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Post by Koastal Karl on Mar 8, 2015 9:02:08 GMT -8
MV Nimpkish Refit with Alternate Service April 16 to May 31, 2015 The MV Nimpkish will be removed from service to undergo a regulatory dry-docking and refit from Thursday April 16 to Sunday May 31, 2015. During this period, alternate service between Bella Coola, Ocean Falls, Shearwater and Bella Bella on a modified schedule is available by: * Tug & Barge service, vehicles only (passengers are not able to travel with vehicles) * Water taxi service for vehicle passengers and foot passengers As the water taxi travel is faster than the barge, vehicles will generally depart via the barge before the passengers and arrive after. As such, customers should review the different sailing times and plan to be separated from their vehicles prior to departure and after arrival. For the full sailing schedule, please visit our website at www.bcferries.comReservations for the water taxi and barge are strongly recommended and can be made by calling 1-888-BCFERRY(223-3779). BC Ferries would like to thank its customers for their patience during the alternate service and we look forward to returning the MV Nimpkish to service in June. For traffic updates or more schedule information please call us toll free at 1-888-BCFERRY (223-3779), check our website at www.bcferries.com or go to mobile.bcferries.com on your mobile device. So could not the Queen of Chilliwack do this?? If she was in running order. Would be much better than having to put your vehicle on a barge then wait for it to arrive. I wonder how big this water taxi is??
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Post by Nick on Mar 8, 2015 11:06:52 GMT -8
So could not the Queen of Chilliwack do this?? If she was in running order. Would be much better than having to put your vehicle on a barge then wait for it to arrive. I wonder how big this water taxi is?? I think we've been over this before. The Chilliwack is effectively retired. I'm fairly certain BCF is holding on to her until the Province decides exactly what the ferry service is going to look like next year, but she is most likely not in any kind of working order. It costs a lot of money to keep a ship in an operational state, and I would expect BCF is doing the absolute minimum in order to keep the Chilliwack above the waterline right now. Bottom line is... she's NOT available to do any kind of refit relief or supplementary service right now.
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Post by Neil on Mar 8, 2015 22:00:10 GMT -8
So could not the Queen of Chilliwack do this?? If she was in running order. Would be much better than having to put your vehicle on a barge then wait for it to arrive. I wonder how big this water taxi is?? I think we've been over this before. The Chilliwack is effectively retired. I'm fairly certain BCF is holding on to her until the Province decides exactly what the ferry service is going to look like next year, but she is most likely not in any kind of working order. It costs a lot of money to keep a ship in an operational state, and I would expect BCF is doing the absolute minimum in order to keep the Chilliwack above the waterline right now. Bottom line is... she's NOT available to do any kind of refit relief or supplementary service right now. ... and even if the ' Chilliwack were functional, why would anyone think BC Ferries might put her on this route, given all the cutbacks and economising? As far as I know, Tenaka is still part of the fleet, since she was here at Hornby three months ago, and they're not even using her. Karl... you might want to look at the traffic totals. The ' Chilliwack would be rediculas on this route in April and May.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 12:16:28 GMT -8
Northern Expedition sails south tomorrow, at which point the Northern Adventure takes over routes 10 and 11. The Expedition will head into a two month refit before returning North for her daylight cruise. Two boat service on the mentioned routes lasts until mid-September this year. From HERE
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Post by Neil on May 15, 2015 13:37:06 GMT -8
Prior to every holiday weekend, BC Ferries puts out a notice about expected overloads, and every long weekend, it's wrong, at least for route 30.
This weekend's notice said no expected overloads. Well, Fort Street, your 3:15 from Tsawwassen is already overloaded, and the 5:45 is at 95%. There will be other overloads as well. Can these people not look at past traffic figures and give the public warning about the actual conditions? I make it a habit to look at the route 30 notices, and as I said, every long weekend they are wrong.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 16:45:16 GMT -8
Not only on holiday weekends. BCF ignores traffic statistics completely. Why else would they have cancelled the 2pm sailing from Buckley Bay to Denman. Off-season Tuesday to Friday vehicle utilization before the cuts was 2pm-68%, 3pm-78%, 4pm-83%,5pm-78%. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out, that overloads will cascade through the afternoon, as they do very often.
In the meantime the Hornby crew on one shift sits around and twiddles thumbs, while commercial delivery trucks costing customers hundreds of dollars, wait until BCF thinks it is time to move some more traffic.
This is beyond ridiculous, this is what you get from a taxpayer subsidized "private" company in bed with the governing BC Liberals. All of Todd Stones posturing just shows the ineptitude of those in charge on the company and political end.
