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Re: Celestial Navigation on the Great Lakes Question
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Dec 02, 21:11 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Dec 02, 21:11 -0500
On 12/1/2013 3:55 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > I don't have any primary source info on this, but here's a few random > thoughts: in weather good enough for celestial, one is rarely completely > out of sight of land on the Great Lakes,... As sailing buddy quipped about Lake Michigan, "You're never more than 45 miles from a sandwich." > The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is located in Manitowoc > which also has the last (?) ferry service across to the Michigan side, There is another cross-lake (car) ferry, the Lake Express. It runs between Milwaukee WI and Muskegon MI. The S.S. Badger (Manitowoc WI/Ludington MI) takes 4 hours to cross, the Lake Express 2.5 hours.
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