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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 25, 2005 9:49:00 GMT -8
Issued February 25, 2005
Due to mechanical difficulties with the Queen of Vancouver the following sailings on the Swartz Bay – Tsawwassen route are cancelled today:
Leave Swartz Bay: 12:00pm, 4:00pm
Leave Tsawwassen: 2:00pm, 6:00pm
The Queen of Esquimalt will move from the Duke Point – Tsawwassen route to do one round trip at approximately 6:30 p.m. from Tsawwassen and 8:30 p.m. from Swartz Bay. This means that on the Tsawwassen – Duke Point route the following round trip is also cancelled:
Leave Tsawwassen: 6:30pm
Leave Duke Point: 9:10pm
The Queen of Esquimalt will resume service on the Tsawwassen – Duke Point route with the 11:50 p.m. departure from Tsawwassen.
BC Ferries thanks our customers for their patience with these temporary schedule changes as we work to get all our customers to their destinations.
Service notice from BC Ferries.
1 Ship breaks down, we have a ship shuffle again. Looks like the Queen of Saanich is replacing the Vancouver and that explains why the Saanich extra sailings today are cancelled. Well I can say I bet today we will see a 2 sailing wait. We NEED those super C's!!
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Post by Dane on Feb 25, 2005 12:19:50 GMT -8
All the major routes are overloaded, at 12:20
Sailing waits for
Route 1, both directions
Route 2, both directions
POSS
Langadle, both directions
Route 30 is doing okay right now.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 25, 2005 14:32:55 GMT -8
It would of been alright if Oak Bay and SOBC weren't in refit, and having Surrey doing her normal route. Then Esquimalt wouldn't of had to be moved like that.
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Post by Curtis on Feb 25, 2005 14:59:29 GMT -8
Yeah it's the ships in refit right now that are the problem
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Post by Dane on Feb 25, 2005 15:51:10 GMT -8
Oh well, it's occasional problems for required long term maintenance of the fleet... what can you do? Not too much. Having the major ships out all at once for major maintenance is a required evil.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Feb 25, 2005 15:56:35 GMT -8
Get some freakin S class to get out the Vs and we got a solution  No duh! |
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Post by kylefossett on Feb 25, 2005 18:07:16 GMT -8
what the problem is right now is the good weather combined with 2 ships off major routes in for refit. bc ferries considers this the low season. they have the numbers to prove this. if you want refits done on the ships it has to be done in jan, feb and early march. this is a freak of nature that they are backed up today. i do feel sorry for the people sitting at the terminals. if i was the owner of the stonehouse pub at canoe cove i would have really big signs out showing the way to the trail. a 4 hour wait that most people have this afternoon would make for a nice afternoon rush of business. "The StoneHouse Pub and Restaurant. 8 minute walk, 4 if thirsty"
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 25, 2005 21:22:58 GMT -8
Yeah it doesent help when the replacement ship which is replacing another ship has to be taken out of service and the other replacement the Esquimalt is on another run. They can bring the Queen of Saanich like they did to replace the Vancouver but then you have to cancel the Saanich sailings as there is no ship to replace her. Now if this happened yesterday or during the week then it wouldent be a problem as they could move the Queen of Saanich cause there are no extra sailings during the week.
Was there 2 sailing wait today??? Did it get that high?
I am surprised someone mentioned Duke Point run was doing ok. It alway seems when a rountrip is cancelled on that run that it still seems to manage.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 26, 2005 9:43:02 GMT -8
Looks like the Queen of Saanich is still filling in for the Vancouver. According RBI the Vancouver will be back on Sunday. Only a few more week till the SOBC comes back. I think that will be my next trip to Vancouver on the SOBC.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Feb 26, 2005 10:06:40 GMT -8
Yeah there was a 2 sailling wait yesterday.
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Post by Balfour on Feb 27, 2005 16:45:53 GMT -8
There is a 2 sailing wait for TSW-SB. The major Tsawassen routes are a big mess right now, HSB is a better bet if you're going to the island. I figure that the Queen of Saanich will be replacing the Vancouver all day tomorrow.
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Post by Balfour on Feb 27, 2005 21:31:23 GMT -8
There's an extra sailing leaving SB at 11:45PM tonight being served by the Queen of Saanich. There is 30% deckspace committed as of 9:30 tonight.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 27, 2005 23:15:45 GMT -8
I think then she is probably going to stay at Tsawwassen when she arrives at 1:20am, and replace the Vancouver tommorrow as someone mentioned before. They still have the Vancouver listed on the RBI for tommorrow but I doubt that.
