MANISTEE Departs, BOLAND, and Others Due

MANISTEE departed Erie at 0500 this morning, bound for Cleveland to load salt for Chicago, Illinois.

JOHN J. BOLAND, laden with stone from Stoneport, Michigan, is due in Erie tomorrow at 0900.

Also due in port tomorrow, with times of arrival to be determined, are motor yacht SCOTT FREE and sailing vessel DENIS SULLIVAN.

MICHIPICOTEN, NEAH BAY in Port

MICHIPICOTEN arrived in port at 2000 Wednesday night and docked at the North Pier to unload sand from Thessalon, Ontario. This is the third, and probably final, load of sand delivered for the Presque Isle sand replenishment program. MICHIPICOTEN departed Erie shortly after midnight bound for Ashtabula, Ohio to load coal for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

NEAH BAY returned to Erie last night and remained anchored in Presque Isle Bay throughout Thursday.

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Motor Yacht SCOTT FREE underway in Lake Erie on Wednesday night.


MICHIPICOTEN turns for the channel.


Another view.


Passing buoys 3 and 4.


Stern view.


Approaching the North Pier.


The workboat seen between the MICHIPICOTEN and North Pier carries two deckhands from the vessel.


MICHIPICOTEN unloading.


USCG 25573 inbound the channel.


NEAH BAY at anchor.

PRESQUE ISLE Departs

Repairs completed and the cofferdam removed, the PRESQUE ISLE slowly slid away from the Mountfort Terminal at 1620 hours this afternoon, turned in Presque Isle Bay and departed Erie bound for Two Harbors, Minnesota to load taconite pellets.

The repairs to the shaft seals took less than a week, despite being hampered by weather on Saturday. The quick repairs are an example of the skilled talent at Erie Sand & Gravel, Lakeshore Towing and Great Lakes Electrical Services, all of whom worked together to get the PRESQUE ISLE back underway as quickly as possible to make money for her owners.

The cofferdam was left underwater and will be refloated tomorrow. Unlike in the past, when the cofferdam was towed to Erie Shipbuilding, it will be left at the Mountfort Terminal.

Unloading on the McALLISTER 132 continued today and should be done by the weekend.

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PRESQUE ISLE slowly turns off of the Mountfort Terminal.


Another view.


Outbound.


Underway in Lake Erie.


Bow on.


PRESQUE ISLE is moving at roughly 12 miles per hour in this photo.


Final shot.


J.S. ST. JOHN outbound at 1815 this afternoon.


Stern view.


Motor yacht SCOTT FREE, owned by local hotelier Nick Scott, outbound. Scott, like most of the uber-rich, chooses to register his yacht offshore in the Cayman Islands.