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Post by Kahloke on Mar 9, 2010 15:36:25 GMT -8
Rhody's at Eagle Harbor. I have a question for those of you who know more about the inner workings of WSF than I do: wouldn't it have made sense to put Rhody back at Point Defiance during this temporary emergency if she is just sitting on standby at Eagle Harbor, or are they actually performing maintenance on her right now?
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 9, 2010 16:10:17 GMT -8
I do believe I saw/heard something about receiving some maintenance while in the yard.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Mar 10, 2010 7:30:04 GMT -8
I do believe I saw/heard something about receiving some maintenance while in the yard. According to the latest layup schedule (dated 02/25), maintenance/annual inspection was scheduled to be completed last Friday.
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Post by SS Shasta on Mar 10, 2010 11:46:04 GMT -8
I do believe I saw/heard something about receiving some maintenance while in the yard. According to the latest layup schedule (dated 02/25), maintenance/annual inspection was scheduled to be completed last Friday. The revised schedule has listed Rhody (03/09/10) as having one more week of maintenance/inspection at Eagle Harbor. Has she actually been in service since her January problems sent her to the yard early?
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Post by SS San Mateo on Mar 10, 2010 12:18:27 GMT -8
As far as I know, she hasn't returned to service since she broke down in early February.
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 10, 2010 15:09:50 GMT -8
I don't think she returned either. The Sealth ended up getting pulled out of the SJI a bit early, as soon as the Kaleetan was available.
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Post by EGfleet on Mar 13, 2010 5:44:38 GMT -8
Just noticed that the Rhody is back at Point Defiance.
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 13, 2010 13:46:48 GMT -8
Yup. It's bigger and faster than the Hiyu, so needs were what needs were.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Mar 15, 2010 14:55:36 GMT -8
I wonder if she is scheduled to go down to the Steilacoom-Anderson Island-Ketron Island route shortly after maintenance/annual inspection. I can't remember the last time the Christine Anderson went in for drydocking. That could explain the standby status. Just wondering if this has been confirmed yet? It has now: RIDER ALERT - TEMPORARY SAILING SCHEDULE IN EFFECT, March 22, 2010 Beginning March 22, 2010 for approximately six weeks, the M/V Rhododendron will be servicing the Town of Steilacoom, Anderson and Ketron Islands, while the M/V Christine Anderson undergoes its biannual USCG Inspection/Certification. A Temporary sailing schedule will be in effect during that period. Please view the Temporary Sailing Schedule along with additional information at www.piercecountywa.org/ferry. Once again, thank you for your patience and understanding. Sincerely, Michael D. Esher Airport/Ferry Administrator
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Post by Kahloke on Mar 28, 2010 8:22:23 GMT -8
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Aug 7, 2010 23:06:37 GMT -8
Hey does anyone remember the year the Rhody got stuck in the mud in Port Townsend? I remember it was after they built the new Dock . I don't remember if it was foggy and missed it or if it was lost power, I just remember she missed the dock and was stuck in the mud.. I know I used to have a newspaper clipping of it showing her but I can't find it.. Year and any pics would be cool..
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Post by FNS on Aug 7, 2010 23:20:10 GMT -8
Hey does anyone remember the year the Rhody got stuck in the mud in Port Townsend? I remember it was after they built the new Dock . I don't remember if it was foggy and missed it or if it was lost power, I just remember she missed the dock and was stuck in the mud.. I know I used to have a newspaper clipping of it showing her but I can't find it.. Year and any pics would be cool.. I don't remember her running aground in Port Townsend. However, this is a good time to post a misfortune of the RHODY which happened in January of 1968. This pressed the old CHETZEMOKA into regular service (from being an extra ferry) alongside the OLYMPIC. As you can see, the author of this story was off by many years on the second to the last paragraph. This story wasn't proofread prior to printing as you can see on the first sentence, as well as others. This is from a Whidbey newspaper. One more thing. The 1947 RHODODENDRON, 1938 OLYMPIC, and 1927 CHETZEMOKA used hand lowered rudder locking pins.
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Aug 8, 2010 8:47:58 GMT -8
Thanks ferrynut! I remember that it was early mid 80's Rhody got stuck in the mud in Port Townsend. I remember it was after they built the new Dock. I don't remember if it was foggy and missed it or if it was lost power.
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Post by FNS on Aug 8, 2010 18:18:32 GMT -8
Thanks ferrynut! I remember that it was early mid 80's Rhody got stuck in the mud in Port Townsend. I remember it was after they built the new Dock. I don't remember if it was foggy and missed it or if it was lost power. Also to note, after her remasting with international rules navigation lights and bow modifications all in 1984, she spent the summer serving among the San Juan Islands. In 1985, she was back at Port Townsend serving as second ferry behind the KLICKITAT. After that, she languished at Eagle Harbor awaiting renewing in about 1990 for new life on the Tahlequah run. Must have been fun to see her in the San Juans that year in 1984! Her assignments: 1947-1953 Matapeake to Sandy Point run MD as GOV HERBERT R O'CONOR 1954-1961 Lofall to South Point run WA as MV RHODODENDRON 1961-1977 Mukilteo to Columbia Beach run 1978-1983 Port Townsend to Keystone Harbor at Coupeville run 1984-1984 San Juan Islands shuttle 1985-1985 Port Townsend to Keystone Harbor at Coupeville run 1986-1990 At Eagle Harbor 1990-1992 Major renovations at Todd Shipyards Seattle 1992-2012 Point Defiance to Tahlequah run 2012- ? Scheduled retirement after being replaced by MV KENNEWICK at Tahlequah upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Governor_herbert_oconor_of_maryland.jpg
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Post by northwesterner on Aug 8, 2010 22:10:29 GMT -8
I've never even seen a picture of the Rhody in the San Juans!
