"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
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Here is a post I wrote up regarding the Fitzgerald last year. She sunk sometime between 7:10 and 7:20pm taking all 29 crew with her. ETA link to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of the sinking.
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CB
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 11:53 |
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Ocean sailors used to insult and make fun of Great Lakes sailors from what I remember, saying that the Lakes were easy waters. I remember a story of one November storm that sunk over a hundred boats.
I grew up spending a lot of time on Georgian Bay, and even that was scary. I can’t imagine being further out. Great read.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> CB
11/10/2015 at 11:56 |
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GreatLakes are insane in winter. Just watching the waves crash on the break wall is amazing.
Nisman
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 11:57 |
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Cool write up. I’ve always been fascinated by this wreck and the numerous wrecks that have happened on the Great Lakes over the years. My mom recalled how that was a very sad time and that a few of the crew were people that her parents knew. She was 10.
bob and john
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 11:59 |
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I’m not a sailor (far from it. i like land too much)
but this song always hit a certain spot in me. IDK what it was. Maybe it the fact that my university is right on the edge of lake superior and I see a lot of sailors at the pub.
IDK. but this always sombers me a little.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 12:01 |
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In other news, don't fuck with Lake Superior.
atomicalex
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 12:10 |
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It’s hard to understand the power of the Lakes, until you understand the damage Superior causes. This is still a heartbreaker for me, we heard the call on the TV when it posted. Still a day I remember.
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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> CB
11/10/2015 at 12:13 |
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Not a surprise: Lakers probably wouldn’t survive in the ocean.
Surprise: the exact opposite is also true. For one thing the construction is different, the “salties” being built for the larger waves of the ocean. Think of it as washboard gravel VS rutted and potholed terrain. Both can be violently destructive, but they need to be addressed in different ways. For another, the salties would be easier to sink in any sort of weather as they rely more than you would think on the extra bouyance of the salt water.
tl;dr—NO large bodies of water are easy sailing, and the differences are fascinating.
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 12:13 |
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Here is the story in musical form.
The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
> CB
11/10/2015 at 12:14 |
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Lake Superior is a bitch.
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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
11/10/2015 at 12:22 |
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And also mag-fucking-nificent.
philsphan09
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 13:02 |
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So - I’m 28...and when I was in HS & did my senior thesis on this. I got a fantastic grade on the thesis, most likely due to selecting such an obscure topic. Has a nice powerpoint with the the song in the background.
ranwhenparked
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/10/2015 at 23:22 |
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Isn’t there also some speculation that the Edmund Fitzgerald might have had defective welds in the hull, that could have contributed to structural failure? Its sister ship had an unusually short service life for a laker, and I’ve never seen a satisfactory explanation for the premature scrapping.