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Post by Retrovision on Nov 30, 2005 18:19:10 GMT -8
err "...count the number..."
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Dec 1, 2005 13:04:24 GMT -8
I think, it´s still Washington-State-Ferries that have got the oldest fleet
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 1, 2005 21:16:52 GMT -8
I think, it´s still Washington-State-Ferries that have got the oldest fleet They certainly do ...
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Post by hergfest on Dec 1, 2005 22:41:01 GMT -8
Until they get rid of the Steel Electrics in a few years.
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Post by hergfest on Dec 2, 2005 10:33:02 GMT -8
WSF uses many different refit yards. Lake Union Drydock (which is fresh water), Dakota Creek in Anacortes, Todd Shipyard in Seattle, and Everett Shipyard. They also use their own maintenance facility on Bainbridge Island.
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Post by Dane on Dec 3, 2005 23:58:44 GMT -8
Thats interesting - do they WSF have any Union problems with there shipyard workers? Freshwater yards are also very good in helping the hull / paintings ect... It's the USA, and WSF is run by the goverment. What's a union? (In the true sense)
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Post by Dane on Dec 5, 2005 18:12:46 GMT -8
If the maint laws the apply to ships are similar to railways it would be almost impossible to have amaint done there, to do it in the USA a railway loco has to be getting warranty repair or must be shipped over as a "kit" (eg/ removal of trucks)
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Post by Mike C on Jan 5, 2006 20:33:37 GMT -8
Yeah, that would be cool... I heard that she collided with aGerman Freighter as she approached Swartz Bay... Interesting to get footage of that... If you know what company that she (Queen of Vic) was sent to try doing a google searchand try and track the company and the ferry down. I highly doubt it would work, but it's worth the try.
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Post by Quinsam on Jan 5, 2006 21:10:10 GMT -8
Yeah, that would be cool... I heard that she collided with aGerman Freighter as she approached Swartz Bay... Interesting to get footage of that... If you know what company that she (Queen of Vic) was sent to try doing a google searchand try and track the company and the ferry down. I highly doubt it would work, but it's worth the try. Actually the Queen of Victoria collided with a Japanese ship in Active pass, which is halfway between Tsawwassen and Swartz bay, the cargo ship was not allowed in active pass, and the company had to pay the damage repair cost for BCFerries.
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Post by Doug on Jan 5, 2006 22:05:58 GMT -8
Actually the freighter had a Russian flag.... And to Harry: all freighters bound for Vancouver used Active Pass before that crash. Now they are directed through Rosario Strait I believe.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 5, 2006 22:59:34 GMT -8
From the pictures I've seen of that crash, it sure looks like the Freightor hit the Ferry.... The Vic was the one that suffered the most damage obviously because the freightor pretty much took out that newly installed 84 foot section.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 20, 2006 22:19:44 GMT -8
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 20, 2006 22:40:58 GMT -8
Alternate link (since ProBoards butchers links with certain characters in them): tinyurl.com/7jhxw-- LB
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Post by NMcKay on Jan 21, 2006 18:37:04 GMT -8
it probably is either from the tanks, from the pipes or right from the engine, and any one of those is not a good place for it to be leaking from. wouldn't be much to fix it though IMHO
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Post by NMcKay on Jan 23, 2006 22:32:00 GMT -8
its probably the same as the sydney. someone forgot to secure the lower securing bolt
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Post by Scott on Feb 14, 2006 23:16:07 GMT -8
A fellow ferry enthusiast in London who has contacted me in the past via e-mail, sent me this photograph a couple days ago from Saturday's London Times newspaper. It would appear that this is the Queen of Victoria before scrapping in India. Just from the few words below the photo, I gather the story of the article/photo is the workers poor wages, and not the ferry. Just our "luck" that the Vic was in the background. So now we know...
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 14, 2006 23:26:14 GMT -8
holey crabapple! That is the Victoria. NOOOOOOOOOO they scrapped her!! Why would they do that?? Wow she looks different. Looks like they converted her to look like a cargo ship now.
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Post by hergfest on Feb 14, 2006 23:41:25 GMT -8
If it wasn't for the portholes on the rear on the bottom, I would say it looks photoshopped.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 15, 2006 8:05:04 GMT -8
Wow, that's amazing! I can't believe they modified the bow!!
Well, I kind of figured they were getting ready to scrap her. I wonder what she looked like inside!!
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Post by Shane on Feb 15, 2006 8:09:22 GMT -8
Neat Pic! Its like the Coho version of the V-Class ferries.
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Post by Fenklebaum on Feb 15, 2006 12:44:03 GMT -8
The 'added on' bow section: if you'll notice, there is quite an abrupt upturn at the bow... it looks tacked on, the lines don't flow.
Bulbous bow at the waterline: I'm not entirely sure what the technical name is, but the V class does have them. They were added on along with the extra car deck during lifting. They weren't present on the original drawings of the vessels
Cascade: You'll notice the different name on the bow of the ship. Could it be that you read her scrap notice and simply didn't know?
It pains me to say it, but my Fenklebaumanian verdict is... scrapped.
Quite frankly, I'm at a loss for words.
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Post by QSaanich on Feb 15, 2006 15:18:55 GMT -8
Holy **** what have they done to her she looks now like a cargo ship they have really modified her allot below the passenger deck kinda cool thought what is she used 4 now?
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Post by Balfour on Feb 15, 2006 17:11:56 GMT -8
Cscade, Do you have any record of the "Queen of Ocoa" being sold somewhere in India?
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 15, 2006 17:58:43 GMT -8
It looks to me, that it was just called "Ocoa", judging by the one word near the Bow. It makes sense they added a sharp bow, it was travelling across the Atlantic Ocean! It must of gone there after it was hijacked (That message I posted from the net a while ago). It fits all of the criteria to be the Victoria. Cafeteria near the stern, funnel (same colour scheme maybe? with out the dogwood, like with Johns picture of it at North Van), plus the forward passenger area, three windows near the stern on the lower car deck, and the covered solariums. It has to be the Victoria, and therefore it was scrapped. The First V-Class is now gone, even before the ferry that started it all...the Sidney.....It's really too bad, but we all knew it was going to happen sooner or later, we just didn't know when. Besides, only one engine worked, and it was leaking oil into the Ocean.
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Post by Curtis on Feb 15, 2006 18:00:12 GMT -8
I can't Believe it! They gave her the Coho look and she still has the BCF strips on her funnel. and the first of the Original 7 that were built on the same design now gone forever (Trumpet Music)
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