On the other hand, its amazing for how many years in to the 90s postcards could be found in Port Townsend gift shops depicting the Rhody and Olympic on that route...
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Post by SS San Mateo on Aug 9, 2010 6:01:26 GMT -8
Hey does anyone remember the year the Rhody got stuck in the mud in Port Townsend? I remember it was after they built the new Dock . I don't remember if it was foggy and missed it or if it was lost power, I just remember she missed the dock and was stuck in the mud.. I know I used to have a newspaper clipping of it showing her but I can't find it.. Year and any pics would be cool.. I looked through the Google News archives. I found this article from 1983 (the current dock hadn't opened yet). The Rhododendron had been run argound intentionally after a valve blew and it was not possible the slow her down quickly enough to make a safe landing. I don't know if this is what you were looking for or not (I didn't see any articles from after the current dock was opened, which I believe was in 1984).
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 9, 2010 7:54:43 GMT -8
I've never even seen a picture of the Rhody in the San Juans! On the other hand, its amazing for how many years in to the 90s postcards could be found in Port Townsend gift shops depicting the Rhody and Olympic on that route... The Olympic did a stint up in the San Juans as well for a summer in the late 1980's...wish there were photos of that too!
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 9, 2010 9:14:48 GMT -8
The Olympic did a stint up in the San Juans as well for a summer in the late 1980's...wish there were photos of that too! Yep, the one time I ever rode on Olympic was from Orcas to Anacortes in 1987. It was quite a novelty. It also took a really long time, too.
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Post by EGfleet on Aug 9, 2010 9:19:00 GMT -8
The Olympic did a stint up in the San Juans as well for a summer in the late 1980's...wish there were photos of that too! Yep, the one time I ever rode on Olympic was from Orcas to Anacortes in 1987. It was quite a novelty. It also took a really long time, too. And no pictures?!?! Oo, I bet it was a slow trip! What a neat trip to remember her by though...very unique in her history! Kinda like my trip on the Vashon across the Canal after the bridge sank. My most vivid memory of the boat is my father pulling me away from one of those big corrals they put around the areas of dryrot.
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Post by FNS on Aug 9, 2010 9:20:01 GMT -8
The Olympic did a stint up in the San Juans as well for a summer in the late 1980's...wish there were photos of that too! Yep, the one time I ever rode on Olympic was from Orcas to Anacortes in 1987. It was quite a novelty. It also took a really long time, too. Was the galley open on your sailing aboard the OLYMPIC?
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 9, 2010 9:26:36 GMT -8
Yep, the one time I ever rode on Olympic was from Orcas to Anacortes in 1987. It was quite a novelty. It also took a really long time, too. And no pictures?!?! I didn't have a camera back in those days, and did not know we would be on Olympic until we boarded.
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 9, 2010 9:28:54 GMT -8
Yep, the one time I ever rode on Olympic was from Orcas to Anacortes in 1987. It was quite a novelty. It also took a really long time, too. Was the galley open on your sailing aboard the OLYMPIC? Not that I recall. My memory is a little vague on the circumstances of her being there, but I think the normally assigned vessel (whichever one that was at the time) broke down, and there were no other relief boats except Olympic. Either that, or she was the closest one available. Whatever the reason was, I am pretty sure she was just filling in at the time.
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Aug 9, 2010 10:13:56 GMT -8
I remember when the Issy's were new and on the Clinton aka (Columbia Beach) - Mukilteo run, that they both broke down and we have the Rhody as our sub.. she was the only boat we had for a few days almost a week.
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Post by FNS on Aug 9, 2010 11:53:28 GMT -8
I remember when the Issy's were new and on the Clinton aka (Columbia Beach) - Mukilteo run, that they both broke down and we have the Rhody as our sub.. she was the only boat we had for a few days almost a week. I remember one subbing she did on the Mukilteo run in the early 1980s. I believe the ILLAHEE was on this run as well. There was something very strange about the RHODY's appearance, though. Her galley end was touching Mukilteo instead of CB. It was customary for the Whidbey Island riders to find the galley end at the CB end aboard the RHODY. I just wonder how many people tried to find the heads on this subbing! ;D That was when the RHODY was real and had that familiar sounds and inside looks with red tiles on the flooring and green benches and a sign that read: "WELCOME TO THE RHODY GALLEY".
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Post by SS San Mateo on Aug 9, 2010 12:05:26 GMT -8
Was the galley open on your sailing aboard the OLYMPIC? Was the galley ever open after she was unretired in 1983 or so? I never saw any indications that the galley was even there (no menu or "Welcome To The Olympic Galley" (or similar) sign. There was something that looked like a stretcher placed in front.
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