[Paddlewise] Storms of November

Had a terrific storm last night with five meter waves on Georgian Bay
(really bloody big for Georgian Bay). It was 23 years ago on November 10th
that a similar storm sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. The
Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes for many years.

An interesting site devoted to the Fitzgerald can be found at
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~awesley/edm-fitz.html

with some fascinating information about how the ABS (American Bureau of
Shipping) reduced the legal freeboard required and how that may have
contributed to the disaster along with some structural problems that were
noticed but their repair was deferred.

Interesting reading if marine disasters fascinate you.

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/

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