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Post by WettCoast on Aug 5, 2017 21:03:21 GMT -8
Surreal! Victoria's Ogden Point cruise ship terminal with three big boats ( Oosterdam - HAL; Emerald Princess - P&O-Princess; & Norwegian Pearl - NCL) under a very smokey sky - 5 August 2017. The smoke is originating from a large number of serious forest fires in the interior of BC & neighbouring areas.  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by Neil on Aug 5, 2017 22:28:11 GMT -8
Surreal! Victoria's Ogden Point cruise ship terminal with three big boats ( Oosterdam - HAL; Emerald Princess - P&O-Princess; & Norwegian Pearl - NCL) under a very smokey sky - 5 August 2017. The smoke is originating from a large number of serious forest fires in the interior of BC & neighbouring areas. © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on FlickrAnyone wondering what a cruise ship port might have looked like on the western shore of Mars' Oceanus Borealis, about three billion years ago, before that planet's population left the dying world for friendlier planets... here you go.  I remember thinking a couple of years ago on Hornby that the forest fire induced orange skies were the closest I was ever going to get to experiencing the daylight on Mars. |
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 7, 2017 7:58:26 GMT -8
Cruise ship Crystal Serenity (IMO 9243667), in Juan de Fuca Strait off Gonzales Bay, Victoria, BC - 6:30 AM - 7 August 2017  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 14, 2017 20:52:59 GMT -8
HAL's Oosterdam arriving at Victoria, BC, off the Ogden Point Breakwater, on very smokey day - 5 August 2017. No, that sky really was that colour. Smoke originating from many serious forest fires in the interior of BC was/is the reason for the yellow sky!  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by mybidness459 on Oct 19, 2017 13:44:13 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Nov 30, 2017 12:58:02 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Dec 7, 2017 16:00:41 GMT -8
Dec, 07, 2017
Interesting picture from the Bridge of the Star Princess while it is currently at Esquimalt Dry Dock for refitt.
Click on STAR Princess Second from Bottom.
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Post by grk on Dec 8, 2017 13:16:13 GMT -8
On Tuesday, Star Princess will leave Esquimalt Graving dock, and move over to Ogden Pt. She will remain there for a few days in order to finish the refit, and allow the next vessel for dry docking to move into Esquimalt Harbour. Victoria/Vancouver shipyards will also be using Ogden Pt for out fitting and testing of the new vessel currently under construction at North Vancouver. An interesting few months for ship watchers at Ogden Pt.
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Post by mybidness459 on Dec 9, 2017 18:25:35 GMT -8
She leaves Canada Place at 4:00 pm on Dec 16, and that's it until next Spring.
Current traffic, CpA website.
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Post by northwesterner on Jul 24, 2018 22:12:09 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 25, 2018 7:49:53 GMT -8
That photo appears to have been taken from the road up to Cypress Bowl.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 5, 2018 10:28:56 GMT -8
Disney Wonder - outbound from Vancouver off Point Grey - 3 September 2018
This shot was taken from 'Tiddly Cove', West Vancouver. I must say that this ship has much sweeter lines than most of the 21st century cruise ships you see working the Alaska cruise market.
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Post by Neil on May 10, 2019 11:13:47 GMT -8
Celebrity Eclipse from Helliwell Park on Hornby on May 9th, with Lasqueti in the background. The ship was actually a long way out in the evening sun. Photo by my daughter, Laura.  DSCF3424 by neophytef9, on Flickr
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Post by paulvanb on May 10, 2019 16:49:50 GMT -8
Disney Wonder - outbound from Vancouver off Point Grey - 3 September 2018
This shot was taken from 'Tiddly Cove', West Vancouver. I must say that this ship has much sweeter lines than most of the 21st century cruise ships you see working the Alaska cruise market.
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Post by gordon on May 24, 2019 10:59:43 GMT -8
I realize this is the wrong thread. The royal Princess is Based in Vancouver this summer, Why is she not sailing the Inside Passage? She sails the same route as the Seattle ship do.
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Post by grk on May 24, 2019 12:41:30 GMT -8
There is a major concern regarding the ability of this vessel to maintain steerage at speeds below 7 knots. In the confined areas north of Campbell River this could be a problem should propulsion be lost. As well you will probably see a tractor tug standing by the vessel until it clears First Narrows. This class of vessel does not have azipods, and the bow/stern thrusters do not become effective until the speed falls below 3 knots. Google "alaska marine pilots and Royal Princess" for a detailed explanation.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 13, 2019 10:22:15 GMT -8
A tug & a little cruise ship in Vancouver Harbour ...
