I came across these photos online, the ship is the Misener Steamships MV Selkirk Settler. Crossing Lake Superior in November 2006.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2053/1144401ew.jpg
nice day

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/336/1144419so.jpg
oh oh!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3328/1144425vs.jpg
I think I'll lose my lunch now!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3257/1144431ib.jpg
time for fresh shorts!!

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3716/1144443yj.jpg
repeat after me.." Hail Mary, full of grace..."

all kidding aside, that's some rough weather out there!!! One can only imagine what it was like for the guys on "Big Fitz".

I don't see any photos Bro, do you have a link? Anyone else see them?

I previewed prior to posting and I see them now just fine. If all else fails, these are the raw links...


http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2053/1144401ew.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/336/1144419so.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3328/1144425vs.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3257/1144431ib.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3716/1144443yj.jpg

I do see the photos... Very nice Peter... :)

the fifth image seems to have trouble with imageshack. I have reposted it and the newer link is below

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1456/1144441ej.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1456/1144441ej.jpg

I hope this works...

I saw all the photos. Wow. Did she make it or go down?

Peter Bro 10,

For what it's worth....I've had no problems viewing any of the pics.

They certainly work well with the images I had conjured up when I first heard "The Wreck".

It seems to be a web browser problem. Internet Exploder shows the pics just fine, so the problem was with Firefox.

I'm not one to normally get seasick, but that was scary!

Very nice pictures of a submarine Peter!!
As far as pictures not appearing it is another nail in the coffin of firefaux as far as I am
concerned following the recent exposure by RMD of its silly prediliction to cock up long
URLs.For my part I fail to see what is so very wrong with Internet Exploder anyway.
Where did you find the pix ???
You did say you came across them "online" i.e. they were on the internet already so you could have simply used their original URLs instead of having to save them then
upload to imageshack.
I just did a google image search for the MV Selkirk Settler.
and discovered just one picture on:-
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...hip.asp?id=628
revealing that this Montreal registered grain carrier was built by men wearing kilts!!
Also somewhat surprisingly her propulsion is just
One 2stroke 4cyldr Sulzer oil engine 10880hp
which does not sound like very much to me
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...ETTLER_256.jpg
Note "oil" so much for "steamships"!!

[ January 25, 2007, 15:05: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

Well, Sir John, to clearify just a bit. I should have said that I recieved the images ala email initially. Then, being a bit of a skeptic, I googled the name of the ship and the shipping line as originally worded in the email "Misener Steamships MV Selkirk Settler". As you well know, facts and figures tend to get blurred in cyberspace!!!

Anyhow, I found enough that I felt reasonably confident to post the images. Of course my picture posting prowess I can only attribute to you! I did, after posting, notice the images coming up rather slow, and the fifth image would'nt come up at all. So I re-hosted and re-posted. Incidently, I use a Mac OS-X with Safari browser.... (most of the time).

The picture sequence is fun/interesting in that it give one a definite sense of what it must be like at the time of "the Wreck".

Never had this problem, but if John or RMD have the article handy, I'll give it a read.

I use both Firefox and IE, as they both have their benefits. FF has great add-ons and extensions, yet IE is more consistent with loading certain webpages properly. Both are of great benefit to me as I have low vision and generally require odd settings on my browsers, so I use both effectively.
It's like the old and very silly mac vs pc argument. Both do the job, so use what's best for you!

But again, great pics! We humans may be able to conquer many things, but we'll never conquer the sea. Ever.

David (djb),

My browser of choice is Firefox, and I had no problems with the pictures in this thread. My preference is admittedly a little bit of bias against Microsoft due to their insistence on defying norms. Who else could confuse the usage of forward and backward slashes ?

I do have problems when encountering REALLY long URLs (the entire thread is reformatted, requiring a tedious left to right scrolling). If you know of a setting that I could change on Firefox, fill me in.

[ January 26, 2007, 04:48: Message edited by: RMD ]

Nope, I have no solution either. I am also a Firefox supporter wherever possible, but I do admit that IE comes in handy from time to time.

Those rough seas pictures were taken on February 13, 1987 by the then second mate, George Ianiev.
The ship was in the North Atlantic, not Lake Superior, and was eastward bound for the Ghent, Belgium from Tampa Bay.
ship info link

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the truth about these photos.

very interesting - thanks for the link.

my apologies for the apparent mis information above, but as stated by yours truly earlier on, things tend to get blurred and skewed in cyberspace!

I did check around before posting these pictures and found nothing negating my info.....

There is still the possiblity the this links info is incorrect or incomplete...

Bottom line is you have to take it all with a grain of salt, eh?