Welland Canal

M/Y Diva

Yes she was 82'
Her AIS shows 26M
I emailed you better pictures.
DIVA
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Vessel's Details
Ship Type: Pleasure Craft
Length x Breadth: 26 m X 6 m
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 22.4 / 12.7 knots
Flag: USA [US]
Call Sign:
IMO: 0, MMSI: 338143176

M/Y Diva

Yes in early May six yachts were loaded onto a ship in Freeport Bahamas and unloaded in Detroit area, and Diva was one of them.
Last year a dealer in Sturgeon Bay WI tried to ship six yachts from Fort Lauderdale to the Great Lakes, but after the third ship never showed up they had to bring them on their bottom to the Great Lakes and summer was almost over by the time they got here. This thing about shipping yachts to the Great Lakes is cutting into my work but is a good idea.
Jefferson Beach use to unload the new Viking Princess and Sun Seekers in New York and bring them on their bottom to their Marina, now they ship them from England through Welland Canal and unload them in Cleveland Ohio, they have now done that the last two years.

Lock Four

Around 01:00 hours Monday morning an up bound tow was raising in lock 4 west and the lead tug sunk in lock.
West side of flight locks will be closed for a few days.
Tugboat capsizes, captain rescued at Lock 4 | St. Catharines Standard

M/Y Bayou

Motor yacht Bayou 128' departing lock 2 heading south for the winter, I think her fenders are just a little bit small and behind her is the tall ship 93' Halie & Matthew US flaged

48' Cantius Cruiser Yachts

Had a quick six hour trip down Welland Canal today on a new 48' Cantius following Blue Moon.

M/Y Tinker Toy

Today we took M/Y Tinker Toy 72' Hatteras out four miles into Lake Ontario from the Welland Canal to load her onto M/V Flevogracht 136 M X 20 M from The Netherlands and she will be taking Tinker Toy to Palm Beach Florida.

Tinker Toy

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Dead Ship Tow

Algoma Quebecois heads for Port Colborne and scrap

11/20 - The scrap yard bound Algoma Quebecois left Toronto around 2 p.m. Tuesday bound for the Marine Recycling Corp. dock at Port Colborne, Ont. The tug Seahound was on the stern and the tug Lac Manitoba was on the bow. The weather was good, with sunny skies and a helpful northerly tailwind. Somewhere in the Welland Canal the tow will pass the downbound Algoma Montrealais, the Algoma Quebecois’ sister ship and now the last operating Canadian-flag steamer.

Dead Ship Tow

The Sea Way now has increased the size to 740' X 78'.
The lock is 80' wide by 745' long.
If you go to page 5 you will see the Algoma Guardian entering Lock 7 she has a 78' beam.

Ice Welland Canal

To night there are four ships stuck above Lock 8 in Port Colborne.
This winter has been very cold and the water is 0 Celsius now and last year this time was 5.2 Celsius.
Ice has now stuck to lock walls, and as the lock is 80' wide and the ships are 78' wide there in not enough room for the ships. They have two tugs trying to scrape ice off lock walls. The canal dose not close until December 31/13.
Should be an interesting two weeks.

Closing Welland Canal

The canal closed December 31/13 at midnight.
Today the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon went up the canal removing all the lights from the buoys. They put a smaller tender boat in the canal to do the work.
When the ship clears the canal tonight they will then start to drain canal, it will take about four days to drain canal. Temperature tonight will be -14C
Canal reopens March 25/14.
Happy New Year.