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Memories of a Manitowoc Merchant Sailor

In this interview, longtime sailor and chief engineer Dale Fisher remembers his boyhood adventures around the boats in the Manitowoc harbor, his family's history of sailing on merchant boats, the effect on his family life of sailing from April through January and a life aboard Great Lakes freighters.

Kahlenberg Engine

Erick Kahlenberg, of the Kahlenberg Brothers Company, visits the Rogers Street Fishing Village in Two Rivers to view the startup of a Kahlenberg engine housed there. Developed by his great-grandfather, William, the marine engine became famous for its reliability in a variety of vessels.