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Post by EGfleet on Jan 1, 2009 10:10:34 GMT -8
You know what? The current problem with any new-build program at the moment is that the State can't sell any bonds because of the Crash. They are abandoning the 144 program, and the contract for the one Island Home has yet to be signed. Must not be a problem now: Ink on contract: Port Townsend ferry construction starts next weekBy Jeff Chew Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND -- Washington State Ferries' chief executive on Monday signed a "notice to proceed," giving Todd Pacific Shipyards the official go-ahead to start work on a 64-car ferry for the Port Townsend-Keystone run. "They're going to start Jan. 5, as I understand," said David Moseley, state deputy transportation secretary for ferries. His announcement was met by applause from Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce members attending a presentation in which he addressed the agency's successes in 2008 and challenges in 2009. Moseley, who has been on the job 10 months, spoke during the chamber's weekly luncheon at Fort Worden State Park Commons before an audience of more than 50. A project contract for the 750-passenger vessel, loosely modeled after the Massachusetts-based Island Home ferry, was recently signed. The ferry could be plying the waters between Port Townsend and Keystone in May 2010. The state has awarded a 540-day, $65.5 million contract to Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., based on Seattle's Harbor Island. Todd, which submitted the lone bid, last built three 218-car, 2,000-passenger jumbo-class ferries for Washington State Ferries in the late 1990s. 200 to be employed The 64-car Island Home-class ferry project is expected to employ about 200 union laborers. Moseley said the state chose not to take issue with Todd over the price, which was about $15 million over the state engineer's estimate of $49.5 million for one vessel. The Legislature appropriated $84.5 million for two Island Home-model ferries for the treacherous Port Townsend-Keystone route, but Todd's bid came in $40 million over the state ferries engineer's estimate for construction of two vessels. Steve Welch, Todd chief executive officer, cited Gov. Chris Gregoire's 18-month fast-track schedule to build the ferry, soaring commodities costs and substantial state changes in the original Island Home design. Moseley said, "The reality is if we are at odds as we build this ferry," it will not reflect well with state lawmakers who have to consider future funding for the entire ferry system during the coming session. "The reality is the governor is responsible for presenting a balanced budget and a balanced ferry budget," he said. "That does not include a second 64-car ferry." Ferries' future Moseley and his fellow state Department of Transportation ferries staff have proposed two possible paths in Washington State Ferries' foreseeable future. One, Plan A, maintains robust car ferry service and all routes with some improvements. The other, "Plan B," maintains existing "water highway" routes with some service cuts and a county-augmented passenger ferry service. Plan A could produce a $3.5 billion funding gap; Plan B's gap would be less but still difficult to fund, Moseley told the chamber. The 64-car Island Home-class vessel will replace the lighter-weight, 50-car Steilacoom II, which the state has leased from Pierce County to operate on the Port Townsend-Keystone route during new ferry construction. The latter has been running the Admiralty Inlet route since January after Moseley's boss, Paula Hammond, pulled four 80-year-old Steel Electric-class ferries from service on Nov. 20, 2007, saying they were unsafe, with seriously damaged hulls. The vessels are on their way to a scrap yard in Mexico. The main issue in finding a ferry larger than the Steilacoom II is Whidbey Island's Keystone Harbor landing, which requires a certain ferry size and design to allow safe landings in the narrow channel plagued by heavy currents at its mouth. Moseley said he has searched the world for a ferry that would operate on the route, but until the 64-car ferry is built, Steilacoom II riders will have to tolerate repeated cancellations caused by bad weather and high seas. 22 percent reduction Voter-approved Initiative 695, which set a $30 flat rate for state auto license tabs statewide in 2000, led to a 22 percent reduction in the ferry system's operating budget, he said, and a 75 percent cut in capital funding for ferries. "The Legislature has diverted funds from highways to ferries to make ends meet," he said. "Really, the issue is almost exclusively