High school reunion in Duluth

August 8, 2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010 Jill Bonatz is a big Duluth boat fan living down in Alabama. Until Saturday (August 8, 2010) she had never been here. Her husband, Ekkehard, is a marathon runner and was interested in running Grandmas next year. They decided to come up so Jill could see some boats and Ekkehard could [...]

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A ship in the hand is worth …

August 4, 2010

The Tall Ship Europa came into Duluth on July 29, along with 8 other ships; Steve Sola took this picture of the Europa in the palm of his hand, with his phone from his lighthouse next to Duluth Lift Bridge. Click here to see my picture of the same ship a couple minutes later, with [...]

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The Coaster came over from Marquette

August 1, 2010

  Niko Economides bought the Coaster II in Maine and brought it to his home town of Marquette Michigan where he uses it to teach people, especially kids, how to sail. He also runs charters with the boat. It has been as far away as Hawaii and is listed on the register of national historic. [...]

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Tall Ships in a line

July 31, 2010

Saturday afternoon, July 31st

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The Tall Ships in Duluth

July 29, 2010

  The Denis Sullivan came into port around 5:45 in the afternoon, the last of the 9 Tall Ships for the day. You see the Dutch flagged Merweborg on the right; she is anchored waiting for a dock to load grain.   The HMS Bounty (above) led off the parade   The Roald Amundsen arrives [...]

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The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge has been stopped in place …

July 27, 2010

since she went up for the Joseph H Block. Actually, i presume until shortly after the Block went under the bridge since it did start to go down  more coming. Go here to see the live video of the bridge; not a lot of action but. The bridge is now operable at 7:33 pm  Power [...]

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Catch the Tall Ships when they are in Duluth

July 24, 2010

  Eight Tall Ships, the Roseway, Denis Sullivan, Zeeto, Roald Amundsen, Pride of Baltimore II, HMS Bounty, Europa and US Brig Niagara will be arriving in Duluth on Wednesday, July 28th. Go to VisitDuluth for the full schedule; click here to see our web pages on the ships, with links on each of them for [...]

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A visit from the Calumet is …

July 18, 2010

… always appreciated, and so she was as she came into the Duluth harbor early Sunday morning, July 18, 2010.

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Coal and more coal and …

July 15, 2010

The Mesabi Miner waited at the Port Terminal since yesterday to load coal at Midwest Energy. This morning, as the Canadian Transport arrived in port to load coal, the Miner left the Port Terminal and is seen above beginning to back up the St. Louis River to a position just behind the Mapleglen (just  below, [...]

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Dutch ships still above water, despite defeat

July 12, 2010

On Sunday (July 11, 2010), 2 Dutch flagged vessels stood at anchor waiting to come into port to load grain. While they waited, the Netherlands was defeated in the World Cup by Spain. Sunrise today saw them both still out there; in fact, just before noon, the Medemborg came in. She is seen above moving [...]

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