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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 8:52:02 GMT -8
keep the originals alive  !!!!!!!!! else im going into thearepy for life!!! |
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Post by Curtis on Aug 23, 2006 10:11:55 GMT -8
Just the B Class. The V Class are already being replaced with a new generation of ships. So are the Sidney Class...Sort of
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Post by hergfest on Aug 23, 2006 10:24:58 GMT -8
Looks to me like BC Ferries are getting away from single ended ships, cept for the new Northern Boats. Turn around is much faster with double enders, and I think that when the original boats were built they couldn't get the speed they wanted with double enders.
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Post by Islander12 on Aug 23, 2006 13:02:19 GMT -8
Does anyone know what BC Ferries plan to replace the B class is?
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 23, 2006 14:20:33 GMT -8
The B-Class will be around for another 10-15 years, because the New Westminster and Burnaby will be upgraded like the Nanaimo, so they can provide service for just a bit longer. But so far, they've not said a word about what they're going to replace them with. I just hope they don't plan to replace the Nanny and Burnaby with an open car deck ferry, like the Skeena Queen.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 23, 2006 16:25:59 GMT -8
That would be bad in rough weather. The New Ferries Should be something like the WSF Jumbo Mark II Class only with a bow door. Could you imagine a open deck ferry like the Skeena Queen making it's way through a southeaster in the Strait of Georgia pounding the waves...Oh Yeah the Comox Queen aka Tenaka did that once cept it had a lifted bow
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 23, 2006 17:03:03 GMT -8
There is a photo of what the new ship to replace the Queen of Prince Rupert will look like. It was in the Saturday's Time Colonist. It was an artists drawing of what the ship would look like. Sort of a new Queen of Prince Rupert type ship with the looks of the new Super C's but single ended with a bow visor.
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Post by hergfest on Aug 23, 2006 19:04:23 GMT -8
Could anyone post a picture of the new Northern vessel for us in the States that can't get that paper?
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 23, 2006 21:48:53 GMT -8
Go to this thread to see article & photo... ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=newferries&action=display&thread=1156396569As for a new generation of V's, we already have them - they are called Spirits. Although they are much different than the 1960's built Seven Sisters, they do have a lot in common. When they were designing the Spirits I am sure they were looking to build a new and improved V, and they would do all they slicing and dicing before they first entered service. BTW, does anyone know what nick-name was given to the SoBC while it was being pieced together? |
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Post by poeticlives on Aug 23, 2006 23:08:23 GMT -8
This is the thing...
We transport people can never have enough toys.
Bring Em On!
I'm currently imagining a stretched and lifted Spirit class... just to reaffirm my insanity and because it's fun, however most importantly because BIGGER IS BETTER!
Hey when we invent warp drive we can name one Enterprise and send it into space!
Go Trek!
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Post by Doug on Aug 24, 2006 0:07:11 GMT -8
A "V" Class ferry with a Spirit-styled bridge and funnel would be neat...but at this point in time it's not needed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2006 8:51:57 GMT -8
why not just give the v class a refit like nanys and what the rest of them are going to get huh...
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Aug 24, 2006 9:10:57 GMT -8
BTW, does anyone know what nick-name was given to the SoBC while it was being pieced together? I believe it was the "Queen of Lego", p. 139 "Ships of Steel" (McLaren & Jensen) I see Jim that they used your brother's drawing of the Island Princess (With prior approval of course!  ) |
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Post by Curtis on Aug 24, 2006 9:12:20 GMT -8
why not just give the v class a refit like nanys and what the rest of them are going to get huh... Because they are being replaced by this  Plus the Fact that they are 60s Built Vessels and are getting old. They're 40+ Years Old It's time for them to pass the Torch to the Super C Class Ships Just like the Queen of Tsawwassen will pass the torch to this  And the Queen of Prince Rupert will pass the torch to this  |
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Post by Balfour on Aug 24, 2006 19:21:06 GMT -8
The new Northern vessel actually looks pretty good!
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Post by Dane on Aug 24, 2006 21:32:21 GMT -8
Go to this thread to see article & photo... ferriesbc.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=newferries&action=display&thread=1156396569As for a new generation of V's, we already have them - they are called Spirits. Although they are much different than the 1960's built Seven Sisters, they do have a lot in common. When they were designing the Spirits I am sure they were looking to build a new and improved V, and they would do all they slicing and dicing before they first entered service. BTW, does anyone know what nick-name was given to the SoBC while it was being pieced together? Indeed and well said! Spirits are the Vs of the 1990s. |
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 24, 2006 21:59:16 GMT -8
BTW, does anyone know what nick-name was given to the SoBC while it was being pieced together? I believe it was the "Queen of Lego", p. 139 "Ships of Steel" (McLaren & Jensen) I see Jim that they used your brother's drawing of the Island Princess (With prior approval of course! ) Yes, Darren, you have the correct answer. Now can someone tell you and me why that name was given? About the Island Princess - do you mean the cruise ship or the ferry now named the NIP? I do know that my brother did drawings of it before and after its surgery. |
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Post by wake on Aug 24, 2006 22:35:20 GMT -8
keep the originals alive !!!!!!!!! else im going into thearepy for life!!! Better make an appointment then cause the V's are gone! The V's need to be retired. They are old and will soon not meet Transport Canada certifications. |
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Aug 25, 2006 5:15:01 GMT -8
Jim,
I'll keep the answer to myself for now.........maybe a hint?
I commuted to Vancouver when they were being built and remember driving by the S of V.I. many times, at one point the unpainted funnel just sitting there on the pavement and later seeing her promenade deck raised on blocks dockside.
As for the drawings, I was referring to the before and after drawings (Side by side) of the ferry Island Princess (Later, as we know, she was re-named North Island Princess). It's "Slice and dice" was featured as well, along with your brother's drawings.
Darren
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2006 7:00:28 GMT -8
"Queen of Lego"
Named so, because the Spirit ships were built in pieces, by different yards in different cities, and the finished components were joined together, much like you would do with Lego pieces.
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 25, 2006 19:34:32 GMT -8
So there we have the story of the 'Super V Class' aka 'Spirit class', arguably the finest vessels in the fleet today, and dare I say, even when the Super Coastal boats arrive. The first Super V, the SoBC, was nick-named the Queen of Lego for the reasons given above by 'Nanaimo' and the hints dropped by Darren and me.
Probably the last big vessels we will ever see built here in BC as a ship building industry continues to morph into a ship repair and maintenance industry.
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Post by TB on Aug 25, 2006 20:24:34 GMT -8
What is a b class..??
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 25, 2006 21:07:54 GMT -8
The B's are actually V's that are ever so slightly different. I call them all the Seven Sisters.
The V's are the Queens of Vancouver, Saanich, Esquimalt, and the now departed Q of Victoria from which the V class gets its name. The B's are the Q's of Nanaimo, Burnaby and New Westminster. The B is for Burnaby class. BTW, the New Westminster is now usually considered to be a V. Just think of them all as the Seven Sisters.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 25, 2006 21:33:51 GMT -8
You could Also Call them the Spaulding Seven. Or even the Six Sisters Now that the Victoria is gone from the fleet I guess that means the V in "V" Class could Be changed from Victoria to Vancouver
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Post by Balfour on Aug 25, 2006 22:00:01 GMT -8
The point is, we all know that the ships come from the same "family." All BC Ferries from the 1960s have the same basic design, but each have a design modification of some sort, whether it's as big as a stretch and lift, to something small like a different funnel base or Car-deck windows.
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