capital." Washington State Ferries was originally reluctant to use a ferry reservation system, he said, but after a push from Port Townsend-Keystone Ferry Partnership group of community leaders from Jefferson County and Whidbey Island, a successful pilot reservation program last summer proved to ferries officials that it could be done for the entire system. "[Washington State Ferries] learned from that project," he said. "We're trying to learn to look respectively at new ideas . . . rather than do the same old thing. "The sense was the ferry system wasn't listening very well." Tim Caldwell -- sporting the "I love ferries" sweatshirt given to him when he left his 17-year chamber manager job last summer to manage the Puget Sound Energy office downtown -- introduced Moseley as "a breath of fresh air" to the ferry system and its customers. Caldwell is the Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Council chairman, a separate entity from the partnership group. Caldwell has long promoted passenger-only ferry service from Port Townsend, and is a big support of state ferries' Plan B option. "This has to be a consortium of seven to 11 counties to go into passenger ferry-only service," Caldwell said after Moseley's talk. "With private and state and county taxing authority, they could come up with a way to pay for it." King County has formed a ferry district as a taxing entity. Jefferson County Commissioners David Sullivan and Phil Johnson said they would consider the county's involvement in a possible passenger-ferry option. "I think the funding is the key," said Sullivan. "We have to see what the state comes up with." Johnson said he was reluctant to form a ferry-taxing district because it goes against the funding concept for state highways, including those crossing state waterways. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 1, 2009 21:38:59 GMT -8
As for progress photos, Nichols did well in publishing progress photos on their site when constructing the MV STEILACOOM II. Nichols will be doing the aluminum decks. So, hopefully, some good ones will be placed on their site when progress is made on the new Keystone ferry. They have a webcam, but it projects on the main vessel construction area. We'll see what they'll do for us when the new ferry leaves the drawing tables for the production (hard hat) areas. www.nicholsboats.com/ |
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 2, 2009 16:41:20 GMT -8
...it will be interesting to see what they do with the aluminum house structure put on a steel hull / vehicle deck. Aluminum and steel don't go together well. Aluminum is also notoriously hard to paint (the Pacificats started to peel even after two years). Take a good look at the Super Class ferries.  No, really. The uppermost deck (Texas/Hurricane Deck, the galley roof) and the stacks are aluminium, and riveted on; the deck beneath the pilothouses and crew's/officer's quarters are steel to support their weight but the quarters and pilothouses themselves are aluminium. Their chief quality of note is their extreme frigidity in the winter, but they make up for it in the summer by being really hot. ;D |
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Jan 10, 2009 0:32:34 GMT -8
I really wasn't sure where to post this.. and it's not really new news but, I thought I would share it anyways.  March 5, 2008, A Ferry’s Berth, and Rebirth, on Governors Island By DAVID W. DUNLAP The Islander at its Governors Island berth. (Photos by David W. Dunlap/The New York Times)Slide Show: A Tour of the Islander “Finished With Engine,” reads the white dial of the brass engine telegraph in the wheelhouse of the double-ended M/V Islander ferry. Finished, indeed. After 57 years of service on the seven-mile route between Woods Hole, Mass., and Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, the Islander is now berthed at Governors Island, where it is to begin a second life in 2009, serving the four-tenths-of-a-mile route between the island and the Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan. But though its long days under the ensign of the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority ended exactly one year ago, on March 5, 2007, the Islander looks in many respects as if the crew had just stepped off a few minutes ago. Navigational charts showing approaches to Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven are still affixed firmly in the boat’s wheelhouse. A box of triangular pencils (they can’t roll away in a rolling sea) lies open. A roster showing crew changes hangs from a clipboard. So does this stern notice from the port captain: It is the responsibility of Steamship Authority