Posted by Chewie [166.181.80.236] on Monday, November 11, 2013 at 03:00:49 :
In Reply to: 38 years ago today (OT) posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.105] on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 04:36:20 :
I was only six when it happened, but I remember it well. My dad and grandpa both sailed for the Hannah Company before I was born, and I used to love watching the ore boats as they sailed in and out of Ashtabula Harbor when I was a kid. One of the Edmund's sailors was from there.
Grandpa quit sailing when his second child was born in '47, but he kept his papers up until after I was born. My dad sailed on the Humphrey (the Edmund's sister ship) for a couple years right out of high school in the early 60's.
One of the stories my grandpa told was of a salty who didn't think a storm on the lakes could ever be as bad as a storm out to sea. The bets were made and this guy shipped out with them for Duluth. Grandpa said they didn't have to wait long at all, and that that guy got sick. Something about the waves being a lot closer together, and that they don't ever travel in a straight line.. kind of like shaking a bowl of water.