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<blockquote data-quote="WormWiggler" data-source="post: 237511" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>years ago I had a conversation with an old guy at a hotel front desk.&nbsp; We were just killing time, and I think it was around this time of year.&nbsp; Anyway the Edmund Fitzgerald came up, and he had worked the shipyards in Duluth at about that time.&nbsp; His theory was the big heavy cover hatchs on the ships were not fastened.&nbsp; According to him, most all the ships just set the covers on because they were so dang heavy the train of thought was no way they would move.&nbsp; He said all those vise grip looking clamp things were usually so heavy with paint that no one would mess with them. According to him on the ships like the EF, the front couple hatchs were at kind of and incline, like you had to take a run at them to make it far enough to set them down..&nbsp;&nbsp; He figures that the pitching of the ship got so wild that the front covers slid back and once water started coming in, it was a done deal.&nbsp; Kind of harrowing to think about what those sailors went through..&nbsp; RIP</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="WormWiggler, post: 237511, member: 245"] years ago I had a conversation with an old guy at a hotel front desk. We were just killing time, and I think it was around this time of year. Anyway the Edmund Fitzgerald came up, and he had worked the shipyards in Duluth at about that time. His theory was the big heavy cover hatchs on the ships were not fastened. According to him, most all the ships just set the covers on because they were so dang heavy the train of thought was no way they would move. He said all those vise grip looking clamp things were usually so heavy with paint that no one would mess with them. According to him on the ships like the EF, the front couple hatchs were at kind of and incline, like you had to take a run at them to make it far enough to set them down.. He figures that the pitching of the ship got so wild that the front covers slid back and once water started coming in, it was a done deal. Kind of harrowing to think about what those sailors went through.. RIP [/QUOTE]

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