employees to make certain that passengers and visitors on the Islander during its final trips do not remove any items from the vessel as “souvenirs.” Deck watch crew are to be especially aware of possible theft, and are to report any items noted as missing to the captain. Personnel on the freight decks should be aware of items “liberated” from the vessel being placed in vehicles. The policy did and didn’t work. Ghost outlines of plaques in the cafe attest to some successful liberation. But much remains, ranging from the beautiful (the engine telegraph manufactured by Chas. J. Henschel & Company Inc., Amesbury, Mass.) to the mundane (stacks of timetables, piles of Martha’s Vineyard Best Read Guide and more orange life jackets than can be counted). A copy of Yachting magazine — appropriately enough — can be seen discarded near a crew member’s bunk. A drawer in the purser’s office yields the lost-and-found log, a potentially rich lode of sociological information. (Lots of cellphones go missing at sea, it seems.) The last recorded object left behind on the Islander was a pair of “wired frame reading glasses”, found at 1630 hours, Feb. 27, 2007, on the Woods Hole-to-Vineyard Haven leg. Leslie Koch, the president of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation, which paid $500,000 for the Islander, sees it as the latest milestone in a long maritime tradition stretching back to Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage and Robert Fulton’s steamboat nearly two centuries later. “From the Half Moon to the Clermont to the Islander,” she said. “The reason we acquired the boat was for redundancy and also to increase capacity,” Ms. Koch said. There is no charge for the hourly ferry service to the island, which the public may visit during summer months. (It reopens May 31.) The south end is being prepared for redevelopment and parkland. The ship formerly served on the seven-mile route between Woods Hole, Mass., and Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard. Slide Show: A Tour of the Islander The corporation controls all but the 22-acre historical north end of the island, which is administered by the National Park Service, and currently operates the 53-year-old Lt. Samuel S. Coursen ferry. It has a capacity of 493 passengers and 30 vehicles in four lanes on an open-ended deck. The Islander, designed by Eads Johnson of New York and christened in 1950, currently has a capacity of 770 passengers and 47 vehicles in six lanes on a closed deck. The two outside vehicle lanes may be converted to passenger use. Rehabilitation will almost certainly include removal of the enormous double doors at either end of the Islander’s car deck, which helped seal the vessel for what could be very rough weather. “This is basically an oceangoing ship,” said Jon Meyers, director of real estate. “We much prefer the open visual access of the Coursen. It takes as long to open the doors as it does to run our ferry route.” Two years ago, as Massachusetts prepared to say farewell to the Islander, the chief engineer, Steve Broderick, said: “This thing is a fighter. It’s got tenacity, but nobody in their right mind runs a 56-year-old boat.” The Islander’s architect, Mr. Johnson, might have disagreed. “Age means little where intelligent maintenance prevails,” he said in 1947, when 71 ferryboats served New York Harbor, one of which had passed the half-century mark. No matter what changes may be made to the hull and its fittings, Ms. Koch promised that the Islander would stay the Islander. “We are keeping the name,” she said. “And we promise a free ride to everyone from Martha’s Vineyard.” |
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Post by FNS on Apr 28, 2009 9:57:02 GMT -8
It is good to know now that at least three IH-Class ferries are on the slate for building. I'm going to like riding these. I have finalized my naming of these. I'm still sticking with the QUILLAYUTE and QUILCENE for the Keystone run. There are those who want a "Q-boat" name retained in the WSF fleet. These will satisfy and these communities would benefit having ferries named after their neat towns which these ferries would serve in one way or another. I have chosen MALAHAT for the third one. There might be those who also want the "...AT" concept retained, after the now retired KLICKITAT. While the QUILLAYUTE and QUILCENE serve Keystone, I would place the MALAHAT on the Anacortes - Sidney run. I don't know how many, if any, full loads the CHELAN has ever carried to or from Sidney. The MALAHAT would do better and the CHELAN can do work on other runs that need her size. The MALAHAT would have better facilities for passengers. As you can see, I've added a US Customs office at End Number One and a Duty Free Shop at End Number Two on the lounge side of the Mezzanine Deck. I think there are some SOLAS features that are being built into the new IH-Class ferries. The MALAHAT could do trips within the San Juans at other times and could replace one of her sisters on the Keystone run when needed.  