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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 10, 2014 5:20:27 GMT -8
aerial view of Klahowya approaching Anacortes Sunday afternoon, 5-Oct-2014: What is with the two normal sized exhaust pipes on one side (I know the black one is the main engine)and one main engine pipe and the small pipe?
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MV Hyak
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 9, 2014 15:45:39 GMT -8
Nice video walk through of Hyak. I have a couple of unique perspective photos of Hyak taken last Sunday between Seattle and Bremerton: I love those angles on ferries.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 7, 2014 5:24:28 GMT -8
The Yakima out of service this morning? What happened this time?
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 4, 2014 16:25:13 GMT -8
Anyone know what is wrong with the Salish? It has been out of service for 2 days.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 2, 2014 17:12:30 GMT -8
The Salish is out for necessary repairs leaving the Kennewick on the Port Townsend-Keystone route alone.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 29, 2014 16:17:28 GMT -8
Does anyone know where the Rhododendron's engines are or how they were disposed?
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 21, 2014 19:53:50 GMT -8
What is with the one exhaust pipe on one side of the boat, then one normal sized exhaust pipe on the other side along side a big silver pipe?
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 21, 2014 8:47:17 GMT -8
I was reading the maintenance contracts for WSF, it looks like the Tacoma is going to drydock in 2015 to get the same treatment the Puyallup got like engine refurbishment and propeller renewal (5 bladed propeller more than likely).
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 15, 2014 14:18:11 GMT -8
For me , it would be nice to keep the ES in the active roster until 2016. That's when the 1954 GOVERNOR (CROWN CITY, KULSHAN) is slated to sail her last run at Martha's Vineyard and lose her engines to the SANKATY, and gets replaced by the new MV WOODS HOLE. If history serves me right, the 1954 EVERGREEN STATE was Nickum's first major ferry his company designed. Likewise for Spaulding on his CROWN CITY. It would be neat if both Nickum's and Spaulding's first ferries go out on the same day at the same hour, Seattle to Winslow for the ES (the ES's first run) and Martha's Vineyard to Woods Hole for the GOVERNOR. Then, on to Eagle Harbor VMC and Fairhaven VMC respectively for you know what. Lynn Peterson, in her outline to the governor, proposed keeping the Evergreen State until the Samish comes online. In fact, here's a capture from the memo she sent: That is a really great idea, just like we were saying at least they had some common sense to keep the Evergreen State and retire the Hiyu.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 13, 2014 14:06:46 GMT -8
Of all the names here, I vote for the Illahee. The Steel Elctric's are gone, they had great names. We don't have photo proof that the Klickitat or the Nisqually were done in, but we do know for certain the other two were. I would line out the two S-----ish names, we already have the Salish and the Sammish, this would result in confusion with the public, they are too close to the two existing names. I would prefer Hoquiam to any of the others listed. I also like the unsuccessful bid to call a Ferry the Ivar Haglund, but of all I prefer the Illahee. I submitted Stilliguamish and Skokomish.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 7, 2014 13:40:24 GMT -8
The Yakima is supposed to come back on the week of the 22nd of September to the Anacortes-San Juan route according to the Washington State Ferries maintenance schedule.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 7, 2014 13:33:14 GMT -8
When the Kitsap comes back into service the Cathlamet will go down to the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run, which will relieve the Evergreen State and then the Evergreen State will be a standby vessel, not going back to retirement. This is all according to the Washington State Ferries maintenance and service impact page. So it will be available again if another vessel has a mechanical problem. Actually, the Maintenance Schedule shows Cathlamet going into drydock at Dakota Creek at the beginning of the fall schedule, and not heading to F-V-S until November. Sealth and Chelan will be at pinch-hitting at F-V-S while Cathlamet is undergoing maintenance. (Sealth for the first week, then Chelan for a bit, and Sealth again until Cathlamet re-joins the fleet). It is interesting that they are showing Evergreen on standby instead of being de-commissioned. I think this is a good thing. It's best to not fully retire Evergreen until Samish enters service next spring. Thanks for the correction. Yeah, standby is better than being decommissioned. It will make the Washington State Ferries fleet a lot more functional and ready for an emergency situation. I think when the Samish comes online they should keep the Evergreen and Klahowya on standby and retire the Hiyu and have the Hiyu replace the Whatcom Chief.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 7, 2014 9:18:46 GMT -8
When the Kitsap comes back into service the Cathlamet will go down to the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run, which will relieve the Evergreen State and then the Evergreen State will be a standby vessel, not going back to retirement. This is all according to the Washington State Ferries maintenance and service impact page. So it will be available again if another vessel has a mechanical problem.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 7, 2014 9:15:09 GMT -8
When the Kitsap comes back into service the Cathlamet will go to the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route to relieve the Evergreen State which will be the new standby vessel and won't be retired anymore. This is all according to the Washington State Ferries service impact page.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Sept 7, 2014 9:13:03 GMT -8
When the Kitsap comes back the Cathlamet is going to go to the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth to relieve the Evergreen State which is going to be a standby vessel not retired anymore. This is all according to the Washington State Ferries service impact page.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Aug 21, 2014 9:05:20 GMT -8
