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TELESCOPE OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY Page 87 010° TRUE, NO LEEWAY FRED HOLLISTER As masters have done for well over one hundred and fifty years, Captain Edward Trivizas was gambling against Great Lakes weather and a rapidly closing navigation season. It was a rather one-sided contest. The 24- year-old master of the Francisco Morazan had only a handful of days to steam from Chicago through Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario and reach the St. Lawrence Seaway before it closed for the year. Against him lay over a thousand miles of autumn water and weather! Many Great Lakes' captains have tried their November luck, and many have lost.: Captain Trivizas' first trip up Lake Michigan ended with his vessel on the rocks of the Mani- tou Passage...the graveyard of 150 ships and uncounted Lakes' sailors. Shortly after 1:30 am, November 27, 1960, the Francisco Morazan cleared a Calumet Harbor dock bound for Holland (via the Seaway) with a 940-ton general cargo. On board were the master and a crew of fourteen, including Anistisia Trivizas, the captain's 28-year-old wife expecting their second child. The Morazan was a steel-hulled freighter built in 1922 and regis- tered in Liberia; 1407 gross tons, 246' long, 38' beam, drawing 10'10" forward and 14'2" aft. She was owned by Moa Naviera S.A. of Panama City, Panama, and operated by Inter-Ameri- can Marine Operators of New York. Complimenting the international flavor of his vessel, Captain Trivi- zas and his wife lived in Corfu, Greece, and his crew represented four nations. Shortly after 3 am, in hazy weath- er and little wind, the Vorazan set her course from Chicago outer buoy at 015° true. Three hours later a thick fog rolled in and speed was