Queen of Coquitlam Delays

[Koastal Karl]

Ok all I have to say is, what the hell did they do during this short little refit she just had?? Anything???

Queen of Coquitlam Delays
Posted May 18, 2006

9:30 am

The Queen of Coquitlam is approximately 40 minutes late at present.

The ship is experiencing a shaft bearing problem, which is expected to cause the ship to run late all day.

The Queen of Esquimalt will operate on both the Langdale and Nanaimo routes this afternoon to provide extra, unscheduled sailings.

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Update - Queen of Coquitlam Status
Posted May 18, 2006

2:30 pm Update

The Queen of Coquitlam is expected to arrive at Horseshoe Bay at 2:55 pm. The ship will unload and load to return to Langdale.

The Queen of Coquitlam is taking approximately 55 minutes for the crossing today, instead of the usual 40 minutes.



The Queen of Esquimalt is currently en route from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay.

The ship will provide an extra unscheduled sailing from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale at approximately 4:00 pm. It will then sail from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay at approximately 5:30 pm.

The Queen of Esquimalt sailing times are estimates.

[Koastal Karl]

oh s***, I just realized, start of the long weekend, I knew it, something was gonna happen. Maybe not cancelled sailings but delays cause of mechanical issues. This always happens. A long weekend!!

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[Ferryman]

I guess the "Ferry Gods" chose to cause mayhem on Route 3, for this long weekend!

[Mike C]

Why, WHY ALWAYS ROUTE 3?? I mean, why cant they point their chaos, to, i dunno, Route 1?? They actually have an extra vessel that can keep up the schedule.

[Dane]

And here I was thinking I was crazy seeing the Coquitlam sailing at 10:00ish pm towards Langdale

[Curtis]

If it's like that next Wednesday when I go on her I'll be so pissed

[Scott]

mainlander101 said:

Why, WHY ALWAYS ROUTE 3?? I mean, why cant they point their chaos, to, i dunno, Route 1?? They actually have an extra vessel that can keep up the schedule.

Looks like you got your wish:) And it doesn't sound like they have an extra vessel to relieve the 3 sailing wait this morning!

[Mike C]

Well, it's time: Route 1 looks as though it could use another vessel. I reccomend for those passengers to look into travelling through the Gulf Islands via Mayne;

Also, the schedule is falling apart for the second time this weekend, on Route 5;

Route 9 could use the Bowen Queen right now;

And surprise, surprise: The Queen of Coquitlam is running 12 minutes behind. The Esquimalt is doing well;

The Spirit of Vancouver Island and Queen of Saainch are both running ten minutes behind.

[Curtis]

The Coquitlam was all Sailing Waits Yesterday. Out of Horseshoe Bay the last 2 were mechanical delays. out of Langdale Yesterday the 6:20 and the one around 5 were the only ones without traffic delays.