What a mess tonight, the Esquimalt 8:30 sailing dident leave Swartz till 9:26 due to mechanical difficulties. The SOVI is 30 mins behind along with the Saanich. Not a good evening to be trying to take a ferry.
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Post by NMcKay on Feb 27, 2005 23:17:12 GMT -8
cept if you were taking Hlynx  |
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Post by Balfour on Feb 28, 2005 8:44:14 GMT -8
I was looking on the actual departures page and it looks like the Saanich is replacing the Vancouver today, but it says that the Vancouver is doing a 7PM departure from Tsawassen.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 28, 2005 9:38:39 GMT -8
She could be back for the 7pm departure who knows. Does anyone know what atually keeps going wrong with the Vancouver???
I really hate to say it, but the V class need to go, we need to replace them soon as they always seem to be breaking down. Especially the Vancouver and Esquimalt.
The Saanich we could keep for a while, she dosent seem to break down alot. And someone mentioned the Saanich will be the first to be retired. I dont see that. The Van and Esquimalt should go first.
As much as I will the miss the V class, it's time to move on!
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 28, 2005 12:21:28 GMT -8
Actually on the RBI the Queen of Saanich is still scheduled for the 9pm departure from Swartz Bay so the 7pm departure from Tsawwassen will be the Queen of Saanich unless they get the Vancouver running by then.
I just saw on the noon news on global that it had to do with the gear box or something. The same thing that cancelled sailings on Friday. Seems kind of funny that it happened on Friday then again on Sunday, the busiest times. The news said the midnight sailing from Swartz Bay only had like a dozen cars on it.
But you still get people complaining like one women was pissed off cause they got stuck in it on Friday coming over and then again Sunday going back. Like BC Ferries are doing there best, what do you want them to do lady??? Ya know what I mean? Just that attitude.
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Post by Balfour on Feb 28, 2005 17:15:07 GMT -8
I see what you mean by the atitude.
This season, there hasn't been enough snow to operate the sleighride on Grouse, which is what we use to get Ski Wee kids and Parents over to the hut, so we've had to use the mountain's ambulance. Sometimes it gets called way on a 10-40 (injured person) and it must deal with that over transporting Ski Wee. The occasional parent gets ticked off, and they take it out on whoever is doing check-in at the pick up area near the Skyride. The problem is that there is nothing we can do about it, and often we have to make everyone walk to the Ski Wee Hut.
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Post by Dane on Mar 1, 2005 15:18:19 GMT -8
Isn't a gear box failure, or even a cracked gear a major major repair?
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Post by Koastal Karl on Mar 1, 2005 17:57:34 GMT -8
I think they should of replaced the SOBC with the Queen of Saanich to begin with as the Saanich carries more vehicles than the Vancouver. I think from now until the return of the SOBC the Saanich should keep running in place of the Vancouver. Move the Vancouver to Swartz Bay after repairs are done and run her on the extra sailings. Crew familiarization shouldent matter now as the Tsawwassen crew have been working on the Saanich now. Shouldent of matter to begin with as dont they have a crew familiarization with the ship anyway when the crew starts?? The ship that carries more vehicles should be replacing the SOBC, not the one with the less capacity.
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Post by Curtis on Mar 1, 2005 18:03:17 GMT -8
I think the same thing.
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Post by kylefossett on Mar 1, 2005 18:59:31 GMT -8
just because when the ships were built they were the same and they still look to our eyes the same over time and with different refits each v class is a ship of their own. the saanich has run out of tsawwassen recently so the crew is familiar with it. i can't remember the last time the vancouver ran out of swartz. you don't want a problem in the engine room of the vancouver and have a guy from the saanich running to a switch in one space when it is on the other side on the vancouver.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Mar 1, 2005 19:25:27 GMT -8
Yes, I know things can be in different places on different ships but the Queen of Vancouver has operated out of Swartz Bay too. It shouldent be that big of a deal because, dont the crews have some sort of crew familiarization with the ship when they first start?? If they do that anyways then the Saanich crew would have that with the Vancouver so they could get familiar with her. That's all I am saying.
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 2, 2005 15:06:58 GMT -8
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Post by kylefossett on Mar 2, 2005 15:29:26 GMT -8
i believe i heard something that in the ferries contract it allows for a 3 day period to familiarize with a new ship if taking a transfer. or going onto a new ship
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No duh!
