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Post by R30A on Mar 28, 2018 6:31:20 GMT -8
I was wondering if you had any recent updates.
Was looking at the reservation lineup, and found some interesting assignments coming up in the San Juans. 1. Chelan 2. Yakima 3. Hyak 4. Kittitas
First time for Kittitas as the inter-island? I believe this makes the Issaquah the only Issaquah to not see service in the San Juans since I started paying attention to vessel assignments a half decade ago.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Mar 31, 2018 8:51:28 GMT -8
I was wondering if you had any recent updates. Was looking at the reservation lineup, and found some interesting assignments coming up in the San Juans. 1. Chelan 2. Yakima 3. Hyak 4. KittitasFirst time for Kittitas as the inter-island? I believe this makes the Issaquah the only Issaquah to not see service in the San Juans since I started paying attention to vessel assignments a half decade ago. The Kittitas worked her way around in her early days. I don’t remember exactly when, but she worked in the San Juans before.
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Post by northwesterner on Mar 31, 2018 8:57:32 GMT -8
The Kittitas worked her way around in her early days. I don’t remember exactly when, but she worked in the San Juans before. She worked in the San Juan Islands a summer or two in the early 1990s. Certainly, though, this is her first stint as the inter-island ferry. I believe, somewhere, someone, perhaps EGfleet has a postcard of the Kittitas in Friday Harbor.
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Post by R30A on Mar 31, 2018 9:34:14 GMT -8
Yes, I have seen that photo as well. What ran on Mukilteo when the Kittitas was away back then?
Anyway, the switch is happening now, with the Samish on its way south to Mukilteo to replace the Kittitas. (Which should be the first instance of the soon to be normal, two Olympics on Mukilteo Clinton, and the second instance of two Olympics together on the same line, after Samish and Chimacum were on Bremerton a few months back)
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Post by Kahloke on Mar 31, 2018 9:44:38 GMT -8
I captured Kittitas back in 1991 at Anacortes. I believe R30A may be correct in that Issaquah is the only vessel in that class to not ever see duty in the San Juans, or did she?
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Post by northwesterner on Mar 31, 2018 22:23:00 GMT -8
Yes, I have seen that photo as well. What ran on Mukilteo when the Kittitas was away back then? Issaquah was at FVS by the late 80s; Bremerton was a two Issaquah operation, I'm imagining Kitsap and Sealth there, leaving Chelan at Mukilteo... When Elwha missed a summer or two in the early 1990s, I recall Kaleetan doing the international run during the summers. The lineup in the San Juans was Kaleetan, Kittitas, Evergreen State, Tillikum, and Nisqually. When Elwha came back and Kittitas shifted to Mukilteo, the summer line-up for much of the 90s was Elwha, Kaleetan, Chelan, Evergreen State, and Nisqually.
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Post by EGfleet on Apr 2, 2018 7:25:13 GMT -8
I captured Kittitas back in 1991 at Anacortes. I believe R30A may be correct in that Issaquah is the only vessel in that class to not ever see duty in the San Juans, or did she? I believe you are correct in that the Issaquah has never been to the SJI's. Courtesy of Barnacle, here's the Kittitas working inter-island yesterday.
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Post by Edmondsguy on Apr 2, 2018 19:53:37 GMT -8
I captured Kittitas back in 1991 at Anacortes. I believe R30A may be correct in that Issaquah is the only vessel in that class to not ever see duty in the San Juans, or did she? I believe you are correct in that the Issaquah has never been to the SJI's. Courtesy of Barnacle, here's the Kittitas working inter-island yesterday. It was really strange Not having her in Clinton today. It's also a first for this run having 2 vessels of this size on it.
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Post by FNS on Apr 2, 2018 23:16:33 GMT -8
The advent of having two vessels of identical dimensions and car deck layouts on the Columbia Beach run dated back many decades ago, and before the KULSHAN came up from San Diego. During busy weekends, WSF sometimes had the RHODODENDRON, OLYMPIC, CHETZEMOKA (1), and KEHLOKEN on the run at the same time. Four vessel service with the observing of the timetable thrown out. Scratch out the OLY and RHODY from the list of identicalness. The CHETZY and KEHLOKEN were Wooden-Electrics measuring 240 feet in length with virtually the same car deck layout.