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Post by WettCoast on May 15, 2015 17:07:20 GMT -8
Not only on holiday weekends. BCF ignores traffic statistics completely. Why else would they have cancelled the 2pm sailing from Buckley Bay to Denman. Off-season Tuesday to Friday vehicle utilization before the cuts was 2pm-68%, 3pm-78%, 4pm-83%,5pm-78%. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out, that overloads will cascade through the afternoon, as they do very often. In the meantime the Hornby crew on one shift sits around and twiddles thumbs, while commercial delivery trucks costing customers hundreds of dollars, wait until BCF thinks it is time to move some more traffic. This is beyond ridiculous, this is what you get from a taxpayer subsidized "private" company in bed with the governing BC Liberals. All of Todd Stones posturing just shows the ineptitude of those in charge on the company and political end. A simple click of the 'like' button is not enough. You are absolutely correct in what you have written. The ineptitude involves not just Denman & Hornby, but all of ferry dependant coastal BC beyond Vancouver. It is disgusting.
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Post by hwy19man on May 15, 2015 17:37:53 GMT -8
Prior to every holiday weekend, BC Ferries puts out a notice about expected overloads, and every long weekend, it's wrong, at least for route 30.
This weekend's notice said no expected overloads. Well, Fort Street, your 3:15 from Tsawwassen is already overloaded, and the 5:45 is at 95%. There will be other overloads as well. Can these people not look at past traffic figures and give the public warning about the actual conditions? I make it a habit to look at the route 30 notices, and as I said, every long weekend they are wrong. Murphy's Law strikes again! There were two waits at Tsawwassen for route 30 just after 1700h. Vehicles are now lining up for the 2245h sailing which is already more than half full!
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Post by hwy19man on May 15, 2015 18:23:51 GMT -8
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Post by hwy19man on May 15, 2015 19:50:31 GMT -8
There is an extra sailing at 2220h from SWB to Fulford Harbour. The last two scheduled sailings were full.
Route one from TSA is full for the final sailing at 2100h. Surprising that there was not a 2000h.
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 15, 2015 20:51:50 GMT -8
I think Swartz Bay to Fulford was busy all afternoon with waits not just the last two. I checked earlier before 3 and there were waits to Fulford. Is there something happening on Salt Spring this weekend??? Although BC Ferries puts up the busiest times for holidays that can change every year so they just go by previous years. I cant remember though the last time I saw an extra sailing at the end of the night to Fulford.
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Post by Neil on May 15, 2015 22:27:14 GMT -8
Prior to every holiday weekend, BC Ferries puts out a notice about expected overloads, and every long weekend, it's wrong, at least for route 30.
This weekend's notice said no expected overloads. Well, Fort Street, your 3:15 from Tsawwassen is already overloaded, and the 5:45 is at 95%. There will be other overloads as well. Can these people not look at past traffic figures and give the public warning about the actual conditions? I make it a habit to look at the route 30 notices, and as I said, every long weekend they are wrong. Murphy's Law strikes again! There were two waits at Tsawwassen for route 30 just after 1700h. Vehicles are now lining up for the 2245h sailing which is already more than half full! 'hwy19man'... probably no point in my making this comment, since you've likely disappeared again for the next six months, but... 'Murphy's Law' has nothing to do with it. BC Ferries could issue the proper service alerts if they chose to, and they could make the needed service adjustments if they had the budget from the government to do so. There's no weird fate-based problem here. Big bold faced type and exclamation marks are a bit old.
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Post by northwesterner on May 16, 2015 13:15:25 GMT -8
I think Swartz Bay to Fulford was busy all afternoon with waits not just the last two. I checked earlier before 3 and there were waits to Fulford. Is there something happening on Salt Spring this weekend??? Although BC Ferries puts up the busiest times for holidays that can change every year so they just go by previous years. I cant remember though the last time I saw an extra sailing at the end of the night to Fulford. Where's the "Ferries Busy" thread?
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Post by hwy19man on May 17, 2015 16:02:58 GMT -8
Murphy's Law strikes again! There were two waits at Tsawwassen for route 30 just after 1700h. Vehicles are now lining up for the 2245h sailing which is already more than half full! 'hwy19man'... probably no point in my making this comment, since you've likely disappeared again for the next six months, but... 'Murphy's Law' has nothing to do with it. BC Ferries could issue the proper service alerts if they chose to, and they could make the needed service adjustments if they had the budget from the government to do so. There's no weird fate-based problem here. Big bold faced type and exclamation marks are a bit old.