The cruise ship is very small compared to the floating hotels in the Carnival Corp fleets. I am thinking the 'experience' on these little boats would be much better than on the big boats but the price is no doubt much higher.
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Post by grk on Jul 13, 2019 12:48:27 GMT -8
I believe she has fish nets wrapped around one of her shafts, propeller and or rudder. I think a quick dry docking, then an Arctic transit from Nome transit over to Norway.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 13, 2019 13:33:06 GMT -8
I believe she has fish nets wrapped around one of her shafts, propeller and or rudder. I think a quick dry docking, then an Arctic transit from Nome transit over to Norway. Is your comment in regards to my photo of the Silver Explorer? I assumed that the vessel was just making a port stop or at the end of one cruise and about to start another. It was berthed immediately east of Lonsdale Quay, perhaps waiting to use the nearby drydock?
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Post by Starsteward on Jul 13, 2019 13:55:34 GMT -8
A tug & a little cruise ship in Vancouver Harbour ...
The cruise ship is very small compared to the floating hotels in the Carnival Corp fleets. I am thinking the 'experience' on these little boats would be much better than on the big boats but the price is no doubt much higher.
Jim, you have uncovered larger story here, showing the 'Silver Explorer' arriving in Vancouver on July 3, and heading to what was scheduled to be an 8-day appointment with the good folks at Burrard Dry-dock. (Silver Sea cruises has been running their 'Silver Muse' on 14-day cruises out of Vancouver since June 6th this year) The visit by the 'Silver Explorer' was to be her only trip into Vancouver this year was scheduled to depart Canada Place West on Friday, July 12 at 1700 hours, however, it would appear that the good folks at Burrard were delayed in completing whatever they were working on as the 'Explorer' is now scheduled to depart Vancouver, Canada Place East at 0800 hours, on Sunday the 14th, destination showing as Triple Island, inferring that she is probably not heading 'north to Alaska'. With this unforeseen delay, there has obviously been a ton of work done by the cruise line and their agents as the passengers arriving in Vancouver for the Friday departure would require hotel accommodation/transport for two nights. (Silver Sea Cruises couldn't have picked a worse week-end to encounter this delay as this week-end is one of several 4-vessel next day departures. I assume the 'Muse' arrived in Vancouver "sans pax" so at least agents would have been spared arranging outbound air travel) Just another day in the travel business eh? |
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Post by Starsteward on Jul 13, 2019 13:58:54 GMT -8
Thanks to 'grk' for filling in the 'Silver Muse's' itinerary.
I wonder if she was picking up passengers in Vancouver and/or Victoria and elsewhere for the journey across the top of the world?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 13, 2019 17:59:40 GMT -8
I believe she has fish nets wrapped around one of her shafts, propeller and or rudder. I think a quick dry docking, then an Arctic transit from Nome transit over to Norway. Is your comment in regards to my photo of the Silver Explorer? I assumed that the vessel was just making a port stop or at the end of one cruise and about to start another. It was berthed immediately east of Lonsdale Quay, perhaps waiting to use the nearby drydock? Silver Explorer had to cancel a July 11, 2019 visit to Nanaimo, because of the fishing net entanglement in the Bering Sea. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 13, 2019 18:53:54 GMT -8
Silver Explorer had to cancel a July 11, 2019 visit to Nanaimo, because of the fishing net entanglement in the Bering Sea. I shot that photo on the afternoon of July 3rd. Did this fish net entanglement happen before that date? Did this vessel come to Vancouver for repairs on July 3rd? Perhaps the Queen of Coquitlam's issues delayed work on this little cruise ship? |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 13, 2019 21:34:21 GMT -8
Silver Explorer had to cancel a July 11, 2019 visit to Nanaimo, because of the fishing net entanglement in the Bering Sea. I shot that photo on the afternoon of July 3rd. Did this fish net entanglement happen before that date? Did this vessel come to Vancouver for repairs on July 3rd? Perhaps the Queen of Coquitlam's issues delayed work on this little cruise ship? My guess is that the entanglement happened on her cruise that was after your photograph. Because she missed her Nanaimo stop, our city of Nanaimo only had 2 cruise ship visits for all of 2019....instead of 3. Sad, I know. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 16, 2019 21:00:14 GMT -8
Island Princess (IMO 9230402), Princess Cruises, @ Vancouver’s Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal - 3 July 2019.
The shot was taken from (you guessed it) a Vancouver bound SeaBus.
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