Here’s Your Sign, from Great Lakes Ships Photos

New “Warning To Boaters” sign

On April 27, in an attempt to bring safety awareness to fishing boats which, too many times, fail to move out of the way of a moving ship in a timely fashion, the Menominee County Sheriff Dept. Marine Patrol put out these signs at all local area boat launches on the Lower Menominee River. Too many times I have watched boaters wait until the last possible moment to move out of the way of a ship entering or departing our port. Last year, as a ship was backing out of the Menominee River, I was at the west end of the lighthouse pier when a ship was backing out of port and the captain asked if I could run out ahead of him and shoo the fishing boats out of his way! Unfortunately, his ship was moving faster than I could; I told him that I would like to help, but that he would have to use his horn. Hopefully these signs will raise awareness of the dangers of such actions.

Man, you gotta love this guy!