This would not be repeated until the late 1970s when two 256 foot Steel-Electrics made rare off-season guest appearances together. It would be permanent in 1980 when the ILLAHEE and NISQUALLY were paired on the run until 1982.
You know the rest of the story ...
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Post by Barnacle on Apr 5, 2018 4:41:55 GMT -8
The advent of having two vessels of identical dimensions and car deck layouts on the Columbia Beach run dated back many decades ago, and before the KULSHAN came up from San Diego. During busy weekends, WSF sometimes had the RHODODENDRON, OLYMPIC, CHETZEMOKA (1), and KEHLOKEN on the run at the same time. Four vessel service with the observing of the timetable thrown out. Scratch out the OLY and RHODY from the list of identicalness. The CHETZY and KEHLOKEN were Wooden-Electrics measuring 240 feet in length with virtually the same car deck layout.
This would not be repeated until the late 1970s when two 256 foot Steel-Electrics made rare off-season guest appearances together. It would be permanent in 1980 when the ILLAHEE and NISQUALLY were paired on the run until 1982.
You know the rest of the story ...
If we're splitting hairs, the Chetzemoka (I) and Kehloken weren't identical either. At least not if you take their passenger cabins into account. (The Klahanie and Chetzemoka were much closer; the only difference I've spotted there was in lifeboat placement.)
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Post by FNS on Apr 6, 2018 17:59:03 GMT -8
The advent of having two vessels of identical dimensions and car deck layouts on the Columbia Beach run dated back many decades ago, and before the KULSHAN came up from San Diego. During busy weekends, WSF sometimes had the RHODODENDRON, OLYMPIC, CHETZEMOKA (1), and KEHLOKEN on the run at the same time. Four vessel service with the observing of the timetable thrown out. Scratch out the OLY and RHODY from the list of identicalness. The CHETZY and KEHLOKEN were Wooden-Electrics measuring 240 feet in length with virtually the same car deck layout.
This would not be repeated until the late 1970s when two 256 foot Steel-Electrics made rare off-season guest appearances together. It would be permanent in 1980 when the ILLAHEE and NISQUALLY were paired on the run until 1982.
You know the rest of the story ...
If we're splitting hairs, the Chetzemoka (I) and Kehloken weren't identical either. At least not if you take their passenger cabins into account. (The Klahanie and Chetzemoka were much closer; the only difference I've spotted there was in lifeboat placement.) I was only referring to the WE's car deck layout (mostly the same on all original five built in Alameda in 1926-1928). Absolutely yes, the decks above were different on these three legends of our Puget Sound maritime history.
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Apr 7, 2018 7:01:05 GMT -8
Hello Snowy Ferries,
Any chance of getting an updated maintenance schedule? Alot has changed in 4 months. Vessel maintenance has been moved around or delayed on a lot of boats. Just wondering.
Thanks
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Apr 9, 2018 15:01:13 GMT -8
Hello Snowy Ferries,
Any chance of getting an updated maintenance schedule? Alot has changed in 4 months. Vessel maintenance has been moved around or delayed on a lot of boats. Just wondering.
Thanks Okay, so I e-mailed my contact six weeks ago and have not heard back yet... I'll try again in a couple of days here when I find time. What I do have is copies of the layup schedule, which are publicly available ( See Here). Using this information, information gathered from the December update of the layup board, and knowledge of typical fleet deployment, I have drafted a copy of what I believe the layup board probably looks like right now, which can be viewed H E R E. Hopefully this can provide answers to some of you guy's queries...