Now, for the replacement ferry for the RHODODENDRON. The IH-Class ferries won't work well on the Tahlequah run. There are just too many layers of passenger decks for the crew to monitor on that short run. So, I have come up with a better solution. I have taken the base design of the STEILACOOM II, cut the design in half, added an 84-foot mid section, and have created a 300-foot version. I have four stairways and three elevators in the design. Most importantly, I have only one cabin deck that the Tahlequah run needs. Like the ST2, I have retained the outer stairways at each end. Most foot passengers would use these for quick access between the Main Deck and Saloon Deck when boarding and disembarking. An elevator would be placed at each end. The third elevator would be placed amidships and serve all the way up to the Sun Deck. The Sun Deck would not necessarily be open on the Tahlequah run, but is there for sightseers whenever she is called upon to do a day's work within the San Juans (this Sun Deck feature is like what you see on some of the smaller ferries in the BC Ferries fleet). The heads are expanded, crew staterooms are added, a ship's office is added, internal stairways for the crew are added, and up to five vending machines could be installed. Most importantly, two unobstructed tunnels are provided on the Main Deck for trucks. Also, the distance the crew must walk between wheelhouses is cut by one third over the IH-Class, which would be desirable for the short run. I have estimated the capacity of the new RHODY replacement at 74 cars. This new ferry, which I would name MV TAHLEQUAH, would be like a "QUEEN OF ALBERNI" (as originally built) of the WSF fleet.  I think that an expanded ST2-type ferry would do well on the short Tahlequah run. A single cabin deck is all what's needed there. The IH-Class ferries are better suited for longer runs. |
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 28, 2009 10:45:10 GMT -8
I think that an expanded ST2-type ferry would do well on the short Tahlequah run. A single cabin deck is all what's needed there. The IH-Class ferries are better suited for longer runs. I really like this one and want to see it come to reality. Sent it along with your choice of vessel names to your state rep and tell them they need to get to work finalizing those names and sending your drawing to the appropriate shipyard for proper design work. |
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 28, 2009 11:40:28 GMT -8
Tahlequah isn't strictly a Chinook name and likely won't make the list. I think Skokomish would be a cool name, and I'm pretty sure that one is Chinook. And, I do like Ferrynut's Rhody-replacement design, but I agree with EGfleet in that it starts moving us away from a more standardized fleet. I think the 144-car ferry template is a good design for several routes. What would a single-deck version of that ferry look like in terms of capacity - 100 cars, maybe 110? In years to come, perhaps a few single-car-deck versions of the 144's could be built to serve smaller-capacity routes such as San Juan inter-island, Point Defiance, and maybe have 2 at Fauntleroy-Vashon if they ever break up the triangle. |
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 28, 2009 12:37:25 GMT -8
The design is cool, but I don't want to even contemplate the cost of having to come up with another design...and frankly the idea of having yet another "boat designed for one run" really flies in the face of practicality. It's bad enough we're getting stuck with three Island Homes...but there's no harm in dreaming I suppose. It would seem maybe even the Island Home style vessels were a bit rushed in terms of choosing a ferry design with limited usage. They could probably fill in for the Rhody if the need seriously arose, but that's about it. With them, you might be able to cover two routes at the most, and you already have one Hiyu... no sense building ships that will likely be under capacity as soon as they enter service. (Maybe a few Island Sky type vessels would be more what you're looking for .) |
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Post by BreannaF on Apr 28, 2009 17:09:34 GMT -8
