For you young ones out there here's some classic Gordon Lightfoot

by "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
Published 02/24/2017 at 11:15

Tags: boatlopnik
STARS: 13

You must be indoctrinated with the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. If you get all the way through it you get 10 internet points.

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Replies (30)

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
02/24/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 1

As a California kid that moved to Tennessee I’ve known this song for years... wait that doesn’t make sense. But really I’ve always been fascinated with this wreck/song.

"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12)
02/24/2017 at 11:21, STARS: 1

One of the radio stations in Duluth plays this on repeat all day on Nov. 10 every year. What do you think brought her down ?

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
02/24/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 1

November storms on Superior, we call them lakes but they are inland seas.

"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
02/24/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 1

Heard it as a kid in SoCal and many, many times since.

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
02/24/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 1

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"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12)
02/24/2017 at 11:29, STARS: 1

Well yeah, I’m very familiar with the lakes. I meant what do you think actually brought her down? Loose hatch covers, hitting the bottom at 6 fathom shoals, ect. I personally believe that her hull was very brittle and that as she came through the trough of a wave, s rouge wave broke her back. severing power to the bow. This is supported by the captain of the Arthur M. Anderson’s accounts of seeing to very large waves headed towards the Fitzgerald in the time leading to her demise.

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
02/24/2017 at 11:30, STARS: 2

What’s up with us California people knowing about the Edmund Fitzgerald?

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
02/24/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 1

I think it was overloaded quite often. That would kill anything.

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
02/24/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 1

I don’t think there was on singular cause, a mix of structural failures and storm waves hitting at just the right time to sink her. It is not a simple thing to break a ship of that size in two.

"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12)
02/24/2017 at 11:37, STARS: 0

Oh definitely, the hull would have had to have been weakened, and she was recorded as having deficient keel repair welds.

"vicali" (vicali)
02/24/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 1

We saw Gord in town on his 2014 tour, he can still rock a velour suit like a mofo;

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
02/24/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 2

Weak Hull combined with slightly leaking hatches, combined with extreme waves putting huge strains on the hull, basically take every theory about the sinking, combine them into a bunch of small problems, that’s what brought her down.

"user314" (user314)
02/24/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 0

And I have to link to the parody song done by WDVE’s old Morning Show when Chevy stopped Camaro/Firebird production...

"Busslayer" (Busslayer)
02/24/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1

I like the shoaling theory. Potentially earlier in the voyage, due to the sea state, some shoals that would normally be too deep to be a problem, were close enough to damage the keel. The continued battering then exasperated the damage until the ultimate failure.

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/24/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 0

Haha, I’ll save that for later.

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/24/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0

YouTube’d

"user314" (user314)
02/24/2017 at 12:17, STARS: 2

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Maybe this one?

"EngineerWithTools" (engineerwithtools)
02/24/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 2

I’m in the shoaling boat. (Well, no, but yes.)

They communicated that she was taking on water but “holding her own” - but with the sea state (level: Lake Superior in November), it was probably impossible to tell for sure how low she was riding with the added weight.

The windows on the rear superstructure were blown in, as were the last few cargo hatches, which point to a large wave coming up and over the bow, swamping the deck, piling up in front of the superstructure and crashing through the hatches into the hold. The debris field indicates that she broke in two on the surface, or close to it. She was likely gone in a handful of seconds.

Many consider Superior to be the most dangerous body of water in the world, with good reason.

"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
02/24/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 3

This is how we do it in Ohio!

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/24/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0

LOL!

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/24/2017 at 12:28, STARS: 1

That looks stout!

"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
02/24/2017 at 12:28, STARS: 1

It’s incredible beer!

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/24/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 1

Looks similar to Moose Drool, one of my favorites must serve ice cold tho.

http://bigskybrew.com/beers/moose-drool/

"ceanderson920" (ceanderson9290)
02/24/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called ‘ gitche gumee ’

Great Song!

"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
02/24/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 0

That looks amazing! I probably can’t find that in Ohio. Would love to try it!

"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
02/24/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 1

Not sure, but Gordon Lightfoot had a bit of a following down there. My dad listened to Gordy’s music all the time and dad had barely left the state at the time. He still has never been that far east, so it obviously didn’t come from being there or knowing people there (it was long before dad knew the Internet existed, let alone would he have used it).

Definitely a mystery.

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
02/24/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 1

Yeah I was in Central California near Fresno so lord knows how we heard it.

"Khalbali" (khalbali2)
02/24/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 1

My dad played that song for me as a tyke, love that and the beer!

"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
02/24/2017 at 18:20, STARS: 0

I’ve always assumed it was shoaling, compounded by structural defects & the increased load line.

"BorkBorkBjork" (tbirdlemons)
02/26/2017 at 20:42, STARS: 1

Does the aftertaste have a nice clean break, or does it flood you with flavor?