Port Townsend-Keystone: Sailings Cancelled

[Mike C]

Don't be planning anything on the Klickitat just yet:

Due to increasing high winds all sailings will be cancelled for the
remainder of the day.


This alert was sent on 1/9/2007 at 5:50PM to subscribers of the Port
Townsend / Keystone route.

[SS Shasta]

Any ideas as to how long it will take to complete repairs at the main Port Townsend landing?

[SS San Mateo]

shasta said:

Any ideas as to how long it will take to complete repairs at the main Port Townsend landing?

A quick Google search came up with nothing, but I did find this:

Several Port Townsend-Keystone ferry runs were canceled Tuesday because of high winds, and winds and waves also destroyed part of the dock, damaging a piece of equipment used to load some vehicles. Therefore, the ferries can no longer take large trucks at this point.

Source: www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_011007WABsnowstorm_wedLJ.272a0696.html

The floating dolphin on the north side of the main slip was being moved yesterday afternoon. Couldn't see any obvious signs of damage from the webcam.

[SS San Mateo]

The main slip has been repaired.

The main ferry slip in Port Townsend has been repaired and full service for trucks has resumed.

[Barnacle]

Apparently there was some damage to the floater, but I don't know what was the problem. I do believe WSF is trying to phase out the floaters to a certain degree.

[SS San Mateo]

barnacle said:

I do believe WSF is trying to phase out the floaters to a certain degree.

The ones at Tahlequah & Fauntleroy were replaced with steel pipe dolphins in the past few years. I believe the ones at Edmonds have been phased out as well.

[Barnacle]

We're down to a single floater at Lopez (there were two on the west side), with a new fixed dolphin nearing completion where the inner dolphin used to be (the old wooden floater will be replaced by a new concrete one). A lot of this effort is to get the creosote out of the water. Environmentally sound, yes, but I really do prefer the old timber dolphins that had a bit of give when you misplayed your landing. In addition to being more gentle on the recoil, they also would slow you down. The new ones just kind of ricochet you off and send you in an entirely new direction without really taking much momentum away.

[SS Shasta]

MV Klickitat is out of service today with mechanical problems and the route is shut down. Wonder when annual maintenance will be completed on MV Quinault? MV Nisqually?

[Barnacle]

Nisqually's out of the equation until such time as the evacuation slides are added, and heaven knows what else. Quinault...

...well, I show her at Eagle Harbor, so she may be available.

[old_wsf_fan]

Well, it looks as though they have got her doing the final run of the day to Keystone. I hope they don't have anymore trouble because WSF is running out of vessels.

[EGfleet]

oldwsffan said:

Well, it looks as though they have got her doing the final run of the day to Keystone. I hope they don't have anymore trouble because WSF is running out of vessels.

Looks like they've got her back up and running today.

[SS San Mateo]

Problems at Pt. Townsend again:

Slip one at the Port Townsend dock is out of service due to bent pins on the apron. The apron moves up and down according to the tides for loading and off loading the boat.

No mention of restrictions like the last time the slip was out of service.