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News 14A Pointer:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: From page 1 Escanaba and Duluth for tacon- Ite Iron-ore pellets. Limestone was hauled from Lake Huron ports, such as Rogers City, and Kentucky coal was loaded at Toledo and Sandusky, OhiO Smhng the lakes, havmg the chance "to see the watery palt of the world," as Ishmael would say, seems adventuresome, but 111 reahty It mvolves plam hard work, paltlculally fOl' deck hands whose duty It IS to perform much of the manual labor aboard the mOlethan 700-footlong vessels Crews work around the clock, fow hours on eIght how s off On top of these labors, there IS always the ImmInent threat of losmg one's hfe Seaman who've saIled both the oceans and the Great Lakes maIntaIn the latter are the bIgger threat, both to man and shIp Lake Supenor, the largest, deepest, .and coldest of the Great Lakes, IS paltlcul81ly dangerous m the fall when Arrt!c wmds - .\1 bel18 clIppers - sweep down to meet the warmth of autumn ~llr, producmg sudden violent storms "That's the kInd of weather you get out on the Great Lakes," Sald Gathff "QUIck changes, qUIck changes In ~veather" In the weeks ahead Sailors on the Great Lakes wIll pe encountermg those changmg ~eather patterns "They'll get a couple good blows dnd then November's the worst month," saId Gatliff "November's sunk more ships than any other" In fact, the November storm of 1913 IS stIll talked about, a specter of doom m the minds of many Great Lakes saIlors A mmglmg of northwesterly and northeasterly winds - a crosshatching - caused what IS known as a "confused sea." Thirty-foot waves together WIth a blinding blizzard took the lIves of at least 235 men; and eIght major vessels were lost on Lake Huron alone In 1975 hurncane wmds on Lake Supe~ nor wreaked havoc on the Edmund FItzgerald as the srup cracked In two and plunged 500 feet to the bottom, takmg the entrre crew with It. Gathff recalled a storm In the spring of 1984 on a return voyage from Marquette aboard the Ernest R Breech. The shIp was keepmg near the shore to avoid the bIgger waves m the mIddle of Lake Supenor. "It was the first trip of the year We were heading along the beach of the CanadIan shore and It was blowing, I mean It was probably blowmg 60 to 65 knots and we were ICing up There was ice 8, 10, 12 mches thick on the shIp" The usual 24-hour trip from Marquette to Sault Ste MarIe took an extra 12 hours," he SaId. "By the tIme we got down to the Soo, we were out there m T-shIrts because now It's 70 degrees and sunny" UnpredIctable storms mstIll fear and trepidatiOn m even the most experienced of sailors, who are less naive than the younger hands "Depends what kmd of skip r.;r you're with," saId Gatliff 'Some of them are real weather COnsciOUSand keep a good eye on It; others are kind (Ifby the seat of theIr pants " SurvIval suits are part of a sailor's gear, whIch protect against hypothermIa - more often the cause of death than drowning Gatliff saId that some 20- and 3D-year veteran saIlors are "shell-shocked" as a result of bemg m one-tao-many close calls "One guy used to work all year and then take November off He had almost been washed over He'd say It was to go huntmg, but It was because he was scared to death," GatlIff saId Gathff got hiS start m saIlmg on a small tug and barge operating In Lake MIchIgan between Beaver Island and the mamland, near CharleVOIX Then he worked for the Ludmgton Tram Ferries In 1979, he landed a Job on one of the Ford steamers as a deck hand Hav. mg lIttle money then, he de- Cided to stIck It out tIll lay-up, usually m early January, when the Soo locks close tIll late March Now WIth plenty of cash m hiS pocket Gathff decided to venture to the warmer climes of Austraha and New Zealand for the Winter When he re- Ameritech Mobile Sales and Service Centers Up to 10% off plus $150free airtime or $150 off any Motorola phone, and free activation. 'ParlIClp;llllll\dl5lr1tJUlor< only SI'iOp/lolle ,ebate applle< In """ lint' a(1~allOO
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