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ISBN 0-942235-37-1
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The Night
the
Fitz
Went Down
by Hugh E. Bishop
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For 30 years as an officer in
Inland Steel Company’s shipping fleet, Captain
Dudley J. Paquette served as mate and captain
on boats plying their rounds on the Great
Lakes. Captain Paquette (retired, 1980) had
ample opportunity to observe and record the
tempestuous nature of the Great Lakes. He
became a keen weather forecaster who is
described by one former mate as “pretty much a
heavy-weather captain who always tried to find
the smoothest ride possible.”
With schedules to keep and a
sense of pride in delivering his cargoes
safely and on time, Captain Paquette analyzed
the weather data and ordered his SS Wilfred
Sykes out of safe anchorage in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, on the afternoon of November 10,
1975. Knowing that he would encounter heavy
seas, the captain admits that even his widely
recognized expertise in weather forecasting
underestimated the severity of the storm that
sank the Edmund Fitzgerald later that
evening.
By sailing into those
treacherous seas, this weather-savvy captain
was uniquely positioned to observe and report
on the magnitude of the storm, as well as to
formulate his own opinion about the sinking of
the Fitzgerald.
His observations about the
November 9-10, 1975, “storm of the century”
and analysis of the data reveal for the first
time what may have caused the wreck of the Fitzgerald.
This book will change your mind.
208 pages.
Black-and-white photos and illustrations. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2," softcover.
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