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Seabus
May 14, 2005 7:46:01 GMT -8
Post by Quinsam on May 14, 2005 7:46:01 GMT -8
To start this off, I will talk about th seabus, when I came to BC on the 4th August 2004, I thought the seabus would be like a normal ferry. I didn't see the seabus until 2005 in January sometime when we went up to Grouse Mt. I really like the way that the Seabus has doors that actualy look like a bus!  Check this site out! www.vanmag.com/sounds/seabus.html |
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Seabus
May 14, 2005 7:58:05 GMT -8
Post by Curtis on May 14, 2005 7:58:05 GMT -8
Yeah thats kinda intresting
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Seabus
May 14, 2005 21:57:39 GMT -8
Post by NMcKay on May 14, 2005 21:57:39 GMT -8
it can be in the dock, unload 400 people, load 400 more, and be out the dock in about 90 Seconds.
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Seabus
May 14, 2005 22:36:43 GMT -8
Post by Curtis on May 14, 2005 22:36:43 GMT -8
Wow
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Seabus
May 14, 2005 22:54:58 GMT -8
Post by Balfour on May 14, 2005 22:54:58 GMT -8
Yep. That sounds right. I remember a few years ago when The Lions Gate Bridge was undergoing deck replacement, and they had night closures, and one morning the Bridge didn't open until mid-afternoon, so the Seabus was making departures every 7 or 8 minutes instead of the regular 15 minutes, to keep up with the high demand.
Hey Quinsam, that pic of the seabus is fairly old because it has the old BC Transit Red and Blue Strip instead of the Translink Blue and Yellow Stripe.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 4:48:39 GMT -8
Post by NMcKay on May 15, 2005 4:48:39 GMT -8
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Koastal Karl
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Been on every BC Ferry now!!!!!
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 9:50:30 GMT -8
Post by Koastal Karl on May 15, 2005 9:50:30 GMT -8
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 11:56:35 GMT -8
Post by Quinsam on May 15, 2005 11:56:35 GMT -8
That orange Seabus seems to be in 1982.
I wonder what the Seabus is going to look like next.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 15:56:18 GMT -8
Post by NMcKay on May 15, 2005 15:56:18 GMT -8
they wont change for a while. they only go for refit every 5 - 7 years.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 16:40:51 GMT -8
Post by Curtis on May 15, 2005 16:40:51 GMT -8
Thats crazy they must work well to only be refittied every 5-7 years
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 16:58:00 GMT -8
Post by Dane on May 15, 2005 16:58:00 GMT -8
The SeaBus doesn't leave service for a formal refit. Moroever, it is painted while it's running (at night). Changing from BC Transit to Translink was about a one month process, half a month for each ship. First they take the old striped off, reapint it all white, change decals, start stripe by stripe and so on.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 17:54:09 GMT -8
Post by NMcKay on May 15, 2005 17:54:09 GMT -8
cool story, the strips on the Albion ferries are the same ones used by the seabus.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 17:58:05 GMT -8
Post by Quinsam on May 15, 2005 17:58:05 GMT -8
I would like to ride the albion ferry sometime.
Long drive from my place on Cambie st though.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 20:41:01 GMT -8
Post by Balfour on May 15, 2005 20:41:01 GMT -8
I've only ever gone on the Albion Ferry twice.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 20:51:33 GMT -8
Post by Dane on May 15, 2005 20:51:33 GMT -8
They did a very poor job on the stripes on the SeaBus. Up close they're almsot transparent in places.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 20:59:09 GMT -8
Post by Balfour on May 15, 2005 20:59:09 GMT -8
I never noticed!
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 21:02:02 GMT -8
Post by Dane on May 15, 2005 21:02:02 GMT -8
Look near the operators area, I think on the Oetter. It's been awhile. I don't have a UPass right now so I take my car everywhere.
You'll also notice the lines are less than straight.
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Seabus
May 15, 2005 21:58:20 GMT -8
Post by Ian on May 15, 2005 21:58:20 GMT -8
The sea bus is an efficiant form of transport. I love there design and when they make the new ones they look the same.
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Seabus
May 16, 2005 7:49:50 GMT -8
Post by Quinsam on May 16, 2005 7:49:50 GMT -8
I like their design too, although, it looked pretty wierd when I first saw it. If you look at Cruise ship infinity in here, to the right hand side is the Seabus, look at it compared to Infinity!   |
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Seabus
May 16, 2005 9:39:54 GMT -8
Post by Koastal Karl on May 16, 2005 9:39:54 GMT -8
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Seabus
May 16, 2005 14:20:16 GMT -8
Post by Curtis on May 16, 2005 14:20:16 GMT -8
Whoa that is small
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Seabus
May 16, 2005 21:28:51 GMT -8
Post by NMcKay on May 16, 2005 21:28:51 GMT -8
yeah, and think, i wonder what a super C would look like beside that boat.
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Seabus
May 16, 2005 21:52:19 GMT -8
Post by Ian on May 16, 2005 21:52:19 GMT -8
Serenade of the Seas, passed an alaskan state ferry when i was onboard and it dwarfed it.
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Seabus
May 17, 2005 18:56:47 GMT -8
Post by Quinsam on May 17, 2005 18:56:47 GMT -8
I wonder what the Quinsam would look like alongside the seabus, like them in a tug-of-war, what HLKid suggested, Quinsam and the lynx in a tug-of-war!  |
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Seabus
May 17, 2005 19:04:48 GMT -8
Post by YZFNick on May 17, 2005 19:04:48 GMT -8
Ferry Fights?
When were the Seabusses put into service?
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