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Post by WettCoast on Feb 5, 2008 21:47:45 GMT -8
Well the pics show that the Spirits do fit in at Deas, and do get service done their, at least occasionally. My question now is why is Spirit major maintenance invariably done elsewhere?
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Post by ferrytraveller on Feb 5, 2008 22:23:09 GMT -8
i wonder why too
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Post by hergfest on Feb 5, 2008 23:24:17 GMT -8
My guess would be whether she gets drydocked or not.
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Post by Mirrlees on Feb 6, 2008 0:13:16 GMT -8
I think it has to do with a lot of ships get their refits done right now so, there isn't the space at Deas. It may be easier to send a work crew from Deas out to the ship's home port.
As for the SOBC being at Swartz Bay, she probably has drydock time booked at Esquimalt to fix her bow thruster.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2008 11:26:27 GMT -8
The blocking for the SOVI is still in place in the dry dock, and since the SOBC is identical, it would make sense for the SOBC to go there. Rumor has it that another ferry will be going in the dry dock soon.
The weather here on Tuesday was very bad, especially in Esquimalt--extremely windy,(70km/hr with gusts up to 100km/ hr)and raining. This time the weatherman was right.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 6, 2008 15:23:53 GMT -8
Shipdaughterwife - I will trade you our weather for the wind and rain. We got about 15cm of snow last night - wet slushy heavy stuff. Now we are getting wave two and another 15 to 20 cm overnight. This from the heavy rain we had on Sunday we are getting it all this week.
The SOVI went in the dock first. Would make sense for for the SoBC to go in. By the rumour did you mean it or that it and another ferry would be in the drydock together again. Would be great if it coincided with the open house and someone could get some pics.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2008 22:49:42 GMT -8
pnwtraveler, be careful what you wish for----you may get flooded out when it starts to rain where you live.
The weather forecast for Victoria, is more of the same, windy and
rainy for the next few days. So if you are coming for the open house, be prepared.
The ferry rumored to be going into the dry dock is the SOBC. I heard that she should have been in the dock by now, but because of the weather there will be a delay. As of yesterday, the blocks are still in the dock from the SOVI and Tsawassen, and the dock is still flooded, awaiting an arrival.
Docking a boat when it is really windy can be a problem. I remember about three years ago, one of the visiting cruise ships had a problem docking at Ogden Point and ended up being parallel to the shore instead of being in the dock. The incident made the evening news and lots of people came down to see for themselves. However, the breakwater was closed that night because of the winds and security reasons.
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Post by PCL Driver on Feb 7, 2008 7:02:36 GMT -8
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Post by Nick on Feb 7, 2008 13:56:36 GMT -8
From what I have heard, the SOBC tried to go out to Esquimalt yesterday, but couldn't make it into the drydock because of the combination of wind and her broken bow thruster. She came back to Swartz Bay yesterday, early afternoon.
Maybe she will try again today?
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 7, 2008 19:22:47 GMT -8
Well the SOBC was at Swartz Bay around 2pm this afternoon. The Coastal Renaissance made it to Ogden Point today so I dont see why the SOBC cant make it to the drydock!
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Post by ferrytraveller on Feb 7, 2008 20:30:27 GMT -8
Well as of right now, the Spirit of BC is in Swartz Bay docked. So i guess they didn't bother to try again today, which might mean that its refit will go a bit longer then planned.
Also deas docks is quite busy at the moment, with the Queen of Prince Rupert, Quintsa (covered in a white tarp), Queen of Cumberland and Queen of Tsawwassen all there!
Also the old Queen of the Islands which usually moores there when space is availble, is docked down in the Fraser River, just below the Alex Fraser Bridge.
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Post by Nick on Feb 7, 2008 21:07:13 GMT -8
I asked my dad about the SOBC today when he came home. He said that they didn't even bother trying to get her into the drydock today because of the winds in Esquimalt, coupled with her bad bow thruster. Also, she apparently has a cracked rudder as well, just like the SOVI.
He was also telling me about a very hard landing the Vancouver had yesterday. Apparently she hit the turning dolphin off Tsawwassen really hard, and ripped part of her rubbing strake completely off. It also put a crack in the hull about 15 feet long between the rubbing strake and the water line. Apparently there were people at Swartz bay today to assess the damage as she came in on one of the morning sailings.
Anybody know more about this??
