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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 7, 2006 12:18:16 GMT -8
I survived my Q-Van trip this morning. I learned that 20km/h winds are ok.
The 140 minute sailing time wasn't too bad, as I had some work to do, to pass the time. The Q-Van has been running on-time all the past week, since she took over on route-30. The main vehicle deck was 2/3 full of big trucks....and the upper deck was maybe 1/3 full.
On board, there were a few guys at the table next to me who sounded like they were ferry employees travelling to Deas to do some work on a ship there. (that's my espionage report).
re Chowder-Gate: no new leads, as it was breakfast menu. I did not want to ask the cafeteria ladies if their clams were considered to be coastal/local or not.
However, I did learn that an "All Aboard Breakfast" is really just the same thing as a "Traditional Breakfast", except that All-Aboard has twice the meat.
....This is the kind of travel-reporting that you just can't get anywhere else.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 8, 2006 19:45:57 GMT -8
...a continuation of this running monologue of mine.
I again took the Q-Vancouver today, from Tsawwassen at 15:50.
I was walking by the Super-C poster on the bulkhead, and heard some people talking about the new ships.
So I stopped, listened, and offered a few comments of my own. We talked a bit about ship-placement once the 3 Super-C's arive, and I commented that the net result would be 3 surplus V-class ships, which gives them some breathing-room (re summer breakdowns) and some excess-capacity alternative service issues (man, I sound like Hahn).
The man that I was talking with mentioned to me that whenever he visits the Delta CityHall, that "some guy there" shows him his latest ferry-drawing.
I conclude that he must be talking about the famous Dave Thorne.
Conversation with strangers can be interesting.
(sorry for the topic hijack, but there's no storms today, so this thread was available for use).
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 8, 2006 21:04:25 GMT -8
My brother David did work at the Delta City hall. He retired, however, about a year ago. He is also well aquainted with someone who is a regular crew member on the Tsawwassen based QNW, and would presumably now be on the QoVan.
My brother is still doing marine art work but now mostly cruise ships instead of BC Ferries.
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Post by nolonger on Nov 9, 2006 17:24:43 GMT -8
First storm warning of the season. Winds near 50 knots around midnight.
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Post by Doug on Nov 9, 2006 17:49:38 GMT -8
It looks like there is quite a storm moving in tonight....
Here is the forecast for the Strait of Georgia:
And for the Hecate Strait:
11 meter seas for the Hecate Strait! "Jeesum crow", as Graham would say.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Nov 9, 2006 17:51:56 GMT -8
Karl, I am sure you would like to be bobbing like a ship in a bathtub out on the Hectare Strait with those conditions.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 9, 2006 17:57:52 GMT -8
It would be cool that's for sure! CRAZY WEATHER UP NORTH! Weather Delays - Queen of Prince Rupert Posted November 09, 2006 Posted @ 2:10 pm, November 9, 2006 Due to extreme weather including rising seas of over 6 metres, the Queen of Prince Rupert is currently holding in dock at Prince Rupert. The vessel is loaded and ready to sail to the Queen Charlotte Islands as soon as the weather breaks, which may be as long as 12 hours from now. Friday’s sailing from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy will likely be affected by this weather delay. A service update will be provided soon after 4:30 pm this afternoon. www.meteo.ec.gc.ca/marine/marine_e.html?c-hcs check that out. Hurricaine force winds! CRAZY!! |
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 9, 2006 18:02:27 GMT -8
Yep...it's that time of year again, and I love it. The Rupert will be taking waves over the bow, thats for sure. This is when she'll get nice and rusty. Just once in my lifetime I'd like to have an experience on the Rupert, with waves crashing over the bow.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 9, 2006 18:27:33 GMT -8
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 9, 2006 18:34:09 GMT -8
Yeah she is very rusty in that photo. I was trying to find the photos of her in those Hurricaine Force winds that I found before but I aint having any luck in finding them again.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 9, 2006 21:34:13 GMT -8
SE 91 GUSTING TO 109KM/H AT SANDSPIT right now! Man it's crazy up there!!
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Post by Retrovision on Nov 9, 2006 22:18:01 GMT -8
Environment Canada Weather Forecast
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Marine Forecast issued for Strait of Georgia.
Issued: 9:30 PM PST Thursday 9 November 2006 for the period ending 9:30 PM Friday with an outlook for the following 24 hours.
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Synopsis:
A 968 millibars low centred about 240 miles west of Langara Island will slowly drift northward tonight as it continues to deepen. The associated front will cross the Charlottes tonight reaching central Vancouver Island by Friday morning. The front will move east of the Lower Mainland near midday Friday.
Over northern and central coastal waters storm to hurricane force southeasterlies ahead of front tonight will ease to strong to gale force southerlies in the fronts wake.
Over southern waters winds moderate southeasterlies will rise to gale to storm force tonight as the front nears. Winds will ease to light to moderate southerlies in the fronts wake later on Friday.
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Forecast:
Storm warning continued.
Northwest of Nanaimo..Winds southeast 25 knots rising to 30 to gales 40 this evening and to southeast gales 40 to storm force 50 near midnight. Winds easing to southeast 10 to 20 Friday morning.
Southeast of Nanaimo..Winds southeast 20 knots rising to 30 this evening and to gales 35 to 45 overnight. Winds easing to southerly 10 to 20 near noon Friday.
Rain tapering to showers Friday evening.
Outlook. Light to moderate rising to moderate to strong southeasterlies.
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Post by Scott on Nov 9, 2006 23:17:52 GMT -8
Oh good. I'm looking forward to a trip on the Spirit of British Columbia late tomorrow morning:)
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Post by Curtis on Nov 10, 2006 7:27:56 GMT -8
The Queen of Burnaby this Morning should be intresting. Maybe even tonight.
