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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 19, 2010 20:05:08 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: -------------------------------   - note the marina in the background.  |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Dec 30, 2010 19:56:55 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration, Skeena Queen, Queen of Cumberland and Carrier Princess @ Swartz Bay, as seen from the SOVI: 
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Post by lmtengs on Jan 1, 2011 11:29:06 GMT -8
Some photos of Swartz Bay from December 29th:  The crew of the SoVI waiting to board for the cancelled 3pm sailing.  These footies were never told that the sailing was cancelled, so they stood there waiting to board until about 15:15 when a terminal employee finally walked by and told them to not bother. They all ended up on the 16:00 sailing of the CC.  I believe this terminal signage is new! They have a sign for every berth. They show the berth number and certain statements, such as 'please wait', 'now boarding', 'upper level', 'lower level', and on berth 1 and 2, the word 'preboarding' is included. Also, the following destinations are included: Tsawwassen/Vancouver, Fulford Hb./Saltspring I., Lyall Hb./Saturna I., Otter Bay/Pender I., Village Bay/Mayne I., Sturdies Bay/Galiano I.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Jan 25, 2011 21:40:15 GMT -8
All photos taken on January 23rd, 2011.  Not so amazing now, but just wait 15 years and look at this picture   The foot-passenger facility at night.  The stairs down to the departure berths. |
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 7, 2011 23:03:19 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 10, 2011 21:58:45 GMT -8
re Swartz Bay berths 4 & 5:
I haven't seen any news stories or service-notices about berth closures. These 2 re-builds are supposed to be done by start of summer, so does anyone know what the progress is ?
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 10, 2011 22:46:52 GMT -8
Construction/demolition is supposed to begin on Berth 5 in May and last until November. Then Berth 4 will be re-done starting a few weeks after Berth 5 reopens which will last until the Spring of 2012 I'd imagine. Both will be converted to the floating berth configuration
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 11, 2011 6:03:38 GMT -8
Construction/demolition is supposed to begin on Berth 5 in May and last until November. Then Berth 4 will be re-done starting a few weeks after Berth 5 reopens which will last until the Spring of 2012 I'd imagine. Both will be converted to the floating berth configuration Thanks Chris. I wasn't aware of the change in timelines. The original timeline seemed too ambitious. |
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 24, 2011 16:24:08 GMT -8
Swartz Bay on a Long Weekend at about 2:30pm, and one ship (Coastal Celebration) being in refit  |
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Post by lmtengs on Apr 24, 2011 17:27:21 GMT -8
Swartz Bay on a Long Weekend at about 2:30pm, and one ship (Coastal Celebration) being in refit Wow, six ships all at Swartz, that's rare. What ship are you on here? I'm wanting to guess it's the Skeena Queen...? |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 24, 2011 17:33:40 GMT -8
Swartz Bay on a Long Weekend at about 2:30pm, and one ship (Coastal Celebration) being in refit Thanks for capturing the Full-House (and a two-of-a-kind). - did the 'Cumberland have to wait long for your Skeena Queen to depart? |
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Post by lmtengs on Apr 24, 2011 17:59:23 GMT -8
- did the 'Cumberland have to wait long for your Skeena Queen to depart? It actually looks the other way around, Mike. The Cumby's wake shows that she's leaving SWB. So I guess the Skeena had to wait for the Cumby to leave. And thanks for answering the question in my last post. ;D |
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 24, 2011 19:29:47 GMT -8
I was indeed aboard the Skeena Queen yesterday. The 2:30 in the afternoon time is brutal because the Cumberland just had a crew change (she's usually due out around 2:30 anyways), the Mayne Queen is tied up for a couple of hours for crew change, the Spirit is arriving (yesterday she was early), but the situation with the two Coastals. We (the Skeena) actually sat in the bay for about 5-10 minutes waiting for a berth to open up. Sometimes when the situation arises (albeit really rare), the Skeena will jump into Berth 1, discharge the vehicles, and depart empty in time for the Spirit to arrive, and then jump into one of the other berths when one opens up. Situations like these will likely occur all the time for the next year or so starting now, while Berth 4 and 5 are being rebuilt.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Apr 24, 2011 21:56:15 GMT -8
I was gonna say if it was Friday the Rennie should of been running but Saturday yeah she wasent scheduled to run in the afternoon!
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Post by mrdot on Apr 25, 2011 23:04:58 GMT -8
:)just got in the doors from a one day easter monday trip over to swartz bay and witnessed two new coastal wonder boats mothballed there, and just witnessed the third coastal wonder just about to cast off for duke point, as we returned on the other spirit boat. seems to me that these largest double ended ferries in the world, aren't quite what was advertized! my fourth trip activating my shiny new gold card, the rest of my family paying the full fare, I then gave the lost revenue back at the buffet! no pics. but that's my voyage report. :)mrdot.
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 26, 2011 6:44:40 GMT -8
:)just got in the doors from a one day easter monday trip over to swartz bay and witnessed two new coastal wonder boats mothballed there, and just witnessed the third coastal wonder just about to cast off for duke point, as we returned on the other spirit boat. seems to me that these largest double ended ferries in the world, aren't quite what was advertized! my fourth trip activating my shiny new gold card, the rest of my family paying the full fare, I then gave the lost revenue back at the buffet! no pics. but that's my voyage report. :)mrdot. What?! This is Mrdot and he doesn't take any pictures for us! Shocking indeed! |
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Post by mrdot on Apr 26, 2011 21:53:00 GMT -8
:)late note after getting back on the cannuck bandwaggon, I will get brother wettcoast to help me post some more old generation material to edefy the younger generaton, now that we have exorcised those black hawks at last! :)mrdot.
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Post by ferryfanyvr on May 6, 2011 7:46:06 GMT -8
According to SiiTech, the Mayne Queen arrived and tied up in Swartz Bay's berth 5 last night. I thought demolition of berth 5 started a few days ago.......?
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Post by Nick on May 6, 2011 15:08:08 GMT -8
According to SiiTech, the Mayne Queen arrived and tied up in Swartz Bay's berth 5 last night. I thought demolition of berth 5 started a few days ago.......? Apparently they have started with the demolition of the dolphins, and the berth is still operational in a pinch. Given the berth shortage with the CC situation, I'm guessing berth 5 has been pressed back into service for the time being. |
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 20, 2011 18:13:15 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 16, 2011 22:38:14 GMT -8
Swartz Bay sights on July 2, 2011. The plans for berths 4 & 5:   The progress: - berth 5 is a gaping hole  The lovely view at Berth-1  The power of the Swartz - sooper cee: awesome, only better  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 4, 2011 17:16:13 GMT -8
Progress on Swartz Bay's berth 4/5 project, as seen on September 3, 2011. - the old berth 4 is still in use - the shore fittings for berth 5 have been poured.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 5, 2011 16:18:27 GMT -8
2 views from Swartz Bay on Saturday morning, September 3, 2011. View from the rear of the Salt Spring traffic holding-lines. - Queen of New Westminster is arriving from her 7:00am trip from Tsawwassen - Skeena Queen is in berth-3 and is partly visible.  View from near berth-4  |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Sept 5, 2011 18:30:36 GMT -8
Sunset scene w/ SOVI tied up in Berth 1:  |
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