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Post by old_wsf_fan on Jan 29, 2007 19:22:28 GMT -8
Since the Steels are going in for annual maintence, is the Klickitat on the list? I think she usually goes in for maintence about this time of year.
I think out of all of the Steels, she needs the most TLC. She is on that route all year round and probably could use a well deserved break and go in for some long overdue paint work and upgrades.
Edited to fix spelling error in topic title
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Post by mikey on Jan 29, 2007 20:10:12 GMT -8
Klick gets USCG standard 5 year dry docking & an electronic securtiy system throughout vessel. With 30,000 hours on her main engines & no rebuild scheduled--things will get interesting.
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Post by SS Shasta on Jan 29, 2007 22:01:19 GMT -8
As I remember, MV Klickitat usually is out of service in March and early April just before the two vessel service begins. MV Quinault is her usual replacement and she moves to Keystone from the San Juan Islands where she replaces MV Illahee during maintenance. Was it last year that MV Quinault was taken out of service just after she replaced MV Klickitat because of a "hard landing" during a storm? Then MV Illahee replaced MV Quinault on the Keystone run and MV Evergreen State replaced her in the Islands. MV Klickitat has also been taken off line just after the two boat season ends in October and replaced by MV Quinault. Perhaps it is definitely time for MV Nisqually to be called back from her retirement!!  |
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 30, 2007 11:04:56 GMT -8
Where have you been? There's an entire thread devoted to the Nisqually.  The Klickitat incident was in December of 2005. I think the sequence is thus: The Quinault, once done relieving the Rhododendron, will head to the San Juan Islands to relieve the Illahee for any work that she may need done. Once that is complete, the Q-boat will either take her turn in the yard (I lost track as to whether she's already had her annual work) or head for Klickitat-Land and relieve her. Once the Klickitat has gone through her annual round, it's time for two-boat service at Port Townsend. |
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Feb 4, 2007 12:19:57 GMT -8
Has anybody heard if the impending schedule for the maintenence on the Illahee that is set up, is on target.
I would assume that the Rhody will need to return to service before they swap boats up in the islands.
I think they will save the E-state for emergencies and use the Quinault in place of the Illahee.
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 8, 2007 17:24:22 GMT -8
Rhody's back on-line. It was just out for her annual inspection. The Q-boat is, at last check, meandering her way to the islands to relieve the Illahee.
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Feb 9, 2007 19:05:25 GMT -8
I see that the IFB is still out for the maintenence on the Illahee, according to the WSF website. Is it up to date or have they already accepted a bid and have not updated the site?
That would explain why she has not yet been relieved of her duties by the Q-boat.
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 9, 2007 20:06:07 GMT -8
I see that the IFB is still out for the maintenence on the Illahee, according to the WSF website. Is it up to date or have they already accepted a bid and have not updated the site? That would explain why she has not yet been relieved of her duties by the Q-boat. Not necessairly...since the interisland doesn't run during the weekend, they could just be waiting until Saturday or Sunday to bring her up so as not to have to try to switch horses midstream, as it were... |
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 9, 2007 20:08:52 GMT -8
I see that the IFB is still out for the maintenence on the Illahee, according to the WSF website. Is it up to date or have they already accepted a bid and have not updated the site? Supposedly she was supposed to go to the shipyard on the 5'th. I checked to see if the schedule was changed, but didn't see anything. |
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 9, 2007 20:16:27 GMT -8
The maintenance schedule has been... ahem... adjusted* by an assortment of unforseen issues.** I don't know when the current plan has the Illahee out for maintenance, but I'm pretty sure it will be soon.
*knocked all a-hoo
**breakdowns
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 16, 2007 22:49:29 GMT -8
The IFB for the Klickitat is now up. No mention of a security system being installed.
I noticed the work is scheduled for 5/4 to 6/1. Doesn't the 2-boat schedule on Pt. Townsend-Keystone start around this time?
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Feb 16, 2007 23:40:26 GMT -8
You may have just found the reason why the Nisqually is being brought out of retirement. It makes good sense to use her and the Quinault together instead of bringing the Illahee down from the islands.
I think they need the extra clearance for trucks on that route anyway. I also think I remember reading on this forum that the Coast Guard does not like the Illahee being used on PT/Keystone route.
