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Post by Low Light Mike on May 30, 2014 20:43:50 GMT -8
Western Mariner highlights for June 2014:
- Albion ferries, Chilkat and AJ Savoie are still for sale. (Harlow brokers)
- a 6-page excerpt of a paper entitled "Design Methodology and Numerical Analysis of a Cable Ferry"
- a diagram of the Denman Cable ferry's design profile.
- a brief story on the Little River rebuild and the use of Island Sky on the Comox route.
- Campbell River waterfront stories.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 2, 2014 4:34:02 GMT -8
Western Mariner highlights for June 2014: - Albion ferries, Chilkat and AJ Savoie are still for sale. (Harlow brokers) - a 6-page excerpt of a paper entitled "Design Methodology and Numerical Analysis of a Cable Ferry" - a diagram of the Denman Cable ferry's design profile. - a brief story on the Little River rebuild and the use of Island Sky on the Comox route. - Campbell River waterfront stories. The old Toronto Island Airport Ferries are just sitting tied up in Toronto Harbour and are for sale. Probably get both and truck them for just the price of the consultants .
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Post by tugdriver7 on Jul 25, 2014 8:56:07 GMT -8
May 2014 edition features a ferry bonanza for sale to the alert buyer.
Harlow Marine International is offering the ex-AMHS Chilkat, the Albion ferries Klatawa and Kulleet, the ex- Albert J. Savoie, and a smart looking 50', 50 passenger vessel selling for a mere fifty grand. The four car ferries don't have price tags attached, but given prior figures, I think the whole lot could be had for a million bucks.
Any update on the ex-AMHS Chilkat? The link to the Harlow posting goes nowhere now. Anyone know if it was sold?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 4, 2018 18:20:04 GMT -8
I was sad to learn that Rob Morris, editor of Western Mariner, passed away in early January 2018.
He will be missed.
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Post by mybidness459 on Feb 4, 2018 19:13:53 GMT -8
Speaking of which, There is a very nice head on view of the Queen of COQUITLAM in Esquimalt Drydock in the current issue of. Mariner Life.
Sad to here of his passing.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 6, 2018 16:37:46 GMT -8
Here is a link to Rob's obituary notice: HERE
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Post by Neil on Jan 12, 2019 22:15:24 GMT -8
Worth picking up the January edition, for an in depth article on the Spirit of British Columbia's journey last year to and from Poland, with a nice shot of an Atlantic ocean sunrise. She apparently had pretty good weather for most of the voyages.
Also an interesting article on a not frequently chronicled episode in our coast's shipping history, CN's very brief experiment in the triangle run (Vancouver/Victoria/Seattle) with the Princes Henry, David, and Robert, in 1930.
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Post by whalebreath on Jan 15, 2019 18:43:02 GMT -8
I had no idea this magazine was still around.
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Post by Neil on Jan 15, 2019 22:58:45 GMT -8
I had no idea this magazine was still around. Really? I've seen it at a number of news stands. It also has a website.
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Post by whalebreath on Jan 26, 2019 21:34:29 GMT -8
I had no idea this magazine was still around. Really? I've seen it at a number of news stands. It also has a website. The truth is I haven't read a magazine of any type for 10 years now-I did read a newspaper the other day while waiting for a Pizza to be cooked must have been a similar amount of time since I picked one up.
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Post by Neil on Jan 26, 2019 23:11:00 GMT -8
Really? I've seen it at a number of news stands. It also has a website. The truth is I haven't read a magazine of any type for 10 years now-I did read a newspaper the other day while waiting for a Pizza to be cooked must have been a similar amount of time since I picked one up. Which prompts me to ask how old you are... not in any sort of derogatory fashion, but simply because I know that print doesn't resonate with younger people anywhere near like it does with us dinosaurs. I buy scientific magazines and notice the ads for hearing aids and stair lifts. I make a point of going to grocery stores where I know I can buy the New York Times, and I remember a recent conversation with a cashier who said that the people buying newspapers are usually seniors. I still love print, even though I consume a tremendous amount of news online. The world is changing, but just as a new generation has discovered and rejuvenated the vinyl music format, I'm hoping that print will eventually be seen as not just a form of media in decline, but as a path to gain knowledge that resonates with people in an intrinsic way.
