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Post by lmtengs on Oct 31, 2010 18:55:50 GMT -8
Two awesome photos! Thanks!
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 12, 2010 10:28:24 GMT -8
I have been working with various pictures for the January 2011 header 'contest' ( Peek-A-Boo, I See You). One of the photos that I was working with is shown below. In that it will not meet (for either vessel) the at least 25% obstructed criteria required for the header contest, I have not entered it. Instead, considering all the editing work done, I have decided to put it up here.  AMHS's M/V Columbia & IFA's M/V Stikine @ Ketchikan, Alaska - 26 August 2009 Photo © JST 2009 |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 28, 2010 8:47:34 GMT -8
Karl has given me permission to post some photos from his Facebook albums. - I've adjusted the contrast & colours a bit, and here are some of his photos relating to this thread: ------------------------------- Here is MV Columbia. - presumably this is near Tsawwassen on a late Friday night.  |
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 25, 2011 18:39:39 GMT -8
Here is an old one of the Columbia from when she was almost new....  Taken in Tolmie Reach, Princess Royal Channel, in BC's Inside Passage on 30 August 1975. The Columbia was heading north to Ketchkan from Seattle, while I was heading south for Kelsey Bay aboard BC Ferries' Queen of Prince Rupert. This is from my Flicker Site. Scanned from an Ektachrome slide using ViewScan software and my Nikon CoolScan V ED. |
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Post by mrdot on Feb 25, 2011 20:37:57 GMT -8
:)a splended looking vessel as built, and still looks this good in her original Alaska livery. these vessels, all of the Spaulding designs, had graceful sheer lines, and were very shipshape. :)mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 26, 2011 19:52:03 GMT -8
YouTube video of the ship announcements during the MV Columbia's engine-room fire, while near Ketchikan.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 26, 2011 20:05:03 GMT -8
AMHS ferry (Columbia, I presume) arriving at Bellingham.
- footage is from the upper car-deck, with the car lowered in car-elevator to the main car-deck, before disembarking.
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 11, 2011 21:03:22 GMT -8
AMHS's M/V Columbia in Princess Royal Channel, Inside Passage - viewed from south bound Queen of the North - 14 June 1980  photo © JST - Fujichrome/VueScan - hosted on Flickr |
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Post by SS Shasta on May 13, 2011 17:38:37 GMT -8
MV Columbia returns to service after another long winter layup in Ketchikan. She returns to her regular Bellingham/SE Alaska run for the coming summer months.
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Post by SS Shasta on May 19, 2011 12:35:08 GMT -8
The AMHS ferry MV Columbia has suffered a mechanical breakdown during her first voyage of the season. She is currently idle at the Ketchikan terminal. Announcements on her problems and sailings shall be released soon by AMHS.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 19, 2011 13:30:47 GMT -8
The AMHS ferry MV Columbia has suffered a mechanical breakdown during her first voyage of the season. She is currently idle at the Ketchikan terminal. Announcements on her problems and sailings shall be released soon by AMHS. Hey, isn't that the 2010 news release. Or the 2009 news release. Or the 2008 news release...... ;D |
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Post by SS Shasta on May 21, 2011 13:21:55 GMT -8
Hey, isn't that the 2010 news release. Or the 2009 news release. Or the 2008 news release...... ;D Yes, the MV Columbia has a long record of mechanical breakdowns, electrical fires, etc. that force her to cancel voyages during the busy summer season. If repairs are completed, she will depart Ketchikan on Sunday 22 May for her trip north. If not, she is scheduled to depart from Ketchikan to Bellingham next Wednesday. These frequent breakdowns leave one guessing if she is a bad luck ship or a victim of poor maintenance at Ketchikan shipyards. |
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Post by Barnacle on May 22, 2011 18:43:32 GMT -8
Hey, isn't that the 2010 news release. Or the 2009 news release. Or the 2008 news release...... ;D Yes, the MV Columbia has a long record of mechanical breakdowns, electrical fires, etc. that force her to cancel voyages during the busy summer season. If repairs are completed, she will depart Ketchikan on Sunday 22 May for her trip north. If not, she is scheduled to depart from Ketchikan to Bellingham next Wednesday. These frequent breakdowns leave one guessing if she is a bad luck ship or a victim of poor maintenance at Ketchikan shipyards. Or if they keep replacing the generator rather than considering that other components (switchboard, for example) might be the problem. What is it they say about doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results? |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 18, 2011 19:48:20 GMT -8
Just a few photos from the last couple of weeks. some of the Columbia tied-up in Downtown Ketchikan. Two taken from the LeConte during our Sea Trials:   One from the Dock:  I just love her curves:  Enjoy! ~LeC |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 18, 2011 21:03:35 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Jun 19, 2011 5:54:32 GMT -8
My June 16, 2011 photographs of MV Columbia, as she sails down Johnstone Strait, past Kelsey Bay. - my vantage point is the Government Wharf at Kelsey Bay. A variety of angles and zooms as she sails past me, in the strait between Hardwicke Island and Vancouver Island. - photographs taken approx 5:30pm.         - looking east. Maybe that's Mt. Grenville in the background? - Hardwicke Island is in the near background on left.   Despite all her mechanical woes, she's a nice looking ship, and very photogenic. Great photos! |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 19, 2011 11:07:18 GMT -8
The Columbia remains, IMHO, the best looking ferry on the North American West Coast. She is far and away more shipshape than the boxy new Northern Expedition.
