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Post by shipyard on Jun 15, 2020 20:29:23 GMT -8
Well coincidentally I had to take an essential work trip to the mainland and back. I took route 1 over and 30 back due to scheduling and capacity issues with the load I was hauling. In the brief few minutes I was topside I looked for any signs of the anniversary etc. (certainly didn't expect anything) but it just felt weird and awkward up there so I retreated back to the car deck in a hurry.
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Post by shipyard on Aug 22, 2016 18:10:32 GMT -8
I can't help but wonder if this run would have been a suitable fit for the larger Tenaka if it hadn't been sold?
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Post by shipyard on May 25, 2016 6:08:55 GMT -8
Tenaka on the move!
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Post by shipyard on Apr 16, 2016 7:20:30 GMT -8
Couple cool shots of the Lady Sylvia aka Lady Rose in there too
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Post by shipyard on Mar 5, 2016 10:37:19 GMT -8
I do not like the idea of having to book the trip in both directions to get the maximum savings. I can usually predict and plan when a trip will begin, and will often time it to take advantage of any savings offered, especially if travelling with my 50' RV rig, but all bets are off as to when exactly we will be returning. This would remove the incentive to plan the initial crossing for non-peak times in my case.
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Post by shipyard on Feb 14, 2016 19:20:26 GMT -8
I think the thing to remember is this is not normal annual maintenance, but a major upgrade to a large piece of transportation infrastructure. If we were talking about a major highway upgrade or bridge replacement, we would tend to shrug it off and say inconvenience and disruption is to be expected, and plan our lives/trips accordingly, instead of demanding a full temporary highway/bridge be built temporarily to avoid the construction area
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Post by shipyard on Sept 20, 2015 19:59:48 GMT -8
The MV Profiler is a hydrographic survey vessel, which maps out the terrain on the bottom of the waterway to determine dredging requirements, etc. You can see the booms sticking out each side, and they are lined with transducers every couple feet scanning the bottom. These fold in when not in use. She is a 12 metre catamaran, powered by twin Caterpillar C7 engines, and was built in Port Alberni in 2008
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Post by shipyard on Nov 4, 2014 21:56:18 GMT -8
There's really no way to confirm this, but someone who works in the marine industry near Dubai has said the Cats are going to Egypt to be scrapped. Sad ending to this long story if true.
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Post by shipyard on Jan 26, 2014 20:44:19 GMT -8
I dislike not being able to disable photos. As nice as most of them are, being on dialup makes this forum an exercise in patience!
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Post by shipyard on Jan 19, 2014 20:06:45 GMT -8
Nanaimo shipyard went under last year, and their owner's other yard, Alberni Engineering & Shipyard, was sold to a company based in eastern Canada. I understand Nanaimo's marine store division was purchased by a Chinese company.
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Post by shipyard on Apr 26, 2013 17:21:43 GMT -8
And he's the principal of our local college......
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Post by shipyard on Jan 21, 2013 18:45:01 GMT -8
I can't disable photos anymore, or change my timezone!
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Post by shipyard on Nov 4, 2012 8:20:25 GMT -8
Yes, wow, it certainly is! I wish I clued in earlier and said hello. I hate when you can't place someone. Was a good show though, although living on a farm, we weren't sure whether to laugh or cry at the truthfulness of it all!
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Post by shipyard on Nov 3, 2012 20:45:08 GMT -8
Mr. Flugal Horn, were you by chance in Chemanius today? We've never met, but there was guy who looked familiar that I just couldn't place, until I was on my way home. (I'm a seldom forget a name, usually forget a face sort of person )
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Post by shipyard on Dec 21, 2011 18:18:51 GMT -8
If I were the betting type, I'd wager that the terminal won't really take several months to repair, rather it's a convenient excuse to close the terminal during the slowest time of the year, resulting in significant savings. They ordinarily couldn't afford to do this politically, but the timing of this unfortunate incident has given them the opening. This is all speculation, but I'm quite sure if they were motivated, that terminal would be repaired sooner.
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Post by shipyard on Dec 9, 2010 23:19:33 GMT -8
She's still here!
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Post by shipyard on Apr 6, 2010 20:50:44 GMT -8
The April '10 edition of Westcoast Mariner has an interesting article on the refloating of the Langdale Queen in March '09, complete with pictures.
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Post by shipyard on Mar 30, 2010 14:59:48 GMT -8
So just to get this straight- previously, the base vehicle rate was based on the per-foot rate eg. $2.25x20=$45. With the new structure, if you are 21 feet, is it $2.25x20, plus $5.25x1, or $5.25x21?
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Post by shipyard on Mar 14, 2010 17:14:44 GMT -8
The ways you photographed are owned by Pacific Towing, used for maintaining the smaller tugs in their fleet. Insurance issues stopped them from bringing in other work onto them a few years ago. Past them, there is Alberni Engineering, who have a few sets of ways, but none of them with the lifting capacity for a ship of that size. They do much of the commercial refit work in the valley. There is also Kamma & Blake, while not having haul-out capabilities, can handle most dock-side work for a project like that.
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Post by shipyard on Mar 12, 2010 21:29:06 GMT -8
No, she definitely won't be going up on those ways!! Actually, there isn't anywhere in 'Alberni with the capacity to haul her out. The below-waterline work will likely be done in Victoria, as has been the case with both ships for many years, while the bulk of the conversion will probably be handled by the very capable Port Alberni yards.
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Post by shipyard on Jan 9, 2010 18:04:23 GMT -8
I remember reading an article in a magazine, Western Mariner I believe, about the Bowen's convertion from a wet to a dry exhaust system, about 10-12 years ago. She was the first of the three sisters to get this treatment.
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Post by shipyard on Jan 2, 2010 21:03:42 GMT -8
I'll say it's the Mayne Queen at Otter Bay.
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Post by shipyard on Sept 7, 2009 11:56:12 GMT -8
I really don't understand why people are so disturbed by the unused deck 5. No one talks about removing the extra lounges off the Burnaby, or the unused buffet areas on the Vs (when they were still around). There would be major $$$ involved just to engineer the changes at the building stage of the project, vs. using pre-existing plans.
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Post by shipyard on Jun 27, 2009 20:09:50 GMT -8
This issue has been in my thoughts for a while now, ever since two ferry employees were measuring up my quite overheight vehicle to see if they could squeeze it on the upper deck of the QNW, which they did with a couple inches to spare. Now with the addition of the Coastals and their higher upper decks, this is becoming more of an issue for me. I realize it's hard only having one vessel on each main route with this capability, but it's a very valid issue none the less.
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Post by shipyard on Mar 9, 2009 20:00:41 GMT -8
She's still there, as of today.
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