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The MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. Photo by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The SS Badger departed for Manitowoc, Wis. in thick fog Tuesday morning. The 410-foot Badger is nearing the end of its 2026 sailing season. Its final scheduled day of crossings is Sunday, Oct. 11. The season began May 15. The…
The MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. Story and photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Earlier this week, I was flying my drone over Pere Marquette Lake photographing the tug Olive L. Moore and barge Menominee while the pair was unloading aggregate at the Rieth-Riley Great Lakes Materials terminal. Since I already had…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. Story and photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — One of the oldest working vessel combinations on the Great Lakes arrived in Ludington Monday morning, Sept. 21, as the tug Olive L. Moore pushed the self-unloading barge Menominee into Pere Marquette Lake. The 728-foot articulated tug-barge unit…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — One of the largest and most distinctive sailing yachts on the Great Lakes was docked at Harbor View Marina Tuesday as gale-force winds and large waves moved across Lake Michigan. The 105-foot ketch Whitehawk, recognizable by its towering wooden masts, clipper…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. Photo by Vans Stevenson, MCP Contributor; Story by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief EPWORTH HEIGHTS — One of the largest ships on the Great Lakes passed the Ludington shoreline Tuesday evening just after sunset. Mason County Press contributor Vans Stevenson photographed the M/V James R. Barker from the…
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