Meanwhile, shortly after the downbound ALGOMA EQUINOX motored by, along came the upbound 352' chemical and product tanker JO SPIRIT with her load of booze. Say WHAT? c):-()
Yup, you read it right. According to Ron, at least once a year the JO SPIRIT ventures into the Great Lakes with her belly full of wine or other spirits, (pun intended, c);-b) and this time she was making her way to Hamilton, Ontario with 4,500 tons of Bicardi rum from the Caribbean. Oh YAAA!! c):-))
Built in 1998 and owned by Jo Tankers of Bergen, Norway, the JO SPIRIT has segregated stainless steel cargo tanks and since her hull is double-skinned, if the SPIRIT was to run aground, you couldn't have your "Rum on the Rocks"!! Sorry, about that. NOT c);-b
As the modern-day "rum-runner" JO SPIRIT approaches Iroquois Lock, in the background you can see the downbound 489' Polsteam bulk carrier NOGAT. The last time is saw the NOGAT, she was moored in Havana, Cuba. I got some really nice snaps of her leaving Iroquois so until I can post a re-visit, here's a link to my original Carlz Boat post about the NOGAT and our first visit to Cuba: http://carlzboats.blogspot.ca/2013/01/bulk-carrier-nogat.html Here's Mud In Your Eye!!
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