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Post by alaskanmohican on Sept 23, 2011 15:25:40 GMT -8
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Post by alaskanmohican on Sept 23, 2011 15:45:28 GMT -8
Here are some interior pics of the Mat. First a view of the dining area.  The serving area for the cafeteria.  Display outside the gift shop.  Corridor on the cabin deck.   Stairs from cabin deck to car deck.  The forward lounge in the late evening.  Looking towards the back of the forward lounge. The Mat is the only ferry with those maroon curved sofas.  The Purser's Counter on the cabin deck.  Purser's Office to the right (starboard) side of the counter.  Lobby area in front of the Purser's area.  Builder's Plaque.  Plaque for when the Mat was lengthened in 1978.  |
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Post by mrdot on Sept 23, 2011 18:48:21 GMT -8
:)you know the thing that I love about looking at all these original Spaldings that Alaska still operate, is they all have the same livery I have been acustomed to all my adult life, and they haven't rebranded every time political winds happen! now why couldn't we have kept some of our heritage as our southern and northern neighbours have? :)mrdot.
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Post by ancflyer on Dec 21, 2011 10:25:47 GMT -8
My first post on this board ;D Here's a shot of the Matanuska in Haines around 2003.  A little History. I grew up in Skagway, so I've ridden all the AMHS ferries many, many times, including the little old Chilkat way back in the day. By far my favorite - because of fond memories - is the Matanuska. The family would take the Mat south in the mid-late 60s on our annual month long vacation Outside. My Father knew both Captains Johnson so it made the trip more memorable. Have stood on the bridge, have been given a tour of the bowels, etc. Nice web site here too. |
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Post by Name Omitted on May 7, 2012 21:29:36 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on May 7, 2012 21:36:59 GMT -8
In BC would would call this a 'hard landing', or blame it on a cotter pin that fell off something in the engine room.
Seriously, this sounds like a significant sort of event that you would rather not have.
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Post by ancflyer on May 7, 2012 22:44:49 GMT -8
Does three or four knots really matter . . . I'm a pilot - airplane pilot that would be - not a ship pilot. And surely this isn't the Captain's first day at Petersburg? Just asking cause I dunno, but sure looks like a bit more than a simple "grazing the dock" in Petersburg.
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Post by EGfleet on May 19, 2012 4:00:31 GMT -8
This just turned up--footage of the crash on 7 May.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 19, 2012 6:42:52 GMT -8
This just turned up--footage of the crash on 7 May. Oh my gosh! thanks for finding that.  |
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 19, 2012 6:51:16 GMT -8
How can you crash into a building unless something went wrong and you couldent stop or turn. That is crazy. Where was that??
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 19, 2012 7:01:06 GMT -8
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Post by Name Omitted on May 19, 2012 9:10:30 GMT -8
Does three or four knots really matter . . . Let's play the oversimplification game. The Mat is 408 feet long, and draws 16 feet. 6528 square feet on a side below the water line. I don't know where to begin to guess at her true dimensions, so let's make that 6,000 square feet. Sea water is about 1,000 kg per cubic meter. 3 knots of current equal around 1.5 meters a second If I am not completely off my rocker (which I could well be), from that we get 1,125 Pascels of pressure [(1,000(1.5*1.5))/2=1,125] which translates to something like 0.16 psi. 6,000 square feet becomes 864,000 square inches * 0.16 PSI = (I think) 138,240 pounds of pressure exerted on the hull, in the neighborhood of 69 tons of pressure. Obviously there are a lot of other forces at play, such as the water on the other side of the vessel, and most importantly the fact that this is not a closed system (I haven't a clue how that affects the math), but it is a Saturday morning, and I am hoping that someone who knows fluid dynamics will rip my math apart and teach me how it's really done. |
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Post by Ferryman on May 19, 2012 9:24:03 GMT -8
Wow!
Well that seemed like a relatively soft landing, considering. Try being on a Ferry that's going at least 5 knots into the dock.
Seriously though, that's quite the tight little spot to try and dock a ferry. That would have been around the time of the super tides/super moon, wouldn't it? I'm guessing that might have played a bit of a factor?
Also, Karl, you'd be surprised at how easy it is for a ship to lose control. With single enders, choosing the wrong shaft to go astern with to compensate for the tide can really make things go sideways in a hurry. Pun intended, if you catch my drift. Also, when you're trying to slow down with one shaft, you're steerage is greatly reduced, and the tide or wind can be tricky to contend with. Plus, that's assuming there was nothing mechanically wrong with the vessel at the time. Judging by how fast it resumed service, it doesn't really appear that anything was really wrong with the vessel?