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Post by SS Shasta on Feb 28, 2007 10:33:51 GMT -8
You may have just found the reason why the Nisqually is being brought out of retirement. It makes good sense to use her and the Quinault together instead of bringing the Illahee down from the islands. I think they need the extra clearance for trucks on that route anyway. I also think I remember reading on this forum that the Coast Guard does not like the Illahee being used on PT/Keystone route. Looks like this issue is becoming more complicated as the maintenance schedule has been delayed for MV Illahee as well. I wonder if both MV Illahee and and MV Klickitat will be out of service for maintenance at about the same time? Could we be seeing MV Quinault and MV Nisqually at Keystone and MV Evergreen State back in the islands? It's fun to speculate . We might also note that MV Walla Walla is now overdue on maintenance. Her annual maintenance was to have been completed by 3 March...............AND MV Issaquah? Has she been forgotten? |
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 28, 2007 11:20:24 GMT -8
We might also note that MV Walla Walla is now overdue on maintenance. Her annual maintenance was to have been completed by 3 March...............AND MV Issaquah? Has she been forgotten? According to Addendum 3 for the IFB for the Walla Walla, the drydock work period is from 3/1 - 3/21. That's if a drydock becomes available (both drydocks are occupied right now). As for the Issaquah, the scheduled work period is 3/5 - 4/20. I didn't see anything in the addendums to indicate that the schedule has been changed. |
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Post by hergfest on Feb 28, 2007 13:01:59 GMT -8
Well, the Chelan is going to be moved off of Edmonds-Kingston in less than two weeks, and she doesn't have to be back in the San Juans until April 1st when the Sidney run starts again. So maybe she is going to Vashon? Either way, all of these breakdowns are really putting WSF behind on their maintenance schedule. If they gets all the boats back in time for summer (Hyak, Tacoma, and Elwha) they have enough extra boats to get caught up in the Spring/Summer.
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Post by SS Shasta on Feb 28, 2007 16:26:42 GMT -8
We might also note that MV Walla Walla is now overdue on maintenance. Her annual maintenance was to have been completed by 3 March...............AND MV Issaquah? Has she been forgotten? According to Addendum 3 for the IFB for the Walla Walla, the drydock work period is from 3/1 - 3/21. That's if a drydock becomes available (both drydocks are occupied right now). As for the Issaquah, the scheduled work period is 3/5 - 4/20. I didn't see anything in the addendums to indicate that the schedule has been changed. The interesting question is how long it will take to fix MV Tacoma and MV Hyak? I am assuming that Hyak will be out of service for annual maintenance as well as required repairs. I thought someone mentioned that MV Chelan needs additional work before going to the Islands on 1 April. |
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 28, 2007 20:43:14 GMT -8
On the subject of the Tacoma...
I was looking at the IFB for the drydocking work (which was awarded before she had the major rudder problems) and noticed the work was originally scheduled for 1/22 - 2/9. When she had the major rudder problem, WSF said that she couldn't be drydocked until 2/5 (she didn't end up in drydock until a day or two after that). Was she only going to be drydocked from 2/5 to 2/9 under the original schedule?
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Post by SS Shasta on Mar 4, 2007 11:34:31 GMT -8
It looks like MV Klickitat is now scheduled for annual maintenance between 5 May to 1 June and the 2 vessel service at Port Townsend begins on 13 May. Hmmm, does this mean that MV Evergreen State will go to the Islands and MV Illahee will go to Keystone? Or might the mighty MV Nisqually be ready for work by then?
Wonder if maintenance on MV Illahee will be rescheduled for April 2007???
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 4, 2007 14:02:16 GMT -8
Last I heard the Klick and Illahee were to be out at the same time... sending the Q-boat and Nisqually to Townsend, and the Evergreen to the San Juans...
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Post by zman on Mar 9, 2007 18:22:07 GMT -8
There was a S/E in Elliott Bay this afternoon around 12:30...anybody know who??
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Post by GUEST on Mar 9, 2007 19:08:23 GMT -8
Would have been the Nisqually on trials and getting fuel. |
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 10, 2007 16:05:46 GMT -8
Heard her out and about on the water yesterday (or was it this morning?) too... I suspect she'll be ready by May first.
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Post by zman on Mar 10, 2007 19:56:27 GMT -8
That's good to hear...could have used her today at PT-K.
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Post by chokai on Mar 12, 2007 19:37:43 GMT -8
Hmm... With all the discussions about the Nisqually and when she'll be ready am I the only one wishing that WSF would do us ferry fans a huge favor and sub Evergreen for Illahee for a day (preferably sunny) and take all four of our grand old ladies over to Pt. Towsend/Keystone and do a photo op with the Olympic's as a back drop? I've seen a similar shot with the Jumbo Mark II's in Elliot Bay.
Ok, some tax payers may not like that... But with the new boats coming this may be one of the last years we'll have all four up and running under thier own power, or even have a schedule that might make it even remotely possible. I think I'm getting nostalgic....
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 12, 2007 20:29:26 GMT -8
The JM2 shot was taken in 1999, with the Tacoma and Wentachee on the Winslow (!) run and the Puyallup on sea trials; at least, the photo I saw was... I'm quite partial to the shot of three pre-furb S/Es lined up in Eagle Harbor... if you wait a bit, though, it sounds like you could get a picture of all four there pretty soon. |
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