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Post by elwharust on Jan 13, 2021 21:26:06 GMT -8
i bet it broke free of its mooring in the wind last night. cause it got moved to the outside harbor at loverics didn't it
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Post by westernflyer on Jan 14, 2021 17:02:19 GMT -8
Here's some more information on the Chilkat sinking
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 14, 2021 17:49:11 GMT -8
Here's some more information on the Chilkat sinking This site has a pay wall. Does anyone have access who is willing to post the article?
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Post by westernflyer on Jan 14, 2021 18:02:40 GMT -8
Here's some more information on the Chilkat sinking This site has a pay wall. Does anyone have access who is willing to post the article? Sorry about that! I didn't come across a paywall, maybe because I'm in Canada? I don't like to copy-paste from media sites, but it's a short article so I'll sum it up. The floating concrete breakwater at Lovric's Sea Craft Sank and a couple of vessels tied to it broke free, Chilkat as well as the Ex USCG Cutter Acushnet (which is listed for sale on the Pacific Boat Brokers Website). Acushnet was taken under tow and secured, but unfortunately Chilkat capsized and sank near the Guemes Island ferry slip, as seen in the video, after colliding with the bridge to the ferry ramp.
There's another article on Komo News that states that a tug went down with the floating breakwater, but it's a pretty poorly worded article so I will be watching for better information to confirm that.
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Post by Name Omitted on Jan 15, 2021 19:46:22 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Jan 15, 2021 19:55:23 GMT -8
Breaking free of moorings is one thing, but how fast she rolled over and sank hasn't been explained. I'm guessing that her car deck had been opened up and/or the hull was compromised by whatever alterations her owners were doing. Bathtub toys don't go down any quicker.
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Post by Name Omitted on Jan 15, 2021 20:03:02 GMT -8
Breaking free of moorings is one thing, but how fast she rolled over and sank hasn't been explained. I'm guessing that her car deck had been opened up and/or the hull was compromised by whatever alterations her owners were doing. Bathtub toys don't go down any quicker. Her hull was cut down to the main-deck and her bridge moved aft as part of the renovations. I'll try and find a picture. If you look closely at a part of the roll, you can see it. She was very heavily modified.
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Post by Name Omitted on Jan 15, 2021 20:05:19 GMT -8
Thanks to a May 27, 2015 post by Barnacle, I contacted Lovric Sea-Craft just to check on the status of the Chilkat. I think they sensed the sentimental tone of my note and were kind enough to respond with the following: "The vessel is in our yard under going a conversion to fishing tender/landing craft. She is owned by Atlantic Cape Fisheries. She is still alive." Lovric posts frequent photos of some of their high quality restorations and modification projects on their Facebook page. In some of the stills and videos, you can see the reconfigured Chilkat (cut down 3/4 of the way back to expose the open auto deck, with bow ramp intact and the bridge section moved back to the stern). Sad it can't look the same, but just knowing that the reconfigured Chilkat will continue to work on the water made me very happy. BTW, the latest satellite image on Google Maps of the Lovric yard also clearly shows the Chilkat. (Gotta love the Internet) From earlier in this tread. Note the location of the bridge, and the complete lack of superstructure forward of what was once the afterdeck.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 30, 2021 15:17:49 GMT -8
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Post by elwharust on Feb 1, 2021 19:06:55 GMT -8
do we know what her fate will be yet
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 5, 2021 18:59:38 GMT -8
Breaking free of moorings is one thing, but how fast she rolled over and sank hasn't been explained. I'm guessing that her car deck had been opened up and/or the hull was compromised by whatever alterations her owners were doing. Bathtub toys don't go down any quicker. Her hull was cut down to the main-deck and her bridge moved aft as part of the renovations. I'll try and find a picture. If you look closely at a part of the roll, you can see it. She was very heavily modified. She was, but those mods took place over a year ago.
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Post by Name Omitted on Feb 8, 2021 13:36:36 GMT -8
Her hull was cut down to the main-deck and her bridge moved aft as part of the renovations. I'll try and find a picture. If you look closely at a part of the roll, you can see it. She was very heavily modified. She was, but those mods took place over a year ago. Well over a year ago. The link I provided was to a post in 2015.
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Post by tugdriver7 on Feb 10, 2021 19:28:54 GMT -8
Seattle Times article reporting on the raising of the Chilkat said the $800,000 contract with Global Diving and Salvage to remove the ship included the cost of dismantling her. Those words were like a knife through the heart. 😢
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Post by Neil on Feb 10, 2021 21:04:34 GMT -8
Seattle Times article reporting on the raising of the Chilkat said the $800,000 contract with Global Diving and Salvage to remove the ship included the cost of dismantling her. Those words were like a knife through the heart. 😢 ... but is it a surprise? After such an elderly and marginally serviceable vessel like that sinks, one has to think that the cost of rehabilitation would be unrealistic. One way or another, old car ferries rarely make a good investment. Sad for the group that was working on the Chilkat.
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