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Post by Kahloke on Oct 7, 2020 11:44:54 GMT -8
Can you reserve a parking space at the parkade similarly to how you can reserve a spot on a sailing? I trust you've been to the BC Ferries website and have looked up the Horseshoe Bay Terminal for such information? www.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/vancouver-horseshoe-bay/HSBParking is operated and managed by Impark, not by BC Ferries, according to the link I provided above. I did not see anything about the ability to reserve a parking space, so I suspect if you cannot find the information there, it's not available. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 7, 2020 12:10:22 GMT -8
Changing it up this morning. Loading for Bowen Island using betth #3! Speaking of Bowen Island loading at Berth 3, back in January, the Bowen Queen was using Berth 3 at Horseshoe Bay around 3pm, which was cool. The Coquitlam had been tied up in Berth 2 all morning because of wind cancellations but they decided to use 3 on our sailing so that was fun! I have seen Queen of Capilano many times use berth 3 when route 2 vessel uses berth 1 or berth 2. |
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Post by paulvanb on May 9, 2021 18:26:44 GMT -8
HSB is in a bit of a pickle at the moment. The Capilano is having issues, and not sure if berth #2 is operational. I have been going back and forth to Bowen Island lately, using berths #1 and 3. She had been confined to dock because of a malfunctioning emergency generator, and her sailings up to 6:15 have been canceled.
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Post by paulvanb on Jun 29, 2021 14:58:45 GMT -8
Congestion at HSB. They need to work on vessel scheduling. Coming back from Bowen Island this afternoon, we had to wait for a berth to dock. Queen of Surrey with her #2 end doors open again. 😉  |
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Post by paulvanb on Oct 18, 2021 21:28:39 GMT -8
For our people who work for BC Ferries, maybe they can explain why my sailing on the perpetually late, Queen of Capilano, this evening is held up for five minutes just outside the bay entrance? The Queen of Cowichan departed from berth #3. The Queen of Oak Bay was in 2. We docked in 1. This is not the first time this has happened while coming back from Bowen.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 19, 2021 13:57:12 GMT -8
How often do foot passenger de-board on the upper vehicle deck at Horseshoe Bay on route 2? What would be the reason behind this?
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Post by Ferryman on Dec 19, 2021 15:14:44 GMT -8
How often do foot passenger de-board on the upper vehicle deck at Horseshoe Bay on route 2? What would be the reason behind this? It’s complicated to explain, but at high tide Berth 1 is the more ideal berth for large semi/low bed trucks to transit the ramp without bottoming out. The downside to that is at high tide, the overhead walkway can’t be used on the C-Class in berth 1. Berth 1 saw extensive hydraulic upgrades for the Pacificat ferries that berth 2 and 3 still have never received. |
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Post by arrrrmatey on Jan 3, 2022 11:19:51 GMT -8
Part of the underground parkade at horseshoe bay terminal has buckled due to a rockslide.
I’ve travelled through Horseshoe bay terminal probably a few thousand times and I had no idea there was an underground parkade… looks like it is underneath the holding lanes about halfway down to the berths. The rock slide must have landed on the langdale lanes (10 and 11 I think)?
