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Post by CN2972South on Jul 17, 2005 17:04:35 GMT -8
Rode the Queen of Vancouver on the 2:00 PM sailing out of Swartz Bay today. In the forward lounge they had a live performer, a classical guitarist from Saltspring who was very good. Anyone else see any live performances on the ferries.
BTW, we passed the Skeena Queen and Spirit of Vancouver Island leaving Swart Bay, the Queen of Saanich and the Queen of Nanaimo in the Active pass, and the Bowen Queen and Spirit of BC and a Pod of Orcas nearing Tsawwassen.
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Post by Ian on Jul 17, 2005 19:27:31 GMT -8
Last year I saw a woman playing guitar on the Queen of Surrey.
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Post by Balfour on Jul 17, 2005 20:28:29 GMT -8
Oh yeah, they had that on the Coq when I was going to a camp on the May Long Weekend.
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Post by Ian on Jul 17, 2005 21:35:25 GMT -8
Some of these entertainers arn't that good, at least the one i heard.
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Post by Balfour on Jul 17, 2005 21:56:16 GMT -8
You're right, I never listen to them anyways. I'm always hanging around outside all the time.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 17, 2005 22:12:10 GMT -8
Last Sunday on the SOVI 11am sailing to Tsawwassen they had some live singers in the forward lounge singing some goofy songs!! I dont listen either to them!
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 18, 2005 14:59:52 GMT -8
ENR3870,
We must have seen the same pod of orcas; I was at my grandparents' place in Point Robberts yesterday and spotted the pod with the telescope coming from around active pass, heading SE. They must have been fishing because we didn't spot them until around 5 or 6pm.
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Post by kylefossett on Jul 18, 2005 15:04:50 GMT -8
there were reports of orcas off stuart island south of saltspring and just past swartz bay yesterday morning
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Post by CN2972South on Jul 18, 2005 15:53:06 GMT -8
ENR3870, We must have seen the same pod of orcas; I was at my grandparents' place in Point Robberts yesterday and spotted the pod with the telescope coming from around active pass, heading SE. They must have been fishing because we didn't spot them until around 5 or 6pm. It probably was the same pod of orcas. There were several whale-watching boats out around the pod. We even stopped for a minute or two to watch the whales(we were running a little early...) |
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Post by Balfour on Jul 18, 2005 15:54:45 GMT -8
I remember watching the Cumbie stop for whales as I was heading back to Vancouver on the SOVI 3 years ago.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 18, 2005 21:59:04 GMT -8
We stopped or slowed down once just outside of active pass once as there was some orcas! I cant remember what ship! Think it was the SOVI I wonder where Luna is??
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Post by Ian on Jul 18, 2005 22:00:55 GMT -8
Do the captains do announcements anymore about the whales and tell the passengers.
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Post by NMcKay on Jul 19, 2005 10:09:54 GMT -8
Sometimes. i remember one day the Lynx was running like 10 Mins ahead of Schedule, and they call the pax and told them about the Whales in the straight and we went off and looked  , but with the Live entertainment, i remember on the coq, there was a Violinist. and then afterwards, i raced her on the Number 1 to about the Second Narrows Bridge. |
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Post by kylefossett on Jul 19, 2005 14:57:00 GMT -8
saw orcas a couple years ago in village bay. they turned the nanny so the whole starboard side was facing them. they were all over the bay and we could not leave without risking the safety of them. also saw the orcas in active pass a couple times last summer
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 19, 2005 15:05:41 GMT -8
We also saw orcas once a few summer ago when we went down to Anacortes! We were about maybe an hour or so from Anacortes! They slowed right down so we could see them! This was on the Elwha! It is pretty neat to see the Orcas!
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jul 19, 2005 15:08:39 GMT -8
cool I am going on the Elwha next month
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 19, 2005 15:34:44 GMT -8
yeah I will be going too from Sidney to Anacortes on the 11:20am sailing on Aug 19th! Then the same day on the Port Townsend ferry! Yay!
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jul 19, 2005 17:20:32 GMT -8
well I am going westbound to Sidney not eastbound
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 19, 2005 17:55:25 GMT -8
Yeah I know that. I meant the run either way.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 19, 2005 19:22:22 GMT -8
Re entertainment:
I've seen some ladies on deck, on a windy day....where their skirts have blown up.
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Post by Balfour on Jul 19, 2005 19:23:52 GMT -8
lol. That's great
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Post by Ian on Jul 19, 2005 20:45:29 GMT -8
Whats the Elwha like inside and all around.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 19, 2005 21:11:04 GMT -8
Pretty bare bones! Alot of seats! The galley is on the upper deck at the Anacortes end! I would like to get some photos this summer without looking suspicous when I go in August!
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Post by BrianWilliams on Jul 22, 2005 1:08:16 GMT -8
" Anyone else see any live performances on the ferries ..." Oh yes! Q of Chilliwack last July. Several bands were going to the Bella Coola Valley Music Festival on our sailing. An official concert began about 7 pm in the forward lounge, but soon degenerated into an all-out jam session. Whoo-hoo! Ferry workers and passengers danced the pattern right off the carpet. French-Canadian, blues and Celtic folkies blew off Chilliwack's deck head. A poor photo:  |
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Post by NMcKay on Jul 22, 2005 8:00:41 GMT -8
anyone else notice that at this point. it barley resembes a ferry at all.
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, but with the Live entertainment, i remember on the coq, there was a Violinist. and then afterwards, i raced her on the Number 1 to about the Second Narrows Bridge.