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Apr 9, 2018 17:10:00 GMT -8
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Post by PNW_ferrynerd on Apr 10, 2018 14:58:29 GMT -8
So the Walla Walla is now at Bainbridge replacing the Tacoma, why the Wally and not the Puyallup
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Post by R30A on Apr 12, 2018 5:20:19 GMT -8
It seemed early on as if they expected it to be a very brief swap. The initial notice sounded as if it would be for Monday only. I bet they didn't want a 3 way boat swap for a small issue that was expected to be fixed rapidly.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Apr 12, 2018 9:39:29 GMT -8
Sea/Brem - Chimacum Delay - Correction The #2 vessel Chimacum departed Seattle 9 min. behind schedule to due vessel speed restrictions. This delay impacts the 10:00am departure from Seattle and possibly the 11:10am departure from Bremerton. Updates will be provided as conditions change.
I've noticed that the Chimacum has been running on half power or at reduced speed quite frequently as of late.
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Post by PNW_ferrynerd on Apr 12, 2018 11:01:55 GMT -8
Sea/Brem - Chimacum Delay - Correction The #2 vessel Chimacum departed Seattle 9 min. behind schedule to due vessel speed restrictions. This delay impacts the 10:00am departure from Seattle and possibly the 11:10am departure from Bremerton. Updates will be provided as conditions change. I've noticed that the Chimacum has been running on half power or at reduced speed quite frequently as of late. The Issaquah class vessels seem a little faster then the Olympics, By the way the Kitsap should be replacing the Chimacum soon, and being the #2 boat
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Apr 12, 2018 12:46:05 GMT -8
Sea/Brem - Chimacum Delay - Correction The #2 vessel Chimacum departed Seattle 9 min. behind schedule to due vessel speed restrictions. This delay impacts the 10:00am departure from Seattle and possibly the 11:10am departure from Bremerton. Updates will be provided as conditions change. I've noticed that the Chimacum has been running on half power or at reduced speed quite frequently as of late. The Issaquah class vessels seem a little faster then the Olympics, By the way the Kitsap should be replacing the Chimacum soon, and being the #2 boat I was talking about she’s been at half power for mechanical reasons a lot lately and sailing at around 13 knots
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Post by R30A on Apr 24, 2018 8:48:17 GMT -8
I was playing around with the reservations again.
San Juan assignments for the summer are: 1. Chelan 2. Hyak 3. Samish 4. Tillikum 5. Yakima (Kaleetan in August/Early September)
I wonder what is up with the Elwha... It was supposed to go to Sidney for the latter part of Spring too while the Chelan covered the Inter-Island, but now the Chelan will remain on the international run and the Kittitas is listed for the Inter-island.
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Apr 30, 2018 15:36:26 GMT -8
Okay, I am happy to report that my contact at WSF has gotten back to me with updated layup boards. Layup Fiscal 2017-18Layup Fiscal 2018-19Hopefully this'll shed some light on the fleet situation for the foreseeable future.
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Post by compdude787 on May 21, 2018 13:26:51 GMT -8
So I guess the Hyak isn't getting retired this year now. I guess WSF has decided to keep her.
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Post by Kahloke on May 21, 2018 13:51:22 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on May 22, 2018 11:28:31 GMT -8
There's a new document on the WSDOT Ferries Division site; it's a new Summer Service Plan, in response to the disastrous summer the ferries experienced last year. It's worth the read, and one of the gems I found hidden in it is a fleet deployment list for this summer: Unfortunately, Yakima is going to have to limp along until Kaleetan can replace her at the end of July. I wonder if it's possible to write a temporary San Juan Islands schedule that reflects Yakima's slower speed. By the end of each day, Yakima is typically an hour or more behind schedule, and the domino effect to the other ferries in the islands puts most of them behind schedule, too. With no relief in sight for two months, it seems like a schedule re-write would be prudent. Here's a link to the full document: www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6C78A08B-19A1-4919-B6E6-E9EF83E6376D/124981/2018SummerServicePlan.pdf
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 20, 2018 8:08:10 GMT -8
Here’s an interesting vessel swap, the Tokitae and Samish swapped routes.
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