Sail On...Always an eerie anniversary

Vulchor

BStayer

kuzi16

ive been to the lighthouse, museum and surrounding beach on whitefish point many times. very interesting stuff

Hays

(completely unrelated) Hey Brian! You're NOT dead! What's goin on???

JohnnySlickster

laker1963

Vulchor

Laker is right. There are a few mysteries of oddities to the sinking. As Laker stated, the weather was reportedly average for the time of year and (I dont think) any other ships near had any issues that night. Additionally, (unlike the songs says) there was never any distress calls or any notice of bad weather. Everything appeared ordinary...until it wasnt. The sinking itself is also a mystery because of the distance and different placement on the lakes floor. No way to know if it broke apart (most likely), of took and water and sunk and snapped in the process or what. Crazy places for ships as Laker said as well....the SS Cypress is another story kind of forgotten about up there, but about interesting.

Dustin1981

Crazy that this was brought up. I was just reading an article about the crewman Bruce Hudson, from about 10 minutes from me in North Olmsted Ohio, and his 1974 Challenger that was waiting on the dock for him to drive to California when they docked.

BStayer

BStayer

Hays:

(completely unrelated) Hey Brian! You're NOT dead! What's goin on???

PM Sent

Vulchor

Thanks Stayer, I stand corrected as to the change in weather. Still quite a mystery is right, but I also wanted to remind people that while the song is great----there are several historically added events as well ]......ie the Capt talking to the crew about going down. Still great song and story, but just a disclaimer that not evertything in the words of the tune is accurate historically. Good day all.

Vulchor

So I regretfully missed this by a week or so this year, but figured I would bump it back to everyone again on here. Some new people who may want to read or learn, or some others of us who may just want to remember. I think Ill just leave it at that.

wwestern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A