Galaxy👋 Much a appreciated my friend! I hope you check out some of my future ship livestreams. Have a great 2023!🚢🛳️⛴️

Ghggp1👋 All the ships are beautiful to me. It must have been wonderful growing up next to those ships. How cool is that! You know, once you get bit by the ship bug, it never goes away! Thanks for the comment friend. 🚢🛳️⛴️

The ships are back again. It’s exciting and a sign of spring too. All the snow should be melted in a few weeks. ⛴️

I’m glad I could bring back some old/good memories for you. The ship I’m sure you toured was the William A. Irvin by the Lift Bridge. The bonus for you is that a ship went through for you too. I have met many people that live in MN that have never seen a ship next to the Lift Bridge. They are missing out. Thanks again my friend. 🛳️🚢⛴️👋

@@vibewithmike thank you, Mike. Please forgive the spelling errors. Kelly & I traveled along the North shore. We bought smoked fish from a monger along that North shore. I was overwhelmed by the enormity of those freighters. I learned a mining lesson about "taconite", the rock ore that is iron ore. It was a fascinating trip to Deluth. Your video brought that happy time back for me. I thank you for that.

@@RTFLDGR it sound like you can Kelly had a perfect North Shore trip. The smoked fish is the right move too. That’s so good! 🐟 There’s something about the area that makes people so happy. I love it here so much. How was the weather while you were here?

@@vibewithmike glad you asked. It was Fall, thus brisk. Yet, the mosquitos were still fearsome North of Deluth, in the cabin we stayed. Funny memory: My Kelly was from St. Paul, yet we lived South, in Kandas City, MO. We were late driving South to Deluth to catch the ore freighter coming-in. We got pulled-over while she was driving by the sheriff's deputy for speeding. When my Kelly spoke to the deputy, her North Minn accent emerged thick as Fargo and I chuckled to myself. He caught that she was KC but sounded Minn. She explained her St. Paul roots. She charmed him with her voice. He let her go. :-) We made the ship on-time anyways, don't cha know...

What a great story! No ticket too. The mosquitoes feel like they’re here all year long.😂 Your have to make here during July, very good weather and ships too. 🚢🛳️👋

Judy! What a really nice thing to say. I really hope that you join me for more livestreams of these ships in Duluth. I will have a lot of information to share and I think you’ll enjoy it. Thank you very much for dropping a comment friend.⛴️

Thank you, Roy. I got quite a few shorter videos that are not livestreams. Let me know what you think of them.

Wow! That’s really nice of you to say Billie. I really appreciate you saying that. I’m really happy you enjoyed the video. Many more to come! 🛳️🚢⛴️

Dianne, I absolutely love Florida. I’ve spent a good amount of time in Hypoluxo and Delray Beach. I brought my family down to Key West not too long ago. I actually have a video on my KZfaq page with that trip. There’s close to 20 inches of snow that has fallen in Duluth in the last few hours. How I could use some of that Florida sunshine right now!

I would say 90% of people like the longer version. I’m glad I asked Meg. I thought people would get board waiting. Thanks for letting me know. 🙏

Billy, you and I share the same passion my friend. Ships are the most relaxing thing to me. Each vessel is unique in their own way too.

Craig! I’m happy you found my channel. I will keep them ship videos coming!

Mary, I have a ton of respect for those who work on the Great Lakes!

Shelly, you will be seeing a lot of ship videos in Duluth and other content too. I love Duluth. My heart is there.

Arnold, you and me both my friend. I’ll be live this weekend in Duluth. Interesting weather and interesting ships. Make sure you subscribe brother.

William! Thank you so much for touching base. There are many more ships to come my friend. ⛴️🚢

Thanks Jim. I happy you enjoyed the video. I will keep them coming.

Karin, thank you! I live in Minnesota and they call us “Canada Jr.” here. 😂 🇺🇸🇨🇦

@@vibewithmike I just found your channel this evening! I love the tours! Have been watching these ships for the past couple years now. Getting out there is on my bucket list!

Great to hear! I ❤️ ships!

Kathy, what a nice comment! I never thought about how I narrate. I just like talking about those ships. 😂 I will be going live with ships all weekend, so come along for the ride.

Chad! Hang in there my friend. We are going down the same storm road here in Minnesota. The Duluth area is forecasted to receive up to 2 feet of snow, I repeat, 2 feet of snow! You can’t make it up man. Thanks for checking out the video. I hope you stick around for more. I’ll be live-streaming in Duluth all weekend. You will see the snow piled up with the ships.

