February 2010
Welland Canal
Submitted by cac on Sun, 2010-02-28 22:59Between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario lies the Welland Canal. With eight locks that bypass the 326-foot Niagara Escarpment across a distance of 24 nautical miles, the canal has an elevation change of 241 feet, greater than that of the Panama Canal.
This article gives a nice overview of the canal, with information on the lock procedures and challenges.
A free publication from The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation has all the details.
Peter Baylis’s photos of Scoter in her prime
Scoter in Norway, July 1962. Colin Grierson has his foot on the tiller. Audry Grierson is bending down amidships. The guard rail of Peter Baylis’ boat Phakoe is just visible in the foreground
Scoter in Norway again, July 1962. The boy standing behind Audry is not her son Douglas, but Peter doesn’t remember his name read more »
OceanLED LIETs, simply extraordinary?
In Miami I got a good introduction to OceanLED's new line of LIET LED down lighting fixtures, and was thoroughly intrigued. read more »
Weel may the keel row
‘Nearly oval’ lighters on the riverbank at Newburn on the Tyne, image from Samual Smiles Lives of the Engineers, republished by Project Gutenberg. They’re a bit small to carry 20 tons of coal, but are they a fanciful depiction of the keel? read more »
Electronics survey, there's still time
Almost 400 marine electronics users have already taken the survey announced here earlier this month, and Marine Technology Analysts (MTA) has done a little preliminary data crunching. Users were asked to name up to three of their favorite sources and, while 152 outlets were named, the top 11 seen above appeared in 60% of the surveys. MTA also tells me that some strong patterns are developing in terms of what users most read more »
Dan's Boat Tools, The Battery Operated Kind
Moveable bridges
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2010-02-24 23:02
We've had the Holland Flying Bridge and the Rolling Drawbridge. I know I've seen other examples of interesting bridges and "openings" to allow boats through. read more »