On BCF minor routes where no fare is paid at a terminal, the Ship's Mate has a clicker in his/her hand to tally up the passenger count when passengers go past the ramp. Langdale is the only terminal where footsies present a boarding pass, and passengers in vehicles are accounted for at the booths. To this day I don't know how all those boarding passes are counted in the matter of a couple of minutes before the ship leaves. Does the machine log how many passes are issued? Are the passes inserted into a "cash-counter"? What is the system exactly at WSF? Seems like it would be hard to account for everyone with a simple 'clicker.' They use a clicker at the no pay for walk on passengers terminal. Correct me when I am wrong.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Aug 19, 2014 9:42:26 GMT -8
I was reading on the Marine Traffic website (which the results were updated by the boats speed recently) that the top speed of the Kaleetan was 19.9 knots, thus saying the Super Class vessels can almost reach 20 knots. ....when the tide is right. True the tidal currents can give the boat extra speed.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Aug 18, 2014 20:22:21 GMT -8
Lol, I see what you mean. Regarding loading, well, what I meant is that there isn't so many places where the vessels have to stop to load and unload. And, on a route with just one destination, you just load everyone on without worrying about which cars get off where. And, well, I guess it makes sense that the Supers can't really go 20 knots anymore; it explains why WSF says on their website that their speed is only 17 knots. Dwell time (dock time) is a problem with the Supers, to be sure. But I counter that if they were to load a Super in Bremerton the same way we do in the San Juans--and by that I mean taking the time to push cars over and pull cars up--it'd take about two to three minutes less time there than in the islands, mostly because (as you rightly point out) they don't have to change traffic flow for different destinations. And yes, the Supers are all capable of 17 knots. But I'm pretty sure that's top end for them, too. I was reading on the Marine Traffic website (which the results were updated by the boats speed recently) that the top speed of the Kaleetan was 19.9 knots, thus saying the Super Class vessels can almost reach 20 knots.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Aug 18, 2014 10:04:15 GMT -8
From the WSDOT website Faunt/Va/SW - 3-Boat Schedule will Resume Monday, August 18 Necessary repairs on the Evergreen State have been made and the route will return to the three boat schedule on Monday, August 18 beginning with the 4:05am sailing from Vashon.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Aug 10, 2014 19:56:44 GMT -8
ah the good ol Elwha! Only two times I have been on her have been on the internation run. I am due for a trip on her. Does anyone know if the Elwha is in the San Jauns year round??? Unless she's in for maintenance, she's in the San Juans. She probably hasn't operated on another route in over 20 years. She was on the Bremerton like 5 or 6 years ago.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 30, 2014 21:33:54 GMT -8
I've seen walk-on lines go at least 500' long at Kingston. I used to be a daily commuter on that run when my mom was in a hospital near Kenmore. When I picked up my Sony Betacam SP ENG television camera (the guy lived in Lynwood), I took that run in April of last year and the sun deck of the Puyallup was packed. Well, that is another reason to put a Super rather than an Issaquah on E-K.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 30, 2014 21:24:15 GMT -8
I don't see why they are putting the Chelan on the route when they could pick up a Super (Elwha because of less sailings and since it is rated for 2000 domestic passengers) to Edmonds when the Chelan can fill in for the Elwha. The Chelan isn't ideal for the Edmonds-Kingston route because of it only carrying 1200 passengers and 124 cars on such a crowded route. I guess 2 ferries are better than one ferry on that run. I don't think walk-on capacity matters that much on E-K... True, but the 20 extra cars of a Super would mean a big difference on E-K.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 30, 2014 21:19:13 GMT -8
I think they are going to have the Chelan replace a Super, because if all of the Jumbos are being used, they use a Super on the Edmonds-Kingston route. For instance they have in the past few years when there hasn't been a Jumbo to fill in they have used all of the Supers (besides the Elwha) Yeah... it would be pretty rough on the weekend traffic to have an Issaquah plus the Spokane on Edmonds-Kingston. The peninsula traffic on the weekends on E-K is just nuts. I was about the sixth car back from getting on the Puyallup two Sunday's ago at 9:40PM. Just nuts. We had to wait until the 10:30 on the Spokane, and she sailed full. After a 14-mile day hike with a stomach bug, I slept in the car while my buddies went for a post hike drink at the tavern adjacent to the terminal. Ugh. Agreed it would be a rough weekend with an Issaquah on the route, when it is common sense to send a Super down for work.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 30, 2014 21:18:15 GMT -8
I think they are going to have the Chelan replace a Super, because if all of the Jumbos are being used, they use a Super on the Edmonds-Kingston route. For instance they have in the past few years when there hasn't been a Jumbo to fill in they have used all of the Supers (besides the Elwha) The Chelan is going to Kingston-Edmonds. It's been stated in various articles all evening, most recently here: mynorthwest.com/11/2576607/Ferry-system-scrambling-to-deal-with-unprecedented-coincidence-of-eventsThis one states the hope to have the Wenatchee back Friday. I'm not holding my breath on that one. I don't see why they are putting the Chelan on the route when they could pick up a Super (Elwha because of less sailings and since it is rated for 2000 domestic passengers) to Edmonds when the Chelan can fill in for the Elwha. The Chelan isn't ideal for the Edmonds-Kingston route because of it only carrying 1200 passengers and 124 cars on such a crowded route. I guess 2 ferries are better than one ferry on that run.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 30, 2014 20:53:25 GMT -8
I just saw that. I guess the need the Chelan to take over somewhere down there. I wonder which route?? I think they are going to have the Chelan replace a Super, because if all of the Jumbos are being used, they use a Super on the Edmonds-Kingston route. For instance they have in the past few years when there hasn't been a Jumbo to fill in they have used all of the Supers (besides the Elwha)
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