The only ferry to grace these parts that arguably looked better was the late Queen of the North.
I say all of this in the full realization that (appearance aside) the Columbia, from a mechanical perspective, has been anything but beautiful.
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Post by mrdot on Jun 19, 2011 13:25:06 GMT -8
:)the fact of the mater is that the Alaska ferry Columbia is shipshape outwardy, but needs to be re-engened. As for newer vessels on this coast, all are very unshapely, and the hard chine bows of many compound their boxboat appearance! :)mrdot.
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Post by alaskanmohican on Jun 19, 2011 16:09:59 GMT -8
I agree with Wett Coast that Columbia is one of the better looking ferries on the northwest coast, and I also agree that the late Queen of the North still had finer lines. AMHS is planning on putting new engines in the Columbia soon and is working on securing the funding for this as well as getting her up to SOLAS standards to allow her to dock in Prince Rupert. I just wanted to point out that they moved the white satellite dome from on top of the stack (where it turned a brownish grey from soot) to on top of the mast. Some of us were reffering to the dome as a great white pimple on the stack, now it looks much better. Anyway, a little thing I know, but we take pride in our blue canoes' appearances.  |
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Post by Mill Bay on Jun 19, 2011 17:32:28 GMT -8
I agree with Wett Coast that Columbia is one of the better looking ferries on the northwest coast, and I also agree that the late Queen of the North still had finer lines. AMHS is planning on putting new engines in the Columbia soon and is working on securing the funding for this as well as getting her up to SOLAS standards to allow her to dock in Prince Rupert. One word from the true official aesthetician here: Well, the Columbia is a particularly beautiful ship, I myself would actually rank her 3 older sisters, Malaspina, Matanuska and Taku just slightly higher on the podium. Maybe it's just that they are an earlier Spaulding design. The Queen of the North would then come just a hair's breadth after the Columbia in terms of how beautiful her lines were. However, as far as AMHS ships go, even the Kennicott makes my list of attractive faces, at least from the bow, and she is also far and away better then the Norex. The Kennicott also makes the list simply by virtue of being one of the few 'modern' new builds that was built with a proper ship's wheel on her bridge. I just wanted to point out that they moved the white satellite dome from on top of the stack (where it turned a brownish grey from soot) to on top of the mast. Some of us were reffering to the dome as a great white pimple on the stack, now it looks much better. Anyway, a little thing I know, but we take pride in our blue canoes' appearances. Looks like they should do the same treatment with the Kennicott. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 19, 2011 19:12:22 GMT -8
Looks like they should do the same treatment with the Columbia. ummm, he was referring to the Columbia. Are you suggesting that they re-do the work ? |
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Post by Mill Bay on Jun 19, 2011 19:16:44 GMT -8
Looks like they should do the same treatment with the Columbia. ummm, he was referring to the Columbia. Are you suggesting that they re-do the work ? Other way around, then: I meant the Kennicott. It's a very noticeable blemish in the photos of Kennicott. |
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Post by Name Omitted on Jun 19, 2011 19:25:35 GMT -8
One word from the true official aesthetician here: Well, the Columbia is a particularly beautiful ship, I myself would actually rank her 3 older sisters, Malaspina, Matanuska and Taku just slightly higher on the podium. Maybe it's just that they are an earlier Spaulding design. I put my vote for the Taku. The Mat and the Mal lost something when they lost their covered promenade. |
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Post by alaskanmohican on Jun 19, 2011 19:26:34 GMT -8
ummm, he was referring to the Columbia. Are you suggesting that they re-do the work ? Other way around, then: I meant the Kennicott. It's a very noticeable blemish in the photos of Kennicott. I would love to see the dome moved to a better spot on the Kennicott, however they did do some modifications to the stack so they could fit the blemish onto it. So it probably won't be moved anytime soon. |
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Post by Name Omitted on Jun 19, 2011 19:36:43 GMT -8
I would love to see the dome moved to a better spot on the Kennicott, however they did do some modifications to the stack so they could fit the blemish onto it. So it probably won't be moved anytime soon. Perhaps. Does anyone know the reason the dome moved on Columbia? The dome is traditionally white because the equipment inside is susceptible to heat, and so the dome is painted to reflect as much sun as possible. As such, the top of the stack seems an odd place to put the dome in the first place. |
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