Queen of Esquimalt in Esquimalt!

[Koastal Karl]

I am so pissed right now. The only time I go out that I dident take my camera with me the Queen of Esquimalt I saw sailing into Esquimalt this afternoon. I could of had some awesome photos but I wasent out for too long so I dident take my camera. Damn it! So yeah the Quinsam now has some company as the Esquimalt is there. I am not sure for how long but I have a feeling the Queen of Vancouver is back at Tsawwassen so the Esquimalt is going in now for some work.

[Ferryman]

Hmm, I wonder why. I thought she had her annual refit before she was made supplemental on Route 1? Then again, she was only held at Deas for it, and never had any drydock work done I don't think.

[Retrovision]

ferryman said:

Hmm, I wonder why. I thought she had her annual refit before she was made supplemental on Route 1?

Yeah, The Esq was at Deas earlier. I'm not sure about what work was done at the time, though.

ferryman said:

Then again, she was only held at Deas for it, and never had any drydock work done I don't think.

The QoVan, which I'm assuming will be filling in for the Esq before the SOVI is back in, wasn't dry-docked either (I have no clue about when each is due for a major refit versus a minor one, though).

As recently as last week, welding was being done on the main car deck of the QoVan (I'm in the process of uploading some pictures of it).

[jcachristian]

Check out the Tsawwassen web cam, The Vancouver is in berth 2.

[noleaksyet]

both the esquimalt and the saanich recieved some heavy damage to their rubbing strakes yesterday afetrnoon due to bad weather in tsawwassen. Saanich had welders last night and esquimalt sailed to esquimalt today for repairs.

[Koastal Karl]

Yeah I saw her again tonight as I work 5 mins from the drydock and she isent in the actual drydock but she is tied up beside the drydock, probably in behind the Quinsam!

[Jca christian]

Both the Vancouver and the Esquimalt are schedualed for service this coming Friday. I just checked the RBI.