Post by Ferryman on Dec 15, 2004 20:55:27 GMT -8
I found an old home movie of my grandparents riding on Queen of Victoria back in the 70s and it was just after she was hit by the freightor (repaired of course when video was taken) and there was a scene of the Queen of Victoria was backing out of Tsawwassen and the Sechelt Queen was sitting in the berth beside it. What route did she do back in the early 70s at that point? I know she was on DPB-HSB for a while but thats it 
But it was neat to see footage of what it was like of riding on one of the V Class when it was only a few years old. The video was in colour and it looked so neat and tidy on the outer deck and there wasn't a spec of rust on her, and it looked like she had a complete new paintjob. I can't tell if she was stretched at all. It didn;t look like it from the front because the part above the bridge wasn't as big as it would be today. But it still had the smaller funnel and had a solarium. In my ferry books from the 70s, they have pics of V Class getting a cafeteria and getting stretched and all that but it seemed like when they got stretched the solarium was added. Oh and one more thing, were the V Class able to go faster at that point of time because there was another scene of going through Active Pass and pass the Queen of Vancouver, (in original form of course) and I don't know if it was the video but it sure looked like those ferries were really ripping around the corners and through the Straight.
But it was neat to see footage of what it was like of riding on one of the V Class when it was only a few years old. The video was in colour and it looked so neat and tidy on the outer deck and there wasn't a spec of rust on her, and it looked like she had a complete new paintjob. I can't tell if she was stretched at all. It didn;t look like it from the front because the part above the bridge wasn't as big as it would be today. But it still had the smaller funnel and had a solarium. In my ferry books from the 70s, they have pics of V Class getting a cafeteria and getting stretched and all that but it seemed like when they got stretched the solarium was added. Oh and one more thing, were the V Class able to go faster at that point of time because there was another scene of going through Active Pass and pass the Queen of Vancouver, (in original form of course) and I don't know if it was the video but it sure looked like those ferries were really ripping around the corners and through the Straight. 
