Routine maintanance on the ship includes a lot of painting.
Deckhand Larry Flemming re-paints the number on Hatch No. 17.
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The wide arc of an upbound course change on Lake Michigan
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The stern anchor on the
James L. Oberstar.
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American sailboat passing Gray's Reef Light on Lake Michigan.
The current lightouse on this site was built in 1936 and is 30 feet off the surface.
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Looking at the after cabins and the unloading boom.
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Red and white candy striped White Shoals Lighthouse. The 121-foot tower is
42-feet wide at its base and 20-feet diameter at the parapet.
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In the Straits of Mackinac, approaching the Mackinac Bridge.
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North tower on the Mackinac Bridge.
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Poe Reef Light in the south channel of the Straits of Mackinac
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