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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Sept 1, 2009 21:07:46 GMT -8
The theme for October will be: B-Class Vessels. Queen of Nanaimo, New Westminster (not lifted) and Burnaby (Royal Victorian, PM3 accepted). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nominations will end on September 30th at 9:00 PM PDT. Voting will occur shortly thereafter. As usual, please note that the maximum dimensions for submissions is 960 x 240. We will allow a spread from 840 x 200 up to 960 x 240 for the header image. Please post your entry as a reduced image to the forum with a maximum width of 800 pixels, as well as a link to the full-sized image below. For further information, please see our Forum Flagship rules. |
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 1, 2009 22:39:32 GMT -8
Here is one of the Q Nanaimo from last October...  Full size here |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 2, 2009 11:27:08 GMT -8
No offense, but I personally think October should be a memorial to the FastCats...
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Post by Balfour on Sept 2, 2009 11:32:30 GMT -8
No offense, but I personally think October should be a memorial to the FastCats... I think a fast cat memorial will be more appropriate when the other 2 Pacificats have left for Abu Dhabi... |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Sept 2, 2009 11:42:52 GMT -8
No offense, but I personally think October should be a memorial to the FastCats... Well the Voyager never entered service with BC Ferries... As Jordan has already mentioned, I think when the Discovery and Explorer leave would be a more appropriate time. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 2, 2009 12:34:21 GMT -8
It is my turn for choosing the November theme, and I'm gearing up for "Seaspan", but their freight boats, not the FastCats. (that's part-2 of a working-freight series that I've done with my flagship theme choices).
- But I'm willing to trade spots with another moderator who wants to choose FastCats for November. Or maybe we just delay the moderator-rotation for a month.....
(ps: there's a separate thread on this page for discussion of your flagship ideas.......use that thread to lobby for what you want, oh esteemed members)
We had a month of FastCats already, sometime in the last 2 years; check our flagship page for the old thread, to see the pictures.
It's tough to do a flagship for ships that were only in-service for a short time, and being 10 years ago.
I'm sure we'll celebrate them again, sometime in the next 6 months...
ps: we don't always tailor the theme to match a recent news item, except for some big things like the sudden retirement of the Steel-Electrics, or the retirement of the original BC Ferry (Tsawwassen).
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 2, 2009 14:27:15 GMT -8
It is my turn for choosing the November theme, and I'm gearing up for "Seaspan", but their freight boats, not the FastCats. (that's part-2 of a working-freight series that I've done with my flagship theme choices). - But I'm willing to trade spots with another moderator who wants to choose FastCats for November. Or maybe we just delay the moderator-rotation for a month..... (ps: there's a separate thread on this page for discussion of your flagship ideas.......use that thread to lobby for what you want, oh esteemed members) We had a month of FastCats already, sometime in the last 2 years; check our flagship page for the old thread, to see the pictures. It's tough to do a flagship for ships that were only in-service for a short time, and being 10 years ago. I'm sure we'll celebrate them again, sometime in the next 6 months... ps: we don't always tailor the theme to match a recent news item, except for some big things like the sudden retirement of the Steel-Electrics, or the retirement of the original BC Ferry (Tsawwassen). Hmm. I just think its respectful to the ferry and her crews if we do this when a ferry retires or moves away. But it's your call. P.S: how do we get chosen to manage the flagship for a month, or is it only the admins that do that? |
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Post by Balfour on Sept 2, 2009 14:39:59 GMT -8
Hmm. I just think its respectful to the ferry and her crews if we do this when a ferry retires or moves away. But it's your call. P.S: how do we get chosen to manage the flagship for a month, or is it only the admins that do that? Only the Moderators choose the flagship, however you are welcome to put in suggestions in the thread Flugel Mentioned above. |
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Post by Canucks on Sept 2, 2009 15:47:20 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 2, 2009 17:28:40 GMT -8
I wonder if Wett Coastt will be submitting any banners of an unstretched B-class ? That would be something.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 2, 2009 17:50:58 GMT -8
I will look around to see what vintage B class I might be able to find.
On another note, the idea of doing something on the Fast Cats... We did that a few years ago and very few pics were submitted and few if any were really very good. One of mine was chosen and I recall that that photo was nothing special. I would expect the same to happen if we did it again.
BTW, I went looking to find the thread that held that Fast Cat month & it seems to be gone. In fact there is no archives at all. Where has all that gone?
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Sept 2, 2009 17:54:33 GMT -8
BTW, I went looking to find the thread that held that Fast Cat month & it seems to be gone. In fact there is no archives at all. Where has all that gone? A sub-board for past Forum Flagship's is located here.
The Pacificats were flagship for January 2007. And yes, there were very few photos submitted... |
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Post by Curtis on Sept 2, 2009 18:14:25 GMT -8
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Post by Balfour on Sept 2, 2009 19:08:31 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 2, 2009 20:47:43 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 2, 2009 21:25:55 GMT -8
My first ever entry. I think I should be proud of it.  This one IS no wider than 800, according to flickr.com and Paint.Net farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3882905289_4cebe166de_o.jpg yes, according to the rules, it does. Mod note: as of 9/28, the full-size picture has not been corrected to meet size requirements (height is 180, which is below the minimum of 200) |
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 2, 2009 21:34:55 GMT -8
That's too wide for the thread... "How long until the mods notice?': that is going to be tonight's poll. |
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Post by Scott on Sept 2, 2009 21:52:01 GMT -8
A couple Queen of Nanaimo pics for consideration:
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 3, 2009 2:03:30 GMT -8
That's too wide for the thread... "How long until the mods notice?': that is going to be tonight's poll. I fixed it  |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Sept 3, 2009 9:03:51 GMT -8
yes, according to the rules, it does. Luke, it does not meet minimum criteria for entry in the Forum Flagship ballot. It may meet them in terms of width, but the minimum length does not meet 200 pixels. Please check the rules again... |
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 3, 2009 9:48:36 GMT -8
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Post by waynem on Sept 3, 2009 14:11:32 GMT -8
I would have to say that the Queen of Nanaimo appears to be the most original of the B Class vessels. The New West has been raised and re engined and the Burnaby has been modified from her days on the Victoria/Seattle run.
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Post by Mike C on Sept 3, 2009 20:27:50 GMT -8
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Sept 3, 2009 22:57:17 GMT -8
I haven't posted an entry for a very long time, but since this is my kinda class, I thought I'd enter. Just a note, if you open the full size, it's way less blurry. I think it looks way better. I might enter a couple more, maybe, maybe not, but here's one for now  I took this on my very first trip on the Queen of Nanaimo. I'm quite proud of it!! Full size- i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/sgoerzen08/IMG_0643flagship-1.gif |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 4, 2009 16:57:49 GMT -8
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