That’s awesome. It should be a wonderful year for watching ships for sure.

Mark, you know what man, I thought a longer version would be boring to everybody. I was wrong. I will be live with a 1000 foot ship in about 15 minutes or so.

@@vibewithmike Good for you. Enjoy.

Bigmon, you are 100% right. They always scramble at the very end to get those loads in before the season closes.

The PRT also delivers a ton...no pun intended...of coal to St. Clair. That's its primary route.

Uncle Joe👋 Here’s a website that will let you know when the ships are coming in or going out. Thanks for watching!

www.duluthboatforecast.org/

There is nothing like those horns. I love them too. I hope you’re doing well. Happy holidays my friend.

The new shipping season starts in a month, I can’t wait

Patriot, it literally is a Downtown skyscraper laying on its side.

The ship is 1,000 feet (304.8 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 80,900 tons (at midsummer draft), either coal or iron ore.

@@vibewithmike haha...I cannot even comprehend numbers with that many zeroes... thanx for the reply

Joel, you’re right, that’s a lot of zeros! Too many for me to count as well.😂🛳️🚢⛴️👋

William, I believe the bridge did a salute?

Hank, I found this for you. Q: What do the different whistles mean? A: Different combinations mean different things. A long blast lasts three seconds. A short one lasts one. If we hear "long, short, long, short" from a boat, that means it requires us to lift the bridge. We'll answer with the same combination to acknowledge that we heard it. "Long, short, short" from a vessel basically means, "Hey, thanks for the lift." If we use it first, it's like, "Hey, nice boat." It's all nautical tradition. Then three "longs" and two "shorts" is called the captain's salute. Boats might use it if it's their first time here or their last time leaving. Five short blasts means "Stay away. Danger." The blasts are difficult to translate, like explaining to someone what "because" means.

You got it Harriet!

I like both the longer and shorter videos.

Hey Bill, the destination for the ship is Saint Clair.

@@vibewithmike Thanks

Yep, and the captain came though for us! A double!

Why didn't the bridge return the second salute?

The first salute is for the bridge. When there is a larger crowd a captain sometime will do it twice. The second is for the crowd and the Lift Bridge operator can see the crowd too and realizes that’s why there’s a second. However, I have seen/heard the bridge return the second salute in the past, so it comes down to which Lift Bridge operator is working. This is my best guess.

@@vibewithmike The bridge op would return second salutes, sometimes a third, regularly last year. Not sure what changed, but I share your best guess that it depends on who's working that day.

People enjoy hearing the 2nd and 3rd salutes from the bridge just as much as the ships. I love those double salutes.

A majority of people better understand MPH vs. Knots. Just trying to pull in people that don’t know too much about the maritime industry. 🚢🛳️⛴️

Really cold!

Awesome DJ! I will be going live in a few about 30 mins. Come along with me! 🛳️🚢👋

@@vibewithmike Roger lol

@@vibewithmike I've been on the water since about 1972, in Ontario Canada, the great lakes, and the Weiland canal and seeing these old ships is so cool

DJ, you realize that you’re living many peoples dream, right? How cool is that. I’ve said it before, I respect all men and women on the lakes/sea! It takes guts.

Jim, it looks like it could be one but the American Century only sails the Great Lakes.

@@vibewithmike Thanks, were I live the only open water is the Pacific Ocean, so everything here is ocean going.

On the Great Lakes we call those vessels “salties” and they are fun to watch. I like everyone of them that arrive in Duluth.

Have you been to Long Beach Ca and go on the Saint Vincent Bridge the huge containers ships go under and I hear you cannot jump from the bridge onto the ship, that is how high the containers are stacked up.

Yes, I have spent time there. I actually toured The Queen Mary ship in the harbor. There’s a lot of action in that port. I enjoyed my time there a lot Jim.

Hey, Danny! The coal is heading to St. Clair right now.

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How’s it going Mike? Here’s some information I found for you. The ship is 1,000 feet (304.8 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 80,900 tons (at midsummer draft), either coal or iron ore.

@@vibewithmike Thanks for your response . You mentioned she was sitting quite low and I was wondering about the load she was carrying that trip . I agree that more ships will be trying to get in as many trips as possible as long as conditions allow . Did you get videos the following day ? I just found your channel today and this is the first of your videos I have seen . Great job doing this ! Thanks !

@@mikeswink1031 I have many other videos of Duluth and ship livestreams. Go to my livestreams tab.

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