It would seem maybe even the Island Home style vessels were a bit rushed in terms of choosing a ferry design with limited usage. They could probably fill in for the Rhody if the need seriously arose, but that's about it. With them, you might be able to cover two routes at the most, and you already have one Hiyu... no sense building ships that will likely be under capacity as soon as they enter service. (Maybe a few Island Sky type vessels would be more what you're looking for .) We knew this was coming. We knew that the only reason we were using the Island Home design was the need to build a ferry "right now" due to the PT-Keystone situation. Yes, there are certainly a lot of better options out there, but we got ourselves into this mess, and now we are stuck with it. I like the name Malahat however. There used to be a rule when naming the ferries that it 1. had to be easy to pronounce (thrown under the bus with the addition of the Puyallup, which very few people from out of state can pronounce) adn 2. have a known meaning. That rule also go ignored with Skagit, the meaning of which has been lost over the years. All the sources I have for old ferry name say Malahat's meaning has been lost over time as well.  That didn't disqualify Skagit, so there's still hope for Malahat--and face it, it is easier to pronounce than Puyallup. ;D This is actually one of the tests to determine whether someone is actually from Western Washington or not. If you're from here, you can pronounce it correctly. My evidence is that the following is permanently burned into the brains of anyone who grew up here: Do the Puyallup! |
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Apr 28, 2009 17:17:59 GMT -8
Well when it comes to WSF fleet and what size the boats are including the Island Home, I think this might help with that. Also I fully agree with EFG the thought of yet another boat only good for one run is NUTS!  |
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 29, 2009 14:21:42 GMT -8
We've already done that, too, in effect. Building the Island Sky, a vessel not classed to cross the straight when we need intermediate to large vessels that can cross the straight to ultimately replace the Burnaby and Nanaimo. Not to derail the topic too much here, but I am kind of curious as to what BC Ferries is thinking vessel-wise when it comes to replacing the Burnaby and Nanaimo. As far as Island Sky goes, I think that class of vessel may be a good fit for the more protected routes such as SWB - Southern Gulf Islands, SWB-Fulford Hbr, and we already know IS is probably going to Bowen. Back to the topic at hand, the IH vessels may end up serving PT-KEY very well, but there are some "artifacts" from that design WSF is having to work around, like the saddle lounges. From an egress standpoint, I guess they have to be there but it does make me wonder what kind of a ferry the architects could have come up with if they were given the time to design one from scratch. I'm guessing there wouldn't be any saddle lounges ;D |
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Post by FNS on Apr 29, 2009 14:34:37 GMT -8
We've already done that, too, in effect. Building the Island Sky, a vessel not classed to cross the straight when we need intermediate to large vessels that can cross the straight to ultimately replace the Burnaby and Nanaimo. Not to derail the topic too much here, but I am kind of curious as to what BC Ferries is thinking vessel-wise when it comes to replacing the Burnaby and Nanaimo. As far as Island Sky goes, I think that class of vessel may be a good fit for the more protected routes such as SWB - Southern Gulf Islands, SWB-Fulford Hbr, and we already know IS is probably going to Bowen. Back to the topic at hand, the IH vessels may end up serving PT-KEY very well, but there are some "artifacts" from that design WSF is having to work around, like the saddle lounges. From an egress standpoint, I guess they have to be there but it does make me wonder what kind of a ferry the architects could have come up with if they were given the time to design one from scratch. I'm guessing there wouldn't be any saddle lounges ;D Don't forget. The Starboard Mezzanine Deck will be a bike deck. These new ferries will be the "Bikers' Dreamboats"! |
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Post by Barnacle on Apr 30, 2009 7:57:58 GMT -8
I'm actually against the bicycle 'lounges.' There, I said it.
For several reasons, before anyone goes postal.
One: There goes viable parking for overheight vehicles, which generate a LOT more revenue than the Schwinn Army.
Two: I'm not sure I like the idea of dedicating that much space to a special group that, in my ferryboating experience, already tends to believe they're a Gift From Above (and don't understand that 'share the road' goes both ways).
