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This Great Lakes Boat Blog is presented by The Chuck Wagon Pizza. Photos and story by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The MV Northern Venture made its 2025 debut to the Port of Ludington Monday morning, Aug. 4. The ship was delivering road aggregate to the Reith-Riley Construction Ludington dock. This was the second vessel to visit the dock in…
This Great Lakes Boat Blog is presented by House of Flavors Restaurant of Ludington. Photos and story by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Port of Ludington was visited Sunday evening, Aug. 3, 2025, by the tug/barge Defiance/Ashtabula, which unloaded road aggregate at the Reith-Riley Construction dock. The Defiance is an articulated tub that was built in 1982 by Marinette…
Fishing with the Moonlighter This Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of U-Win Motor Sports 2284 US 10/31, Ludington, and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Aboard with Capt. Adam Knudsen By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor LAKE MICHIGAN — On a beautiful sunny morning I went down by…
This Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of Filer Credit Union, with offices in Manistee, Ludington and Bear Lake, www.filercu.com and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Read Part 1: Chuck Leonard here. Story Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor; photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — July 23 found…
This MCP Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of House of Flavors Restaurant of Ludington and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor In my first article on the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit I spent quite a bit of time with Dep. Mike Fort (who is in charge of the unit)…
