St. Mary's Challenger

[Denny]

Will she make anymore trips down to Detroit this season? I would love to see her as I missed her the first time she came down this way. The last time I saw her was in 2004 when she was sailing under the name Southdown Challenger. I have never yet seen her with the St. Marys Challenger name and hope to see her at least once sometime.

[wlbblw]

Ok. Looks like some docks have 2 different types of equipment as seen in todays news page. A set of hoses for air blown cement or the mechanical/belt system for boats with the short shuttle boom. The cement docks here in Buffalo only have the hoses so I guess the chance of her coming here is out.

[LTB]

The Challenger unloads through a forward-mounted boom.

[tOM]

There are none. She swings the unloading boom over the side and an accordian type of hose on tube drops down with a collar it to the receiver on the dock. that gets locked on and she starts unloading. The dock equipment proceeds to transfer it to the silos
Hope this helps.

[wlbblw]

Where are the unloading hoses located on the Challenger? Bow, stern, or amidships?