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Post by compdude787 on Mar 3, 2013 21:16:28 GMT -8
Ok...I can live with the JMIIs as they are. At least the chipped paint is only visible from up close.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Mar 3, 2013 21:26:32 GMT -8
I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but I have a question: Are there any plans to re-paint the JMIIs in the near future? On all three boats, there's many places where the primer is now showing. At least that's true about the Tacoma and Wenatchee, but I don't know what kind of shape the Puyallup is in. They should at least do some touch-up, since most of the paint has been peeling on places where if it was re-painted, it'd would be impossible for the paint to go in the water. The places in need of paint are the outside of the solariums, the outside of the shelters on each end, and below the pilothouse. I don't see how hard it would be to re-paint those, since the paint can't easily get in the water. Well I don't know but WSF has resigned from painting a vessel anywhere while it is in service (read: not in Eagle Harbor/Vigor/Dakota Creek). I guess you'll just have to live with them just like the Chelan, Yakima and Hyak a few years back. I hope that when they get repainted the Tacoma keeps her green benches and the Wenatchee/Puyallup their whites. It's one of their only easy distinctions if you can't read their names. Another reason that vessels can no longer be painted while being in active duty service is due to new environmental protection laws. There has to be paint containment systems set up incase of overspray or excessive paint runoff. There also has to be paint removal containment systems set up when chipping paint away from the vessel to do a touchup. This is to keep paint from accidentally making its way into Puget Sound. All paintwork has to be done in a drydock now, unfortunately. I know for a fact they used to paint the vessels while in motion years ago because I'd see paint crews touching up the boats to keep them in tip-top shape. A second big contributor to it, is I-695. The state ferry system simply lost the funding to do paint upkeep. It's why the Yakima, Chelan, and Hyak three years ago looked like floating rustbuckets.
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