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Post by Coastal Canuck on Feb 7, 2008 22:09:08 GMT -8
I asked my dad about the SOBC today when he came home. He said that they didn't even bother trying to get her into the drydock today because of the winds in Esquimalt, coupled with her bad bow thruster. Also, she apparently has a cracked rudder as well, just like the SOVI. He was also telling me about a very hard landing the Vancouver had yesterday. Apparently she hit the turning dolphin off Tsawwassen really hard, and ripped part of her rubbing strake completely off. It also put a crack in the hull about 15 feet long between the rubbing strake and the water line. Apparently there were people at Swartz bay today to assess the damage as she came in on one of the morning sailings. Anybody know more about this?? I didn't know about the Vancouver but what will happen if she is required to be removed from service  looks like one vessel might be removed from refit early. Lets see here... SoBC-no way...Bow thruster QPR-too small Cummberland-can't Tsawwassen-still too small but could do my guess would be use Saanich out of Tsawwassen if needed and send Queen of Tsawwassen to Swartz if possable |
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 7, 2008 22:26:23 GMT -8
He was also telling me about a very hard landing the Vancouver had yesterday. Apparently she hit the turning dolphin off Tsawwassen really hard, and ripped part of her rubbing strake completely off. It also put a crack in the hull about 15 feet long between the rubbing strake and the water line. Apparently there were people at Swartz bay today to assess the damage as she came in on one of the morning sailings. Anybody know more about this?? Wow, this is quite scary! I hope the results of the assessment will say that she could be repaired without having to go into early retirement. If need be, the Esquimalt would probably be pulled of Route 30, seeming she's based out of Tsawwassen right now. The Esquimalt has run in place of the SoBC before I think too anyway. Then the Alberni will be moved to Tsawwassen earlier than planned, that way the Coquitlam could run in place of the Alberni out of Duke Point. But only because Tsawwassen based crews on Route 30 have only been trained for the evacuation slides (which are on the Alberni) instead of the evacuation chutes (which are on remaining C's). |
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Post by ferrytraveller on Feb 7, 2008 23:00:00 GMT -8
Chris, I think you are quite right, i would imagine that the esquimalt would move to route 1 and the coquitlam would move to duke point - nanaimo.
I am sure the damage would be fixable though. Not many people would want to buy a ship with considerable damage, i wouldn't think.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 8, 2008 10:36:05 GMT -8
Well the Vancouver is running this morning so they must have found it ok for now.
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Post by queenofcowichan on Feb 8, 2008 12:44:18 GMT -8
They also could as they have done in the past, put the Tsawwassen up at Little River and put the Burnaby (more suitable than Q Tsawwasen) on either Route 1 or 30.
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Post by Nick on Feb 8, 2008 14:11:15 GMT -8
Well, I drove by Ogden point today to check out see the CR and check out parking, and what did I see but the SOBC sitting offshore. I am guessing they were either waiting for the wind to die down, or for the shipyard crews to be ready to receive her into the drydock. I am looking at Siitech right now, and it looks like she is being assisted into the drydock by the Seaspan Foam.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 8, 2008 14:40:14 GMT -8
Dont worry guys. I spotted the SOBC on the tracker and I rushed down to the Esquimalt Lagoon around 11am to see her arrive in the drydock but I ended up watching her for 3 hours doing circles until she entered the drydock about 2pm. From what I could see it dident look to rough out there so they must of just have been waiting till it was their time to go in. So it is your lucky weekend as todays photos from me are from the SOBC out in Jaun De Fuca strait. I will be uploading photos in a bit!
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Post by Scott on Feb 8, 2008 22:07:32 GMT -8
Does anyone know if the Cumberland has had her RADs replaced like the Capilano has? And if not, is it happening this year?
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Post by ferrytraveller on Feb 9, 2008 1:57:03 GMT -8
just a question, when bc ferries says they have refitted (enter number of ships) in a year, when do they start counting from and when do they stop?
Was there news release saying they were replacing the cumbies rads? i thought it was only the capilano.
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Post by Nickfro on Feb 9, 2008 12:03:02 GMT -8
I would think the time frame spans from the end of summer to the start of the following summer, otherwise known as 'refit season'. That at least makes the most sense to me.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 9, 2008 12:51:24 GMT -8
Does anyone know if the Cumberland has had her RADs replaced like the Capilano has? And if not, is it happening this year? From what I can remember, the Capilano was getting the new set of RADs only. The Cumbie would get the Cappies RADs as spares, for when the Cumbie has more RAD problems. |
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 16, 2008 12:37:07 GMT -8
I don't know where else to mention this, so.....
Seeming the Klitsa has been undergoing quite the major overhaul for the past few months, she must be out doing seatrials today. Siitech is showing her out at Fort Langley right now, on the Fraser River, just south of the Albion Ferry route. She's heading downstream again, pressumably to Deas. At first I had thought she was actually running on the Albion Ferry route (she's a typical replacement for her sisters, Kulleet and Klatawa), but once I zoomed in, it was obvious that she's just doing seatrials.
EDIT: Nevermind! She must be running on the Albion Ferry route. she's now docked at the Albion side of the Albion Ferry route.
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Post by Quatchi on Feb 16, 2008 21:23:07 GMT -8
Speaking of RAD's. At Deas there is a large building consisting entirely of Spare RAD Storage. Every ship or every Rad type has at least one spare RAD so the guys can overhaul it wile the ship is running, then when she breaks one or comes in for refit they simply switch one out. When I was there we went into that building so the guy could show me the spare Chilliwack RAD they had. It was interesting to see they had all the RAD's wrapped in cloth.
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