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> From: jckniese@francomm.com [mailto:jckniese@francomm.com]
> Go to http://www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/efitz/ to see what happened to the
> Edmund Fitzgerald.
> Bob
The website says:
"the Lake Carriers Association's contention [is] that her foundering was
caused by flooding through bottom and ballast tank damage resulting from
bottoming on the Six Fathom Shoal between Caribou and Michipicoten Islands."
That's the theory I was referring to. Sorry I mangled the details (It was
Lake Superior, duh!). As I now I remember the version I read
once-upon-a-time, she supposedly tore her bottom while in waves on the
shoal, and sank later, according to the theory. there are obviously several
other thoeories. I like that one better than plain ole leaky hatches.
Glad to hear that I haven't lost *all* my marbles yet ;^)
Judy b
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