Did anyone see the huge freighter Sunday 11/1?

bholcomb said:
One of my storm chaser friends and facebook buddies is on the Wilfred Sykes. I've gotta say, some of the photos he's posted as a 'Mobile Upload' have been pretty darn cool. It would be pretty neat to take a trip inbound or outbound from the Sandusky Bay on a lake freighter, that's for sure.

Is that any relation ship to the "Wanda Sykes" ? http://www.wandasykes.com/

LOL

I'm sure the ship is the quieter of the two.

I saw it from Maverick's station. I think it was either the Herbert C Jackson or the Charles M. Beeghly.

Rollercoasterer said:
As I was leaving the last dayat Cedar Point, I looked up to take one final look at Camper Villageand saw a giant crane looking mechanism. I soon realized it was on ahuge freighter, and was confused, what would a big cargo ship be soclose to the peninsula for. The only logical explanation I could thinkof was it was delivering parts for the new ride. Just curious if anyoneelse saw it or know what it was there for.

That's amusing. "The only logical explanation." Sandusky has a really active coal dock. It was most likely going to the dock to unload or load coal. But sometimes freighters go to the docks and unload salt for the winter. The "crane" is a self-unloading conveyor boom. It unloads the freighter so cranes and other equipment don't have to like on the old straight-deckers.