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Post by SS San Mateo on Mar 4, 2006 17:19:29 GMT -8
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Post by Cosmic Ray on Mar 4, 2006 22:07:25 GMT -8
Rodrigues this week would say only that Seattle, Tacoma, Port Angeles and other Puget Sound-area cities are among his list of sites. Hopefully they find a place for the Kakala to be restore, however I hope its not Port Angeles. A friend of mine’s husband works on restoring her in Tacoma and I don’t know how she will handle a move to Port Angeles with most of her friends living in Seattle. Cosmic Ray.  |
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Post by EGfleet on Mar 6, 2006 15:36:34 GMT -8
I don't think he's got much of a chance of any kind of permanet moorage at Colman Dock. Within the next few years they're going to need to expand things there a bit as traffic from Vashon is likely to be re-routed from West Seattle to down town. The Fauntleroy (West Seattle) dock is currently at capacity, if not over, and they have no plans to expand the dock facilities there.
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Post by Electric Thunderbird on Mar 8, 2006 15:34:03 GMT -8
I believe there were plans at one time to bridge over to Pier 48. That eliminates the area were they want to dock it at the boat landing there.
Rodrigues needs to get the money for the restoration first.
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Mar 19, 2006 3:19:51 GMT -8
Yes, he needs to get the money for the restoration first - I think it´s a bit tricky, as he is the only one taking all the risk for that, and most successful ship-museums do survive only with help of community-moneys as like with most museums, they can´t be run with a profit. So it´s interesting what will happen now.
There is no restoration at all going on at the moment, as the Kalakala is moored in Hylebos Waterway and it is prohibited to do any work on the water there due to environmental reasons. Fact is, to continue restoration it must go to a shipyard, at the moment there is not happening anything at all.
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 19, 2006 3:29:30 GMT -8
www.komotv.com/stories/42217.htmThis is great news for one simple reason: The media is taking notice, and actively reminding the public of the piece of their history that is sitting languishing, rotting essentially.
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Mar 19, 2006 3:33:28 GMT -8
Yes, that is true - the media takes notice, and this time they have at least written it from a neutral/positive position. Though, in the past there has been alot of piss-taking as well and creating a bad atmosphere as well, and stuff like this here : www.seattlest.com/archives/2006/03/06/kalakala_gunning_for_coleman_dock.phpI think one of the project´s problem is, that for a too long time nothing really happened, and some people stopped to believe in the credibility of the project and that´s why I think if they finally would get done something - even basic work done in a shipyard let´s say fix the hull and the superstructure, then it would stuff the mouth of all the negative thinking people. But that´s the difficulty, as historic societies, the state etc. have no interest in it and it´s Steve Rodrigues solely carrying the risk. |
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Mar 21, 2006 12:42:48 GMT -8
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Post by Electric Thunderbird on Mar 21, 2006 14:38:26 GMT -8
I would think they’ll have problems with the hull integrity the longer it's in salt water without repaired. When it was in freshwater lake the hull deterioration was slowed. The hull has never been out of the water since leaving its bed in Alaska.
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Post by Neil on Mar 21, 2006 23:01:15 GMT -8
If 15 million is actually the figure needed to save the Kalakala, I can't imagine what kind of fairy godmother is going to pop up with that kind of cash. There's probably no community on Puget Sound that considers the ferry integral enough to their history that they would ever adopt it, and whether you're in Washington or BC, 15 million is a huge sum for government to spend when there are schools to run, and a present day ferry system to operate. Still, I hope somehow a way can be found, but, as Chivapcici asked in a previous post, is there even one example of a retired ferry being saved and restored, anywhere?
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Post by Starbucks Queen on Mar 30, 2006 12:36:53 GMT -8
Yes, you are right here - especially when I read that the "government" has cut off more money from education and social welfare and dedicated it to some issues outside of the country. I have not yet heard about a successful restoration - project from the USA while here in Europe they are very proud of these things and don´t let them go - like that one here has recently been to the shipyard again www.capsandiego.de  |
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