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Post by Starsteward on Jan 28, 2019 9:12:35 GMT -8
The truth is I haven't read a magazine of any type for 10 years now-I did read a newspaper the other day while waiting for a Pizza to be cooked must have been a similar amount of time since I picked one up. Which prompts me to ask how old you are... not in any sort of derogatory fashion, but simply because I know that print doesn't resonate with younger people anywhere near like it does with us dinosaurs. I buy scientific magazines and notice the ads for hearing aids and stair lifts. I make a point of going to grocery stores where I know I can buy the New York Times, and I remember a recent conversation with a cashier who said that the people buying newspapers are usually seniors. I still love print, even though I consume a tremendous amount of news online. The world is changing, but just as a new generation has discovered and rejuvenated the vinyl music format, I'm hoping that print will eventually be seen as not just a form of media in decline, but as a path to gain knowledge that resonates with people in an intrinsic way. I couldn't agree more with you 'Neil' that more 'digital' is not necessarily better and hopefully 'print' and 'vinyl' maintain what grasp they currently have on the public consumer. (Sound engineers are now admitting that there is an intrinsic quality in vinyl sound recording that cannot be duplicated by digital sound). Less than 10 years ago, one could walk past a myriad of bookstores, news stores/tobacconists/sundries outlets etc. where one could purchase local and foreign newspapers, monthly/weekly publication magazines on topics from A-Z. The convenience store chain, 7-11 has actually eliminated their entire magazine section from their stores, while many other retailers have scaled back space. Two major forces saw to the rapid disappearance of those ilk of stores. Yes, the profusion of the digital age was a large contributor, but another cause lurked and is as yet a major factor in the decrease of those aforementioned shops, that being the excessive rent increases the proprietors of those shops have seen over that time period. Case in point, anyone frequenting either Robson or Alberni Streets in downtown Vancouver have surely noticed the evolving number of small businesses as well as some major retailers who have come and gone in the past few years. I should get to my original reason for making this posting in the first place. Does anyone know if and where one might purchase of copy of Western Mariner magazine other than via subscription through the publisher's website? (Greater Vancouver would be most preferable .
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Post by Neil on Jan 28, 2019 22:13:13 GMT -8
Which prompts me to ask how old you are... not in any sort of derogatory fashion, but simply because I know that print doesn't resonate with younger people anywhere near like it does with us dinosaurs. I buy scientific magazines and notice the ads for hearing aids and stair lifts. I make a point of going to grocery stores where I know I can buy the New York Times, and I remember a recent conversation with a cashier who said that the people buying newspapers are usually seniors. I still love print, even though I consume a tremendous amount of news online. The world is changing, but just as a new generation has discovered and rejuvenated the vinyl music format, I'm hoping that print will eventually be seen as not just a form of media in decline, but as a path to gain knowledge that resonates with people in an intrinsic way. I couldn't agree more with you 'Neil' that more 'digital' is not necessarily better and hopefully 'print' and 'vinyl' maintain what grasp they currently have on the public consumer. (Sound engineers are now admitting that there is an intrinsic quality in vinyl sound recording that cannot be duplicated by digital sound). Less than 10 years ago, one could walk past a myriad of bookstores, news stores/tobacconists/sundries outlets etc. where one could purchase local and foreign newspapers, monthly/weekly publication magazines on topics from A-Z. The convenience store chain, 7-11 has actually eliminated their entire magazine section from their stores, while many other retailers have scaled back space. Two major forces saw to the rapid disappearance of those ilk of stores. Yes, the profusion of the digital age was a large contributor, but another cause lurked and is as yet a major factor in the decrease of those aforementioned shops, that being the excessive rent increases the proprietors of those shops have seen over that time period. Case in point, anyone frequenting either Robson or Alberni Streets in downtown Vancouver have surely noticed the