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Post by Balfour on Jan 20, 2006 23:11:38 GMT -8
BCF wouldn't even run a ship in conditions like that!
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Post by Doug on Jan 20, 2006 23:51:19 GMT -8
Actually two-four feet seas is nothing compared to the Strait of Georgia...the big problem with both the Staten Island Ferries and the Washington State Ferries is that the doors on the car decks are open. The average summer seas (which are usually pretty calm) are probably three feet here. "Taking on water" definitely would be a very common occurrence had they operated ships like that here. The 35 knot winds in the Strait of Georgia are very low-moderate winds in a small Strait of Georgia storm.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 21, 2006 10:36:40 GMT -8
I haven't heard of any restrictions like that. I believe the Captain decides to go if he feels it's safe.
When we went on the Garibaldi II last Sunday, the Captain told us after working on the vessel for 25 years, he's only had to cancel sailings once due to the winds and high seas just because he couldn't hold on to the dock at Woodfibre. That's with the heavy Squamish winds we normally get here making a fairly good chop of around 2-6 feet. But it probably didn't help because the Ferry doesn't fit into the dock at Woodfibre, so it doesn't press on to the dolphins like any other ferry does at that end, so by how the ramp is designed, it presses on to the ramp.
I remember when there was a large storm out in the Strait of Georgia a few years ago when the Alberni did that nighmare trip when the waves broke some windows on the passenger deck, and BCTV showed the Newwestminster sitting at Tsawwassen bobbing up and down like a toy boat in a bathtub, but at Tsawwassen in the dock.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 21, 2006 12:12:15 GMT -8
I couldn't find any pictures of that New York Ferry, but from what I found on this site: www.nywaterway.com/They aren't that big and are passenger-only. -- LB |
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