Three: The Bainbridge Factor. As soon as a ferry run has something that Bainbridge doesn't, there will be All Holy Hades to pay until they get it. And Bainbridge could actually justify it a lot more than PTK. Don't be surprised when they go completely monkey-poo. (I know, I usually refer to that destination as Winslow... this is a Bainbridge thing; Winslow wouldn't have cared. ;D )
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Apr 30, 2009 8:11:48 GMT -8
I'm actually against the bicycle 'lounges.' There, I said it. For several reasons, before anyone goes postal. One: There goes viable parking for overheight vehicles, which generate a LOT more revenue than the Schwinn Army. Two: I'm not sure I like the idea of dedicating that much space to a special group that, in my ferryboating experience, already tends to believe they're a Gift From Above (and don't understand that 'share the road' goes both ways). Three: The Bainbridge Factor. As soon as a ferry run has something that Bainbridge doesn't, there will be All Holy Hades to pay until they get it. And Bainbridge could actually justify it a lot more than PTK. Don't be surprised when they go completely monkey-poo. (I know, I usually refer to that destination as Winslow... this is a Bainbridge thing; Winslow wouldn't have cared. ;D ) ;D Oh you are so right on about Bainbridge.... I couldn't agree with you more. |
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Post by Freeland on May 6, 2009 8:32:36 GMT -8
In Today's South Whidbey Record's newspaper, there is on the front page an article that Nichols Brothers are starting to work on the new Island Home for Keystone Ferry. The will barge the upper part to Todd's in Seattle. www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/Nichols Bros. starts work on new ferry Today, 8:57 AM · UPDATED Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland has begun work on a new Keystone-Port Townsend ferry, Matt Nichols, managing director for business development, said Monday. The Freeland company is building the superstructure of the $65 million, 64-car ferry; Todd Pacific Shipyards of Seattle is constructing the hull. The Island Home-design vessel willmodified to accommodate shallow conditions on the run. Delivery is expected next year. Nichols said his company’s part of the job should be completed in December, then it will be barged to Seattle to be fitted atop Todd’s new hull. The Washington state Department of Transportation originally intended to order two vessels, but cut back to one when the the bid came in higher than expected. The $7.5 billion state transportation budget that was passed on April 25 includes $212 million for three Island Home vessels from 2010-12, plus $70 million that would be available for a fourth in 2011-13, unless additional revenue is approved for a 144-car vessel, followed by a second 144-car ferry planned in the 2013-15 budget cycle. Nichols Brothers will build the top section of the new 64-car vessel, including the entire passenger deck and galley, and the pilot houses and machinery compartments for the heating and air-conditioning systems. Each Island Home ferry that is partially built on Whidbey is expected to pump $10 million into the island economy. Meanwhile, Nichols said the company has enough work to see it through the end of the year, but would like to line up more, despite the stagnate economy. “We’re pounding away on other things, and we hope something breaks loose here pretty soon,” Nichols said. “It would be nice to plan out a year and a half or so.” He said the company will soon begin a $3.5 million job to build an eight-car ferry for a state agency in Sacramento, Calif. And Nichols Brothers is awaiting word about financing to supply five large steel barges to the Panama Canal Authority. The hopper-style barges, pushed by tugboats, are about 215 feet long, 50 feet wide and 15 feet deep, and weigh more than 700 tons. Each would cost about $5 million, Len York, Nichols Brothers chief executive, said recently. He said the contract would run for about 18 months, and would increase the Nichols Brothers workforce from 150 to as many as 235. These would include welders, fitters and other workers. York said the company is pursuing financing for the barge project through the U.S. Import-Export Bank, and expects to hear soon. Meanwhile, the fourth in a series of large tugboats being built by the company is on the job in California’s Bay Area. Emory in Freeland |
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 26, 2009 21:25:20 GMT -8
Total of four Island Home boats are on the docket, if MMH gets her way. (Ugh.) The MES were relocated to the passenger level some time ago in the plan AFAIK.
