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Post by deasislander101 on Mar 25, 2006 11:09:44 GMT -8
I knew they weren't aloud in Active Pass. Wouldn't the driver (who just happened to be driving a ship full of coal) know that there would be a ferry running through there so it would be a tight fit?
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Post by L31 on Apr 2, 2006 15:25:16 GMT -8
anyone know where to get the vid, the file expired  |
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Post by Dane on Apr 2, 2006 23:04:04 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Apr 23, 2006 18:33:03 GMT -8
This reminded me of a similar incident with the Nisqually back in the 1960's. The freighter smashed right into her galley in a thick fog. Fortunately no one was hurt. I'd forgotten about this photo I had...while not strictly Queen of Victoria related, it does show that well, ferries and freighters don't mix!  Incidentally, if you know where to look, you can still see the scars from this accident on the Nisqually's flank. The passenger cabin and wheelhouse were replaced in the 80's, but her sides are still 1927 steel, save for where the portholes were added in '53. |
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Post by Fenklebaum on Apr 26, 2006 7:16:58 GMT -8
Sweet Baby Jesus!
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Post by Doug on Apr 26, 2006 16:03:22 GMT -8
Looks like it's made of wood.
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Post by Quinsam on Apr 26, 2006 16:51:26 GMT -8
Not entirely, but definatly mostly made of wood, covered with aluminium sheeting.
What route did the Nisqually run on?
Back to the video, they missed a few accidents.
1. Queen of Alberni Running Aground and tipping over
2. Mill Bay running aground on a beach near Mill Bay Terminal
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Post by Balfour on Apr 26, 2006 17:02:54 GMT -8
I'm surprised that they missed the Queen of Alberni incident, as that was pretty big, but I never heard about the Mill Bay running aground on a beach, I guess that one very minor.
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Post by Quinsam on Apr 26, 2006 17:28:33 GMT -8
The reason for the MB running aground was the captain fell asleep at the wheel! LOL
It is on the Mill Bay's profile on the geocities website.
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Post by EGfleet on Apr 27, 2006 16:37:57 GMT -8
Not entirely, but definatly mostly made of wood, covered with aluminium sheeting. What route did the Nisqually run on? Back to the video, they missed a few accidents. 1. Queen of Alberni Running Aground and tipping over 2. Mill Bay running aground on a beach near Mill Bay Terminal Only the passenger cabin (until the late 80's) was wood. She was steel below the cabin. This was on the Kingston-Edmonds run. |
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 26, 2006 9:52:10 GMT -8
I've seen the footage in training classes at WSF. I'd love to get a copy of the original film (it was someone's private 8-millimeter or super-8-millimeter film that they *happened* to be shooting) and have it cleaned and placed on DVD for posterity.
As a deck officer, I am really glad there wasn't a sound trip on that film. I would've been throwing up by the end of it. To see the QVic moving along at 14-15 knots ahead and suddenly be going about 6 knots sideways and backwards... ugh. Amazing that only, what, two people were killed? The old girl was just snakebit.
Come to think of it, I wonder whatever happened to the Sergei Yesenin?
Meanwhile, that photo of the Nisqually was taken in 1963 after being assaulted in the fog by a Chinese ex-Liberty ship named the "Taichung." Capt. Ted Boyes was the skipper. The cabin was made of wood, no aluminum sheeting--though the decks were covered in canvas and heavily painted to make them waterproof. And she was on the Edmonds-Kingston run at the time.
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Post by Kam on Oct 13, 2006 9:26:49 GMT -8
ACK! The link to the video is dead! Can anyone re-post it?
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Post by Dane on Oct 13, 2006 11:07:05 GMT -8
Search BC Ferry Crashes on YouTube, I reposted it.
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Post by landlocked on Oct 13, 2006 15:12:09 GMT -8
Perhaps you can try this:
I tried it and it worked for me. It's labelled - BC Ferry Accidents
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Post by 7sisters on Oct 6, 2007 16:13:53 GMT -8
I have this collision on video tape
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 6, 2007 16:47:52 GMT -8
I have this collision on video tape If you have this collision on tape, were you the one who just so happened to be standing at Helen Point on Mayne Island that day with a "video" camera? I have this collision on tape too, in fact it's what is posted on youtube, by someone else who I don't even know. |
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Post by hergfest on Oct 11, 2007 0:58:05 GMT -8
That video on youtube doesn't work anymore.
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Post by Nick on Oct 11, 2007 10:59:34 GMT -8
Good, I thought it was just my computer.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 11, 2007 19:43:20 GMT -8
This link posted by Dane 18 months ago still works for me ... |
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Post by hergfest on Oct 11, 2007 22:39:40 GMT -8
All I get is lights in a circle.
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Post by Barnacle on Oct 12, 2007 8:06:54 GMT -8
As do I. Fascinating to watch, but only for a half-hour or so...
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Post by Northern Exploration on Oct 12, 2007 9:20:59 GMT -8
I think it is a conspiracy to hypnotize us.
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Post by hergfest on Oct 12, 2007 10:12:03 GMT -8
Does Dane have the video to repost on youtube?
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Post by Barnacle on Oct 12, 2007 13:53:41 GMT -8
And the next question... can someone please correct the spelling of "freighter" in the subject line? ;D
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