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Post by cascade on Dec 1, 2005 8:03:20 GMT -8
Engineer,
That makes a lot of sense, as BCFS needs much more capacity for the ROPAX trade than what they have now.
Take out the mid - deck. So how many lane meters will she have ? I was thinking around 700 to 825M, what's your view? I think 800M would give her about 45 to 48 Trucks at current length.
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Post by hergfest on Dec 1, 2005 10:54:04 GMT -8
Well, she is the same length as the New West, right?
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Post by Dane on Dec 1, 2005 16:07:37 GMT -8
Yes.
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Post by Retrovision on Dec 4, 2005 14:19:15 GMT -8
DAVIDOV wrote:
"Ghramea, the Saanich runs route 1 but it could run route 30 during peak days to releave traffic."
Yeah, I remember that one trip that she did this year.
Personally, I think the Saanich is by far the best suited of the 3 remaining V-Class for route 30 in terms of passenger accomodation. If it weren't for the interior design of the Saanich being the best suited of any of the V / lifted-B Class for the tourist trade (i.e. route 1), and if there was a need and she could make the speed the route requires, I'd suggest putting the Saanich on route 30, simply because of her lack of passenger accomodation (that I went into detail about earlier) being better suited to a route with high truck traffic and a lack of a transit connection on one side, let alone her retractable gallery deck.
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Post by Dane on Dec 4, 2005 23:35:59 GMT -8
The Saanich came last in terms of hull strength, which is why I'm suprised to see this. BCFS has almost no capital though, I doubt they could even afford to pay for a survey to see if they could afford to do this.
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Post by cascade on Dec 5, 2005 10:21:54 GMT -8
Do you guys know what we are talking about with lane meters?
Weak Hull ?? then no good as a ROPAX vessel.
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