Umiryuzuki! Thanks for fixing the smokestacks on your R/C Kaleetan... how goes the model? ;D
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Post by FNS on Jul 8, 2009 22:54:57 GMT -8
And, here is the latest rendition:  WSF DRAWING The most notable change is that there will be no views out the sides of the Main Deck as the whole sides will be "weather tight" like the ISLAND HOME. Yes, there will be a little bit of water getting on the Main Deck, but all should drain out very quickly with all those freeing ports on the sides. Three doors are on each side. It is great to see that the first one is now well underway in construction. Good to see Todd doing construction work again. |
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Post by stvfishy on Jul 12, 2009 20:38:40 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Jul 12, 2009 22:41:27 GMT -8
My choice are QUILLAYUTE and QUILCENE for the first two. Port Townsend's favorite ADA ferry that is now retired was the QUINAULT. We need "Q" ferries! The towns of Quillayute and Quilcene are destinations served one way or another by the Keystone ferries. Also, the original QUILLAYUTE sported an unusually wide wheelhouse for a ferry her size. After seeing the ISLAND HOME for the first time in pictures, we need a replica of her and the name of QUILLAYUTE came to my mind instantly. The wheelhouses on these will be the widest in the ferry system. Very "QUILLAYUTE"-like. The name of QUILCENE as the second vessel would be a nice companion to the QUILLAYUTE on the Keystone run. Mr. Evergreen Fleet seems to want one of these named CHETZEMOKA. In doing so, Mukilteo would never see another ferry named that on the Clinton run. We should reserve that for the first 144-car ferry to enter service on the Clinton run. I think there are more pictures of the old CHETZEMOKA on the Mukilteo run than any other run in her trustworthy career here on Puget Sound. She spent a great amount of time on the Clinton run. A bulkhead of memories should be incorporated on the new ferry showing as many photos and postcards of the old CHETZEMOKA on the Clinton run as well as the building of the new CHETZEMOKA for the same run. Good to show some of the history of that run as well as their favorite of years ago. I definitely want a CHETZEMOKA on the Clinton run again! We have a few months to decide on a name of the third "Island Home" for the Tahlequah run. |
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Post by FNS on Jul 17, 2009 18:29:31 GMT -8
Greetings (klahowyas) to all ferry fans! I have created a new thread for the exclusive purpose in the posting of photos related to the construction of a series of 64-car ferries for Washington State Ferries. WSF DRAWING WSF has released their newest image of what the class will look like.  The new ferries are being patterned off the successful design of the MV ISLAND HOME, a ferry that operates between Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. WSF has made some changes to the design.  This is my illustration of what this ferry would look like during the day.  This is my illustration of what this ferry would look like at night.  This is my illustration of what this ferry may look like with primer paint applied and with fewer hardware items installed.  This will serve as my progress chart in the construction of the vessel. As you can see, this is all gray right now. As soon as WSF releases photos showing added hull modules placed on the ways, details will be filled in and the illustration dated. The Main Deck, Saloon Deck, and Sun Deck items will be added as complete sections after installation. After launching, the deep blue sea level will rise to the water line of the ferry. I'll then start over for the next vessel. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** THE PHOTOS These photos are released by WSF and are reduced by me to the 800 maximum width allowed on this forum and are credited. Date of release is included. Only a select few are published on this forum. The rest can be seen at:www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157621006556309/And at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Ferries/64CarFerries/Forum members can also add their construction photos of this ferry as well.EVERYONE, DON YOUR HARD HATS. HERE WE GO! Main diesel engines for new ferries WSF release on June 1, 2009 Main diesel engines owned by WSDOT Ferries Division. Several of these engines will be used in the new 64-car ferries. Todd Pacific Shipyards construction hall WSF release on July 8, 2009 The construction hall at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle where the hull for WSDOT's new 64-car ferry will