evolving number of small businesses as well as some major retailers who have come and gone in the past few years. I should get to my original reason for making this posting in the first place. Does anyone know if and where one might purchase of copy of Western Mariner magazine other than via subscription through the publisher's website? (Greater Vancouver would be most preferable . I've seen Western Mariner in grocery stores... Save On, most likely. I don't think I'll ever stop buying print, as long as it's available. I always read in bed, before I go to sleep... usually my current book, and then a magazine. My eldest daughter gave me a Kindle. Don't know where it is. Hated it. Weird little tablet-y thing... you pick it up, turn it on, and there's the page you left off the last time, no cover, no title... the last book I read on it was Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, and I remember wondering sometimes, is this Pride and Prejudice?..., simply because there was no physical presence of the book, nothing that I saw when I logged on that gave me a real sense of what I was reading. I don't think there's any question that a lot of print publications will continue to disappear. I wonder if the ones that survive do so simply because so many of their competitors have given up the ghost, or if perhaps their publishers have understood better what resonates with people who appreciate the physical product.
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Post by Starsteward on Jan 29, 2019 8:54:19 GMT -8
I couldn't agree more with you 'Neil' that more 'digital' is not necessarily better and hopefully 'print' and 'vinyl' maintain what grasp they currently have on the public consumer. (Sound engineers are now admitting that there is an intrinsic quality in vinyl sound recording that cannot be duplicated by digital sound). Less than 10 years ago, one could walk past a myriad of bookstores, news stores/tobacconists/sundries outlets etc. where one could purchase local and foreign newspapers, monthly/weekly publication magazines on topics from A-Z. The convenience store chain, 7-11 has actually eliminated their entire magazine section from their stores, while many other retailers have scaled back space. Two major forces saw to the rapid disappearance of those ilk of stores. Yes, the profusion of the digital age was a large contributor, but another cause lurked and is as yet a major factor in the decrease of those aforementioned shops, that being the excessive rent increases the proprietors of those shops have seen over that time period. Case in point, anyone frequenting either Robson or Alberni Streets in downtown Vancouver have surely noticed the evolving number of small businesses as well as some major retailers who have come and gone in the past few years. I should get to my original reason for making this posting in the first place. Does anyone know if and where one might purchase of copy of Western Mariner magazine other than via subscription through the publisher's website? (Greater Vancouver would be most preferable . I've seen Western Mariner in grocery stores... Save On, most likely. I don't think I'll ever stop buying print, as long as it's available. I always read in bed, before I go to sleep... usually my current book, and then a magazine. My eldest daughter gave me a Kindle. Don't know where it is. Hated it. Weird little tablet-y thing... you pick it up, turn it on, and there's the page you left off the last time, no cover, no title... the last book I read on it was Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, and I remember wondering sometimes, is this Pride and Prejudice?..., simply because there was no physical presence of the book, nothing that I saw when I logged on that gave me a real sense of what I was reading. I don't think there's any question that a lot of print publications will continue to disappear. I wonder if the ones that survive do so simply because so many of their competitors have given up the ghost, or if perhaps their publishers have understood better what resonates with people who appreciate the physical product. Thanks for the 'where-to-buy' tip 'Neil' much appreciated. I share your 'digital' angst for the exact same reasons as you relate. Electronic gadgets have no 'presence', no soul. Just wanting to go back or forward a few pages on digital gizmos is a pain in the___!. Digital has a place in the world of communication(s), but it won't be found in my magazine rack nor on my bookshelves.
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Post by whalebreath on Jan 29, 2019 11:54:46 GMT -8
I'll be 66 this Friday-still read a couple books a week/have for life but mags there's no time for anymore.
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