I am here again just two days later Neil. I have been reading many posts on this site, but, have not responded until recently. I think it is Murphy's Law because BCF is in the habit of issuing less and less notices on route 30. They think it is not necessary, but, it is. The big bold face type is a thing I do often on other message boards too.
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Post by hwy19man on May 18, 2015 18:43:42 GMT -8
I think Swartz Bay to Fulford was busy all afternoon with waits not just the last two. I checked earlier before 3 and there were waits to Fulford. Is there something happening on Salt Spring this weekend??? Although BC Ferries puts up the busiest times for holidays that can change every year so they just go by previous years. I cant remember though the last time I saw an extra sailing at the end of the night to Fulford. Where's the "Ferries Busy" thread? I agree with you northwesterner, I miss that thread. It looks like BCF has had some common sense hit them this holiday Monday as there will be a 2000h sailing on route 1 from SWB this evening on route 1. The strange thing is that the 2200h from TSA is not being shown on the website yet. The same goes for the route 2, the COQ will arrive at HSB from Langdale at 2215h and then must sail back to Dep. Bay. There is no 2235h sailing on the website.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 18, 2015 19:11:13 GMT -8
Where's the "Ferries Busy" thread? I agree with you northwesterner, I miss that thread. It looks like BCF has had some common sense hit them this holiday Monday as there will be a 2000h sailing on route 1 from SWB this evening on route 1. The strange thing is that the 2200h from TSA is not being shown on the website yet. The same goes for the route 2, the COQ will arrive at HSB from Langdale at 2215h and then must sail back to Dep. Bay. There is no 2235h sailing on the website.Ask, receive, all good. The new thread awaits your use and enjoyment. HERE
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Post by hwy19man on May 18, 2015 19:13:05 GMT -8
Thank you Flugel Horn!
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Post by hwy19man on Jul 30, 2015 19:15:20 GMT -8
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Post by hwy19man on Aug 7, 2015 21:09:39 GMT -8
Friday afternoon and Murphy's Law strikes again!
The Queen of Surrey had mechanical problems after its 1525h departure from Langdale. It docked at HSB and never made its return trip. The Queen of Coquitlam took over for the remainder of the day and will do the 620h departure on Saturday morning.
www.bcferries.com/bcfservicenotice?id=917504
Update as of 8:32 pm:
Please be advised that the Queen of Coquitlam will sail in place of the Queen of Surrey due to mechanical difficulties.
*Saturday August 8th 2015:
Please be advised that the 7:55 am exiting Langdale will be cancelled.
Further updates will be provided after 8:30 am.
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Post by Mayne on Aug 7, 2015 21:47:03 GMT -8
Friday afternoon and Murphy's Law strikes again!
The Queen of Surrey had mechanical problems after its 1525h departure from Langdale. It docked at HSB and never made its return trip. The Queen of Coquitlam took over for the remainder of the day and will do the 620h departure on Saturday morning.
www.bcferries.com/bcfservicenotice?id=917504
Update as of 8:32 pm:
Please be advised that the Queen of Coquitlam will sail in place of the Queen of Surrey due to mechanical difficulties.
*Saturday August 8th 2015:
Please be advised that the 7:55 am exiting Langdale will be cancelled.
Further updates will be provided after 8:30 am.
Its a C-Class, what do you expect.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 11:08:50 GMT -8
This always happens when I'm away, or on another vessel. In 2013, I was right behind the Coquitlam when she broke down on a Saturday morning, and limped into the dock in Horseshoe Bay. There was another time that summer when the Coq switched places with the Surrey. In 2014, the Surrey quit when I was away. The Coquitlam took her place. There was also an instance last year where the main berth in Langdale was broken, and the Surrey performed an extra sailing on a Saturdasy, which I was aboard.
And now this, when I'm also away haha. Glad I'm not part of this chaos.
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 8, 2015 15:32:18 GMT -8
Questions:
1 - Is there any information on what is wrong with the Surrey & when she is expected back in service? BC Ferries Service Notice on this matter is less than helpful. 2 - Does BCFS have any sort of contingency plan as to what to do when a vessel breaks down at this time of year? It seems to me that the Cowichan, which has made two rounders on route 2, could have had its schedule modified to make at least one rounder on route 3. Why not?
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Post by Dane on Aug 10, 2015 19:41:03 GMT -8
Surrey is listed as out again for the next two days. Hopefully this is sorted out quickly. Curious observation about the Cowichan, maybe we will see some more flexibility if this continues.
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