A lot of viewers have seen the short video of the near collision on Lake Erie while I was aboard the J.L. MAUTHE back in 1992. Many have asked to see the WHOLE video and have asked about what was said between the two boats. This video is the trip as a whole and includes the un-edited radio conversation between the captain of the MUTHE and the CASON J. CALLAWAY after our close call. They conversation, I warn you, is NOT what many would expect. You'll also witness some life aboard the boat and see her hull as it flexed in 54 mile per hour wind gusts on Lake Huron. You see grain unloading and loading as well as the general stuff aboard the boat. The only down side is that we did the Soo locks both ways at night and the Detroit River downbound at night.

I've done my best to remove all of the F-bombs from the soundtrack but there are a few minor saucy words to be heard..

This is a LONG video folks, so have your popcorn ready.

Later I will be breaking this into smaller "chapters" for better YouTube enjoyment. Meanwhile- here is the whole shooting match.

Keep in mind that this was videoed with a top end Sony Handycam of the time, but it IS pre-digital and shot before steady-cam was in wide use, so the quality is not even close to today's HD.

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