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Post by Retrovision on Jun 12, 2007 9:22:33 GMT -8
Thanks to our friend on the inside at FSG, we now know that the Super C-Class vessels will be retitled the 'Coastal Class'Another info came up yesterday-the three vessels will be called the "Coastal Class" officially instead of "Super-C". Thanks again, Herr Brinkmann.
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Post by Kam on Jun 12, 2007 9:48:15 GMT -8
I dont mind that so much. To be honest, Super C-Class sounded kind of awkward, so Costal Class works fine for me.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 12, 2007 13:57:37 GMT -8
Well, it was like the Spirit class, they were the Super-V's, then Spirits. At least we had a codename for them.
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Post by Retrovision on Jun 12, 2007 14:03:24 GMT -8
Well, it was like the Spirit class, they were the Super-V's, then Spirits. At least we had a codename for them. I could easily be mistaken as I was just a young guy growing up in Tsawwassen when the Spirits came around in the early 90s but have no recolection of them being referred to as 'Super-Vs', I do however remember only knowing them as the "super ferries" and I still use that term today when referring to them in coversation with my parents so they know which ferries I'm talking about.
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Post by kylefossett on Jun 12, 2007 14:46:41 GMT -8
yup same here. i don't recall the super-v designation. all i remember are superferry, spirit, spook
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Post by Curtis on Jun 12, 2007 15:53:26 GMT -8
Superferries probably is the term everybody used. I've noticed on the news they called the Super C Cla...Er 'Coastal' Class...The Cosatal Renaissance a Super Ferry
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 12, 2007 16:47:16 GMT -8
Dropping the 'Super C' designation in favour of the name 'Coastal Class' is a good thing. The Super C designation was leading people to conclude that these vessels actually have something in common with the existing 'C class'.
As for the name 'Super V's in reference to the 'Spirits'. I believe that that 'name' originated with me. It was my reaction to the notion that if a 'Coastal' class vessel could be a 'Super C', then a 'Spirit' could be a 'Super V'. In other words a 'Spirit' has at least as much in common with a 'V' as a 'Coastal' does with a 'C'. The first Spirit, at one point, was nick-named the 'Queen of Lego'
Next question - Is a Cum-Cap vessel a 'Super PR' class?
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Post by DENelson83 on Jun 12, 2007 16:58:29 GMT -8
We need an official press release confirming this change. When starting a topic on this board, please make sure you have something to validate your post (ie: BCF Press releases, Newspaper artcles, or Photos).
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 12, 2007 19:31:47 GMT -8
To answer Jim, I was thinking "Trojan Class".....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 12, 2007 19:32:30 GMT -8
We need an official press release confirming this change. When starting a topic on this board, please make sure you have something to validate your post (ie: BCF Press releases, Newspaper artcles, or Photos). DNelson: I nominate you to secure such press release.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 12, 2007 20:54:13 GMT -8
To answer Jim, I was thinking "Trojan Class"..... LOL!!! I think that the QQ2 can be classified there.
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Post by Dane on Jun 12, 2007 21:28:58 GMT -8
We need an official press release confirming this change. When starting a topic on this board, please make sure you have something to validate your post (ie: BCF Press releases, Newspaper artcles, or Photos). Incidently, there is a press release that confirms this. Read the press release for the Olympic wraps on the vessels, or the front page of today's (12 Jun 07) Vancouver Sun.
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Post by Retrovision on Jun 12, 2007 23:57:57 GMT -8
We need an official press release confirming this change. Incidently, there is a press release that confirms this. Read the press release for the Olympic wraps on the vessels, or the front page of today's (12 Jun 07) Vancouver Sun. I don't know about a press release in the traditional sense of the term, but the actual article in today's (12 Jun) edition of the 'Sun always does refer to the 3 new vessels as "Super-C Coastal-Class" whenever their class prefix is mentioned in the story.
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Post by EGfleet on Jun 13, 2007 5:45:41 GMT -8
I like the new designation. It seems an obvious choice, but it sounds better than "Super C." I wish WSF had named them the "Tacoma Class" or something even slightly more creative than the lackluster "Jumbo Mark II."
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 13, 2007 9:59:56 GMT -8
I like the new designation. It seems an obvious choice, but it sounds better than "Super C." I wish WSF had named them the "Tacoma Class" or something even slightly more creative than the lackluster "Jumbo Mark II." How about the Large Barge class? ;D They're nice to ride, I'll admit, but they don't handle for beans... ...but I digress. 'Coastal Class' is a much friendlier and considerably less ostentatious name than Super-C. It almost seems like they'd need a cape...
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Post by Scott on Jun 13, 2007 17:58:58 GMT -8
I seem to recall that the Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey were called "superferries" when they were new too. I think that designation is in Gary Bannerman's book The Ships of British Columbia, but I could be mistaken.
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Post by queenofcowichan on Jun 13, 2007 18:11:57 GMT -8
Because the Passenger decks are Stretched out on the OakBay and Surrey, I say they are Bigger than the Cow and Coq.
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Post by Mirrlees on Jun 13, 2007 19:25:30 GMT -8
Only in the passenger deck are the Oaky and Surrey bigger. Their machinery is identical with the other three C's.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 13, 2007 21:00:10 GMT -8
I seem to recall that the Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey were called "superferries" when they were new too. I think that designation is in Gary Bannerman's book The Ships of British Columbia, but I could be mistaken. Back in 1976, this little 8-year-old referred to the Coquitlam & Cowichan as "SuperFerries".
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 13, 2007 22:08:36 GMT -8
When the first 3 C's were being built in 1975/76 I recall them being referred to as "jumbos". They later became known as 'C class' for the first letter of the names of both the Cowichan & Coquitlam.
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 13, 2007 22:19:05 GMT -8
Here's a pamphlet from the 1970s I managed to dig out of my 4" binder of Ferry items. In the second picture, you can see that the first set of C's were called Super Ferries. The V's and B's at the time were even called "Stretch Ferries".
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Post by Mirrlees on Jun 13, 2007 22:55:52 GMT -8
Hey Chris, That pamphlet at the bottom where it says Queen of Saanich it sure looks like the picture of the Van. It's on page 4 of Peter Favelle's book The Queens of British Columbia.
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Post by Hardy on Jun 18, 2007 16:50:50 GMT -8
When the first 3 C's were being built in 1975/76 I recall them being referred to as "jumbos". They later became known as 'C class' for the first letter of the names of both the Cowichan & Coquitlam. Thank GAWD we didn't end up with the Queen of Coke Bay and the Queen of Curry!!! ;D ;D
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Post by Doug on Jun 18, 2007 18:10:01 GMT -8
I like the new designation. It seems an obvious choice, but it sounds better than "Super C." I wish WSF had named them the "Tacoma Class" or something even slightly more creative than the lackluster "Jumbo Mark II." How about the Large Barge class? ;D They're nice to ride, I'll admit, but they don't handle for beans...., Interesting...sounds a bit like my car, the '70s Buick.
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Post by Doug on Jun 18, 2007 18:11:07 GMT -8
I seem to recall that the Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey were called "superferries" when they were new too. I think that designation is in Gary Bannerman's book The Ships of British Columbia, but I could be mistaken. Back in 1976, this little 8-year-old referred to the Coquitlam & Cowichan as "SuperFerries". Similarly, I'd call all the BC Ferries the "big ferries" (as I was quite used to the Albion Ferries) when I was a wee lad.
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