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Post by 1foot2ships on Feb 17, 2022 22:41:47 GMT -8
I just checked the ferries website and it still lists the parkade closed. If I have it correct, the only place a rockslide can impair things is on the north side, where there are open air cut outs. arrrrmatey : I have not checked it out, but the underground parkade is on the opposite side of the terminal. It is under and into the mountainside to the West of the HSB local traffic lanes. Going downhill to the village, you make a left at the bottom where the lights are. Following that, a right turn takes you to the Foot Passenger Area. Another left takes you into the parkade. * If the parkade has been closed since January, then that would cause a GIANT amount of inconvenience to Bowen daytrippers, weekday commuters, BCF employee parking... ** Has anybody been around to give an eyewitness update on what's going on? |
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Post by 1foot2ships on Jun 8, 2022 12:10:02 GMT -8
Not sure if anybody cares about this topic or not, but it was bugging me sufficiently I decided to go check it out myself. Photos speak a thousand words so to save from needing reading glasses: at entrance:  going up from lv1 to lv2:  damaged area:  close up:  |
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Post by paulvanb on Jun 23, 2022 8:57:39 GMT -8
It has awhile since the Alberni has been here!  |
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Post by paulvanb on Jul 21, 2022 8:39:31 GMT -8
Only 30 minutes late and counting. I have never seen vehicles being held on the ramp during loading. We held up the unloading of the Surrey. Crazy!  |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jul 21, 2022 8:59:01 GMT -8
Only 30 minutes late and counting. I have never seen vehicles being held on the ramp during loading. We held up the unloading of the Surrey. Crazy! Need to get down to WA! This happens so much for out of sequence loading to ensure a good deck stack  |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Aug 23, 2022 18:56:50 GMT -8
Was interesting with all these cancellations on Route 3 today, ended up seeing 3 C-Class in Horseshoe Bay today for the (at least for me) first time. Oak Bay was occupying Berth 1 for Nanaimo, with Coquitlam and Surrey in Berths 2 and 3, respectively. Very interesting.
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Post by paulvanb on Jan 1, 2023 12:03:21 GMT -8
It's really difficult for casual observers to know how much responsibility Mark Collins has for some of BC Ferries' challenges. There is a chronic staff shortage, and it can't be blamed on covid. BC Ferries has for years neglected the reality that staff based on coastal islands are not able to find housing. Three vessels are based on Salt Spring, and that's getting to be the hardest hit island. Clearly, the company has to have its own stock of available housing. Is the failure to do that laid at the feet of execs like Collins, or is he simply operating with the money provided by government, and not able to do everything? I understand that the starting conditions for new staff can be pretty crappy in terms of scheduling, pay, and opportunities for advancement. Who's responsible for that? Maybe Collins, but I can't count the number of industries or individual businesses these days having trouble finding staff. Where did all the young workers go? BC Ferries has embarked on a pretty energetic program of fleet renewal, so not all aspects of operations are being ignored, and there have had to be terminal modifications as well. The two boat service to Gabriola must be much more expensive than the old Quinsam service, but the company was responding to islanders needs, so, kudos to them. The whole system is very expensive to run with only two profitable routes. I hope the new appointments bring a change in fortunes, and maybe some more money, and not just the hanging out to dry of Mark Collins so as to appear to be doing something. I am guessing that this is also the reason that the Queen of Capilano is no longer home ported out of Snug Cove. Unfortunate. |
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Post by Neil on Jan 1, 2023 12:24:54 GMT -8
It's really difficult for casual observers to know how much responsibility Mark Collins has for some of BC Ferries' challenges. There is a chronic staff shortage, and it can't be blamed on covid. BC Ferries has for years neglected the reality that staff based on coastal islands are not able to find housing. Three vessels are based on Salt Spring, and that's getting to be the hardest hit island. Clearly, the company has to have its own stock of available housing. Is the failure to do that laid at the feet of execs like Collins, or is he simply operating with the money provided by government, and not able to do everything? I understand that the starting conditions for new staff can be pretty crappy in terms of scheduling, pay, and opportunities for advancement. Who's responsible for that? Maybe Collins, but I can't count the number of industries or individual businesses these days having trouble finding staff. Where did all the young workers go? BC Ferries has embarked on a pretty energetic program of fleet renewal, so not all aspects of operations are being ignored, and there have had to be terminal modifications as well. The two boat service to Gabriola must be much more expensive than the old Quinsam service, but the company was responding to islanders needs, so, kudos to them. The whole system is very expensive to run with only two profitable routes. I hope the new appointments bring a change in fortunes, and maybe some more money, and not just the hanging out to dry of Mark Collins so as to appear to be doing something. I am guessing that this is also the reason that the Queen of Capilano is no longer home ported out of Snug Cove. Unfortunate. Since when did the ' Capilano overnight at Snug Cove? I thought there was a deadhead run to start every morning from Horseshoe Bay? |
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Post by Mike on Jan 1, 2023 13:27:35 GMT -8
I am guessing that this is also the reason that the Queen of Capilano is no longer home ported out of Snug Cove. Unfortunate. Since when did the ' Capilano overnight at Snug Cove? I thought there was a deadhead run to start every morning from Horseshoe Bay? As far as I'm aware, the Bowen Island vessel has always overnighted in Horseshoe Bay. |
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Post by Mike on Jan 1, 2023 16:21:51 GMT -8
Bump to signify that I moved the preceding three posts into this thread from the CEO succession thread.
