Captain Hobbs Bringing S.S. Badger Into Ludington, MI Harbor, August 20, 2012
This video begins outside of the Ludington, Michigan harbor and brings you all the way to the dock. We follow Captain Hobbs from the Pilot House to the After ...
No, the Badger has two whistles. One being steam which is operated by the cable and the other being a compressed air whistle operated by the brass handle under the blue rag on the window sill. That actuates the valve for the compressed air. Each Captain has their own style and preference as to which whistle and salute he blows.
+Jim Merryman When I rode the Badger last summer, the new captain used a different valve, not the cable... Yes. he also blew the steam whistle. Was that valve broken at the time of this video? (Check out my video on my channel).
The other ship is the Badger's sister ship, the SS Spartan. She no longer sails.
S.S. Badger Agreement in the Works
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) -- Federal officials want to enter into a revised consent agreement with a car ferry operator that would stop the nation's last coal-fired ...
S.S. BADGER leaving Ludington MI late August 2014
I thought I would change it up a little bit from just having snowmobiling videos. This is a video I took going down the channel on the ship I worked on the night ...