Be Back around 9 PM.
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 10, 2006 7:44:24 GMT -8
Yeah, not a bad storm we got going on here. All Ferries going in and out of Tsawwassen are cancelled due to the wind. Horseshoe Bay Ferries seem to be fine, as the C's can handle a bit of wind, with their V-shaped hull, and bridges on either end.
On a side note that Jordan will like....40 cm of snow fell in Whistler Village overnight....that was just in the village, it will be even more on the mountains.
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Post by Balfour on Nov 10, 2006 8:10:57 GMT -8
I just took a look at the Whistler mountain webcams, and it's a white-out up there. I think the North Shore Mountains are probably getting lots of snow as well.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 10, 2006 10:33:57 GMT -8
It's 10:30am and service is resuming with the 11ams from Swartz Bay and TSA and the 10:15 from Duke Point and 10:25am from TSA. No mention of the Queen of Tsawwasse yet. Unless they are gonna hold her at Long Harbour till this afternoon as she we will be running late if they let her go now.
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Post by Coastal Canuck on Nov 10, 2006 10:45:54 GMT -8
I would say because the 10:10 sailing was full at 9:00 they will sail straight to Tsawwassen and sail late on the 10:10 sailing and get back on schedule this afternoon!
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 10, 2006 10:51:38 GMT -8
SE 26 gusting to 35 still in Vancouver.
Marine forecast for Georgia Strait
Storm warning downgraded to gale warning.
Northwest of Nanaimo..Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 knots easing to southerly 15 to 20 early this afternoon.
Southeast of Nanaimo..Winds southeast 25 to gales 35 knots easing to southerly 15 to 25 near noon and to southwesterly 15 to 20 this evening.
Rain tapering to showers this afternoon.
Outlook. Light to moderate southeasterlies rising to strong.
Still I would like to be on the Queen of Alberni right now heading to TSA!
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Post by Coastal Canuck on Nov 10, 2006 10:59:41 GMT -8
and of course I was right the Queen of Tsawwassen will sail direct to Tsawwassen arriving at approximately noon and then going to sail to all Gulf Islands
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Post by Retrovision on Nov 10, 2006 14:36:47 GMT -8
( www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/11/10/bc-winds-ease.htmlWind warning lifted for B.C.
Last Updated: Friday, November 10, 2006 | 11:44 AM PT
CBC NewsThe worst of the storm that hit B.C.'s south coast Friday appears to have passed, and wind warnings for the area have been lifted. Gale-force winds had knocked out power to thousands of people, and forced BC Ferries to cancel sailings to and from its Tsawwassen terminal. Ferry service has resumed, and corporation spokeswoman Deborah Marshall said people with reservations will get refunds as they try to deal with the backlog. Meanwhile, thousands of homes on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are still without power due to downed power lines, B.C. Hydro said. There were also outages on the Sunshine Coast and the Lower Mainland, but most of those problems have been dealt with by Hydro crews. Delta officials relievedAlso Friday, municipal work crews in low-lying Delta, south of Vancouver, had been busy sandbagging in anticipation of possible flooding. But officials, who were keeping an eye on the rising tide and large waves hitting the seawall, were relieved the storm wasn't as bad as had been expected. Delta spokesman John Dumont said there were some small floods, but said it was manageable. "It's actually turned out better than expected. I think we were very well prepared, and the weather has also co-operated. So we didn't get as bad a storm as we had last winter in February." During that storm, 200 homes were put on evacuation notice and an estimated 150 buildings were damaged. Copyright © CBC 2006 |
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Post by kylefossett on Nov 10, 2006 15:26:01 GMT -8
Yeah, not a bad storm we got going on here. All Ferries going in and out of Tsawwassen are cancelled due to the wind. Horseshoe Bay Ferries seem to be fine, as the C's can handle a bit of wind, with their V-shaped hull, and bridges on either end. On a side note that Jordan will like....40 cm of snow fell in Whistler Village overnight....that was just in the village, it will be even more on the mountains. it is not neccassarily that the c-class can handle the wind. horeshoe bay and departure bay are exactly that a bay. tsawwassen is out in the open, meaning it is harder to dock there then in a bay. talking about snow, we have recieved 30cm at hemlock, opening day dec15th |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 10, 2006 20:47:19 GMT -8
hmm send the Alberni to HSB instead of TSA then from Duke Point, lol!
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Post by Scott on Nov 11, 2006 18:46:56 GMT -8
I was on the 11am sailing out of Tsawwassen on Friday. It was really windy and the tide was quite high. The Spirit of British Columbia was an extra 30 minutes late or so because the rain had caused a short in the machine that lifts the passenger walkway. So the crew from the ferry and terminal were busy hooking up the ramp to a hoist which they were eventually able to pull up by hand. I don't know what happened for the rest of the day. The 11am sailing ended up being the first of the day, as you guys already know. It was full, but she probably could have taken on a few more passengers. We got there at around 10:20 and got on no problem (as walk on's) so even though the previous 2 sailings were cancelled, they didn't run out of passenger space. The trip was fairly uneventful. It was a bit rough, but nothing extraordinary. Watching the Queen of Vancouver leave was interesting. She backed out really slowly, pushing off the dolphins until she cleared.. then backed way out before heading up to Nanaimo. We passed the Queen of Tsawwassen inbound a few minutes after leaving and the Spirit of Vancouver Island was out of Active Pass when we passed her since we were late. To top it all off, I'm heading home on Monday afternoon... and we're suppost to be getting another storm!  |
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Post by Ian on Nov 14, 2006 20:08:24 GMT -8
Long time no post. Anyways
The ultimate trip in my view would be riding the Spirit of BC across the straight in gale force winds.
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