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Post by paulvanb on Jan 1, 2023 18:29:21 GMT -8
Since when did the ' Capilano overnight at Snug Cove? I thought there was a deadhead run to start every morning from Horseshoe Bay? As far as I'm aware, the Bowen Island vessel has always overnighted in Horseshoe Bay. They sued to. My client on Bowen Island used to complain about the "stoner" crews that manned the ship. |
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Post by Neil on Jan 1, 2023 19:58:30 GMT -8
As far as I'm aware, the Bowen Island vessel has always overnighted in Horseshoe Bay. They sued to. My client on Bowen Island used to complain about the "stoner" crews that manned the ship. |
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Post by Nick on Jan 1, 2023 20:51:45 GMT -8
As far as I'm aware, the Bowen Island vessel has always overnighted in Horseshoe Bay. They sued to. My client on Bowen Island used to complain about the "stoner" crews that manned the ship. In the 30 years I have been following BC Ferries, the Bowen vessel has always been based at Horseshoe Bay. Can't tell you pre-1992ish.
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Post by Neil on Jan 1, 2023 20:56:33 GMT -8
They sued to. My client on Bowen Island used to complain about the "stoner" crews that manned the ship. In the 30 years I have been following BC Ferries, the Bowen vessel has always been based at Horseshoe Bay. Can't tell you pre-1992ish.
I recall an old article in the Dolphin, perhaps late eighties, where a crew person who had been on the Bowen run for some twenty years, said he had never set foot on Bowen soil. That indicated to me that even back then, the Bowen vessel deadheaded over from Horseshoe Bay every day. |
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Post by paulvanb on Jan 2, 2023 17:39:56 GMT -8
In the 30 years I have been following BC Ferries, the Bowen vessel has always been based at Horseshoe Bay. Can't tell you pre-1992ish.
I recall an old article in the Dolphin, perhaps late eighties, where a crew person who had been on the Bowen run for some twenty years, said he had never set foot on Bowen soil. That indicated to me that even back then, the Bowen vessel deadheaded over from Horseshoe Bay every day. Hmmm. My client who lives there sued to complain about them all the time. Had some colourful name for them that will not be repeated here. |
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Post by Neil on Jan 2, 2023 22:08:58 GMT -8
I recall an old article in the Dolphin, perhaps late eighties, where a crew person who had been on the Bowen run for some twenty years, said he had never set foot on Bowen soil. That indicated to me that even back then, the Bowen vessel deadheaded over from Horseshoe Bay every day. Hmmm. My client who lives there sued to complain about them all the time. Had some colourful name for them that will not be repeated here. What does "...sued to complain about them" even mean? And we were wondering about your suggestion that the Bowen vessel used to overnight at Snug Cove, which you haven't responded to. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 3, 2023 8:38:29 GMT -8
Hmmm. My client who lives there sued to complain about them all the time. Had some colourful name for them that will not be repeated here. What does "...sued to complain about them" even mean? And we were wondering about your suggestion that the Bowen vessel used to overnight at Snug Cove, which you haven't responded to. It's a Paul typo. "sued" instead of "used." flipped letters. But in this case, the "sued" makes it look like a really odd statement. I'm sure that Paul might have a chuckle over that one. We'll give him a Yellow-Card. |
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