be built. Vehicle deck WSF release on July 10, 2009 Bottom side of vehicle deck for WSDOT's new 64-car ferry, under construction at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. First keel section in jig WSF release on July 10, 2009 On July 8 crews placed the first section of the new 64-car ferry's keel into the jig (device that holds the hull during construction). The hull is being built at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. More photos released by WSF will be posted on this thread. Only a small handful will be published. The rest can be seen in the above links. I dedicate this thread to Mr. Markus Brinkmann of FSG. He has done so much for us forum members in the coverage of the building of the new ferries for British Columbia Ferries. The large number of "Thank You"'s to Mr. Brinkmann can't be counted in numbers. Coverage continues in the construction of new RORO ships for freight companies and are worth looking at:www.fsg-ship.de/geocities.com/charedman/nick.html?200730Our new ferry construction here on Puget Sound is now underway!Title edited to include class name of new vessels |
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Post by FNS on Jul 22, 2009 17:43:33 GMT -8
Let's pay a visit to the whistle department. I received a message from WSF recently and have learned that the air horn whistles that will be installed aboard these new ferries will be: Kahlenberg model D3-261  I found two YouTube videos of about the same whistles mounted on a car. |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jul 23, 2009 8:10:14 GMT -8
While we await new photos to be released by WSF, I thought that we should pay a visit to the whistle department. I received a message from WSF today and have learned that the air horn whistles that will be installed aboard these new ferries will be: Kahlenberg model D3-261 The message didn't state what these would sound like. So, I sent a message to the company and should get a reply soon. Meanwhile, I did an Internet search and found two YouTube videos of about the same whistles mounted on a car. Sounds almost like a few whistles aboard BC Ferries! It would be nice to hear a bit of BC Ferries sounds down here on Puget Sound aboard ferries that have green and white paint. I am still waiting for the first geek to install them on their car. Will it be a Prelude? A large Cadillac? Or a truck? Or a bicycle?  |
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Post by Barnacle on Jul 23, 2009 14:56:27 GMT -8
It would be nice to hear a bit of BC Ferries sounds down here on Puget Sound aboard ferries that have green and white paint. I am still waiting for the first geek to install them on their car. Will it be a Prelude? A large Cadillac? Or a truck? Or a bicycle? First off, I don't see why WSF groupies should be elated about sounding like a BC ferry. I'd much rather have our own distinct sound, like the mellow "moo" of the B-flat major fifth of the Jumbo Mark I's. ;D And the guy who runs shiphorns.com sold one of the horns from the Klahanie on eBay a year or two back. I didn't have the US$1,200. |
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Post by FNS on Jul 23, 2009 20:36:18 GMT -8
WSF has released new photos. More of the hull is taking shape right now. #1 end of vessel WSF picture taken on July 15, 2009. Number one end of WSDOT's new 64-car ferry, under construction at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. Vehicle deck construction WSF picture taken on July 15, 2009. Construction of vehicle deck for WSDOT's new 64-car ferry at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. #1 end of vessel WSF picture taken on July 22, 2009. Number one end of WSDOT's new 64-car ferry, under construction at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. More photos are on the links above on this construction photos thread. To be continued... |
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Post by whidbeyislandguy on Jul 24, 2009 4:49:55 GMT -8
I am still waiting for the first geek to install them on their car. Will it be a Prelude? A large Cadillac? Or a truck? Or a bicycle? First off, I don't see why WSF groupies should be elated about sounding like a BC ferry. I'd much rather have our own distinct sound, like the mellow "moo" of the B-flat major fifth of the Jumbo Mark I's. ;D And the guy who runs shiphorns.com sold one of the horns from the Klahanie on eBay a year or two back. I didn't have the US$1,200. I agree 110% I like our own distinct sound.. |
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That didn't disqualify Skagit, so there's still hope for Malahat--and face it, it is easier to pronounce than Puyallup. ;D
