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Post by EGfleet on Apr 13, 2015 6:58:13 GMT -8
A sparkly new Columbia waiting to sail in Seattle. Glimpse of a Super and Jumbo as well.
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Post by Name Omitted on Jun 16, 2016 8:00:34 GMT -8
Has anyone from this board heard or read anything about how Columbia is running after her repower?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 23, 2016 14:46:33 GMT -8
Columbia wrecked an engine this week, and had a 36 hour delay, up in Alaska. AMHS had to fly-in engine technicians from Houston Texas, up to Alaska.
As a result of the delay, Columbia is now southward in Georgia Strait off of Comox, on Saturday at 3:45pm. She would normally be here southbound at Thursday night around 11:00pm.
Her speed is 19.1 knots
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Post by darkfred on Aug 15, 2016 7:49:19 GMT -8
I would not say "wrecked" an engine. Problem was with a crankcase mist detector. This sensor if it detects an explosive mixture in crankcase will shutdown the engine.
Engine shutdown was interpreted as a crankcase explosion because engine had such a violent shutdown because it was under heavy load. It was found that the mist detector faulted.
Mist detector was replaced and they went on their merry way.
After repower there have been multiple issues. Nothing extremely major mainly logistics as in parts supply for an engine that is not in wide commercial use.
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Post by Name Omitted on Sept 19, 2016 5:41:24 GMT -8
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Post by Name Omitted on Oct 6, 2016 11:28:49 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Jun 9, 2017 17:09:40 GMT -8
When is the Columbia due to replace the Malaspina for the Summer? I see Malaspina in Bellingham right now according to vessel finder.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2017 7:04:45 GMT -8
According to the Sailing Calendar fro AMHS the Columbia is due to replace the Malaspina with a 5pm departure out of Ketchikan Wednesday, June 28th. You can always find that information here too: www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/schedules.shtml (just click on the Sailing Calendar). |
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Post by mybidness459 on Jun 11, 2017 11:19:00 GMT -8
Thanks. She sure is late this year!
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Post by KE7JFF on Jun 26, 2017 3:15:49 GMT -8
Columbia as of Saturday is still docked down at Vigor in Portland on Swan Island...
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Post by mybidness459 on Jun 26, 2017 16:08:11 GMT -8
I thought it was to return to service this Wednesday up in Anchorage, but according to vessel finder is still in Portland. I can't see her making it all the way to Alaska in 48 hours. Maybe she might return with Saturdays sailing from Bellingham?  |
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Post by FNS on Jun 26, 2017 17:59:26 GMT -8
I thought it was to return to service this Wednesday up in Anchorage, but according to vessel finder is still in Portland. I can't see her making it all the way to Alaska in 48 hours. Maybe she might return with Saturdays sailing from Bellingham? I don't think the COLUMBIA serves Anchorage. She normally serves the southeast inside passage routes of Alaska and down the BC channels to Bellingham WA. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 18:24:43 GMT -8
I thought it was to return to service this Wednesday up in Anchorage, but according to vessel finder is still in Portland. I can't see her making it all the way to Alaska in 48 hours. Maybe she might return with Saturdays sailing from Bellingham? None of the Alaska ferries depart directly from Anchorage. The closest terminal is from Anchorage is Whittier (60 miles) or Homer (220 miles). According to the latest sailing calendar she is now not scheduled back until July 26th. It looks like they had some had propeller issues with her and that is why is isn't coming back until then. I am glad I didn't book a round trip on her like I planned to for my mid-July vacation. |
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Post by Name Omitted on Aug 11, 2017 13:04:20 GMT -8
Since the Mat is being repowered, Columbia will continue sailing, and winter is coming.
I have a photo request for those of you in Southeast or in BC. If you can get a picture of our sweet summer ship sailing through a snowy inside passage, please do.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 11, 2017 13:29:09 GMT -8
Since the Mat is being repowered, Columbia will continue sailing, and winter is coming. I have a photo request for those of you in Southeast or in BC. If you can get a picture of our sweet summer ship sailing through a snowy inside passage, please do. Unfortunately for me on Vancouver Island, the only opportunities for daylight or dawn/dusk shots of the Alaska ferry are in the June-July time of year, when the daylight hours are longer. That's just the way the schedule works in my locale. She leaves Bellingham in early evening. Southbound, she sails past Kelsey Bay in early evening. |
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 11, 2017 14:27:45 GMT -8
I got some decent fog shrouded shots of the Malaspina yesterday, just north of Cape Calvert. I assume that the Mal is currently doing the Columbia's normal summer routine.
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Post by mybidness459 on Aug 26, 2017 17:10:19 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Jan 27, 2018 13:58:14 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Feb 3, 2018 13:32:56 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 11, 2018 21:26:52 GMT -8
MV Columbia (AMHS) in Queen Charlotte Sound north of Vancouver Island, heading north to Alaska. This photo was taken from the south bound BC Ferry Northern Expedition. 10 March 2018  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 2, 2018 18:23:46 GMT -8
Two more views of the Columbia in Queen Charlotte Sound (BC Inside Passage) as she sails off to the north & Alaska on 10 March 2018 ... 