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Post by Name Omitted on May 19, 2012 9:29:02 GMT -8
That's assuming there was nothing mechanically wrong with the vessel at the time. Judging by how fast it resumed service, it doesn't really appear that anything was really wrong with the vessel? Sorry, I have been remiss... "The U-S Coast Guard says Monday’s ferry accident in Petersburg was not caused by a mechanical problem. What did cause the Matanuska to run bow-first into the Ocean Beauty Seafoods dock was still under investigation as of Thursday morning, according to Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Ryan Erickson." www.kfsk.org/2012/05/10/coast-guard-rules-out-mechanical-problem-in-ferry-accident/ |
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Post by lmtengs on May 19, 2012 10:02:38 GMT -8
"Oh my Gash!"
Yea, the crash did seem pretty smooth. The building served as a cushion for what would otherwise have been a hard hit.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 1, 2012 20:19:39 GMT -8
Banner contest reject  |
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Post by ancflyer on Jul 12, 2012 12:22:40 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 3, 2012 20:33:54 GMT -8
Some pics of Matanuska at Petersburg - 01-Aug-2012:       FYI - we went by Ocean Beauty Seafoods, the dock that Matanuska creamed earlier this year, and it still shows most, or all, of the damage caused by the ferry. They haven't fixed it yet, and the locals say this incident shut down that facility for the rest of the year. Some think it's so Ocean Beauty can claim damage/loss of profit on their insurance, or perhaps in a lawsuit. Hard to say, for sure. As an aside, the pier Matanuska hit really isn't all that close to the ferry terminal. They were quite a bit off course when they hit it. It wouldn't even be in their normal approach to the terminal, so it makes me wonder how, and why, they were that far off. The article talked about the strong currents in the harbor, which there are, but something still doesn't seem quite right to me now that I've seen the location. |
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Post by northwesterner on Jul 27, 2013 23:16:49 GMT -8
I never posted this here and I don't know why... September 2009 - The Matanuska between Haines and Skagway in Lynn Canal; viewed from the Fairweather:  P1000483 by Photos by Keegan, on Flickr |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 27, 2014 20:50:38 GMT -8
MV Matanuska viewed from the passing FVF Fairweather in Alaskan waters near Juneau - 27 July 2014  © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by SolDuc on Aug 7, 2014 23:18:52 GMT -8
Some shots of the Matanuska from my 2-week Alaska trip back in June. Sailing outbound from Haines, en-route down Lynn Canal to Juneau. As seen from the Malaspina.  MV Matanuska outbound from Haines - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Some nice mountains behind her  MV Matanuska en-route to Juneau - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr In Petersburg, July 2nd. Perfect Petersburg postcard with a fishing vessel and some rain.   MV Matanuska outbound from Petersburg - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr  MV Matanuska outbound from Petersburg - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Some rain-covered mountains, but still mountains:  MV Matanuska outbound from Petersburg - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Arriving in Wrangell early on July 4th. Forward lounge.  Forward Lounge, MV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Plaques, and an original wheel.  Plaques, MV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Lifering  Lifering, MV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Foc's'le  Foc's'leMV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Bridge:  Bridge, MV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr 6-lane car deck:  Car Deck, MV Matanuska - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Back in Wrangell the next day:  MV Matanuska at Wrangell - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr Sailing away to Petersburg:  MV Matanuska outbound from Wrangell - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr  MV Matanuska outbound from Wrangell - AMHS by SolDuc Photography, on Flickr |
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Post by Name Omitted on Dec 17, 2014 17:39:03 GMT -8
I strongly suspect that Matanuska will be the last of the three sisters in service with AMHS. Page 7 of the Governor's Capital Budget - Appropriations and Allocations has $34 Million dollars for "M/V Matanuska Repower and Ship Systems Upgrade." Fans of Spaulding rejoice, I'd suspect this means she will be around for another decade or more. Does anyone have any figures as to how much of a difference (aside from being able to source parts) the Columbia repower has made to her operating costs? |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 3, 2015 19:14:56 GMT -8
M/V Matanuska @ Prince Rupert's Fairview AMHS berth - 30 June 2015. If this vessel had a white hull (like BC Ferries) it would be looking very rough (as in rust stains everywhere). Thanks to that navy 'Alaska' blue, however, it is not looking too too shabby.  © WCK-JST by JST, on Flickr |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 11, 2015 13:58:58 GMT -8
Lookin' out my back door... View through the Northern Adventure's rear car deck door @ Fairview Terminal, Prince Rupert, to the Alaska Marine Highway System's M/V Matanuska - 30 June 2015  © WCK-JST by JST, on Flickr |
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Post by Name Omitted on Feb 11, 2016 12:23:35 GMT -8
AMHS gets OK to power Matanuska with Rolls Royce
It's more procedural than anything else, but it is nice to be able to post AMHS news that are not doom-and-gloom budget issues. The Mat is being repowered which should delight the Spaulding lovers on this board, as it means she should be sailing the inside passage for another two decades or so.
Some more technical information can be found in a Public Interest Finding here. |
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