinder steam engines
driving two cast steel, 4 blade props weighing 13,800 pounds each. The steamships average speed is 18 mph,
pretty impressive for a 410 foot long ship, 7 stories tall weighing 6650 tons.
2 comments:
We were on the Badger about a month ago. It looked and smelled just like the old wabash river station.
Exactly ! We were lucky enough not to stay at the marina next to the Badger dock. We heard you get soot all over your boat if you stay there. The Badger is pretty cool though.
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