Both photos © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by EGfleet on May 6, 2019 15:16:01 GMT -8
I cannot understand why of all the vessels to sell they're picking the Columbia.
Some ferry funding preserved in first draft of state’s capital budget
Author: James Brooks Anchorage Daily News
JUNEAU — A project to build a new oceangoing ferry is staying on course in the first draft of the state’s annual construction and renovation budget, according to documents unveiled Friday as the Senate Finance Committee opened discussion of the state’s $1.36 billion capital budget.
The decision to keep funding for the new Tustumena-class ship comes even as lawmakers have cut the Alaska Marine Highway System’s operating budget to the point that it cannot keep all of its existing ships operational. The state has laid up and is selling its two fast ferries, the Fairweather and Chenega, and according to the departing head of the ferry system, the ferry Columbia will soon be for sale as well.
The existing ferry Tustumena, which has been in service since 1964, occupies a unique spot in the ferry system. It typically sails from Homer to Kodiak and Dutch Harbor, and only one other ferry, the Kennicott, can serve that run. Maritime surveyors have warned that the Tustumena may not be able to safely handle the full brunt of North Pacific Ocean storms, and the marine highway system has limited its operations in rough seas.
Earlier this year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed draining the accounts of the new-ferry fund. It was part of a larger cutback that threatened to end ferry service statewide starting in October. Lawmakers have backed off those operating-budget cuts, and now they are beginning to back away from the capital cuts as well.
The draft Senate capital budget preserves $25.3 million in the state’s vessel replacement fund for the Tustumena project and says that proceeds from the sale of any ferries should be deposited in the replacement fund.
The budget also adds $3 million for a project to add side-loading doors to the ferry Tazlina, which enters service this year, and the ferry Hubbard, which will begin sailing next year. The ferries were designed to be loaded from the bow, but the state never built the ferry terminals needed to use bow-loading doors.
According to figures from the nonpartisan Legislative Finance Division, the vast majority of this year’s capital budget is funded with $1.04 billion in federal cash. Only $173.9 million is direct state support. The rest is funded with fees and money from other state funds. The capital budget, alongside the operating budget and mental health trust budget, is one of three budget bills required to pass the Legislature each year.
Overall, the capital budget proposed in the Senate is about $150 million smaller than the one passed last year by the Legislature, according to Legislative Finance Division figures, with most reductions coming in decreased fee and other-fund support.
“The priorities of this capital budget are maximizing federal match, health and safety, reasonable deferred maintenance to take care of small problems before they become big problems later, access to our resources through bridges, roads, airports and ports,” said Shareen Crosby, a legislative staffer who presented the bill to the finance committee Friday.
Overall, the Department of Transportation will receive more than $1.05 billion of capital project funding, with three-quarters of that money dedicated to the state’s asphalt and concrete highways, according to budget documents. Another $220 million will go to airports.
The governor proposed spending $25 million on a new state visitor center south of Denali National Park and Preserve; the Senate proposal reduces that to $2.5 million for planning and design. Last year, lawmakers failed to pass a fee program that would allow tourism businesses to self-fund a joint statewide marketing campaign akin to what the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute does for fish; this year, the capital budget includes $7.42 million for tourism marketing.
The budget also would allow the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. to raise up to $25 million to finish its federal pipeline permit process.
“There’s value in having a permit,” said Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka. “It doesn’t mean you have a project.”
Stedman pointed out that if the project doesn’t at least finish the permitting phase, then the state will have spent hundreds of millions of dollars for nothing.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Mar 26, 2021 15:51:18 GMT -8
I have heard anything about MV Columbia being retired from the fleet. Actually, there is talk of Columbia being the next to go. The Mat just had her overhaul, and Columbia is too big for year-round service. We want a new mainliner to replace her. One about As large as, say, the Malaspina. Wasn’t MV Columbia to big for the fleet? Isn’t she meant to be used on Bellingham, Washington to Skagway, Alaska route the flagship route of Alaska Marine Highway? |
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Post by Name Omitted on Mar 27, 2021 8:12:27 GMT -8
Actually, there is talk of Columbia being the next to go. The Mat just had her overhaul, and Columbia is too big for year-round service. We want a new mainliner to replace her. One about As large as, say, the Malaspina. Wasn’t MV Columbia to big for the fleet? Isn’t she meant to be used on Bellingham, Washington to Skagway, Alaska route the flagship route of Alaska Marine Highway? As soon as you go into past tense, you confuse things. Columbia was built to replace Wickersham, a 1,300 pax ferry bought from Sweden. But yes, kidding aside, she is big for most everything AMHS does. |
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Post by trainguru on Apr 24, 2022 21:05:59 GMT -8
Question:
It's been long-said, that Phil Spaulding had to cut a lot of features out of Columbia, for cost and political/timeline reasons. What exactly did Phil have to delete from the design? What features left-off, could have made her a better ship?
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