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Post by R30A on Mar 10, 2017 19:06:58 GMT -8
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Post by maximase86 on Mar 16, 2017 13:17:38 GMT -8
I have to say I wouldn't take the article too seriously. It has many other errors, so I am not taking this as a reliable source. Aye, like how it's the oldest vessel in the fleet.
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 17, 2017 9:36:59 GMT -8
Nice article, with photos, on Hyak celebrating its 50th anniversary. At the bottom of the article, it says Hyak will be decommissioned in 2018. Is this true? This is the first I've heard anything about Hyak, or any of the Supers, being retired at this early of a date. I am inclined to not believe it until I hear something official from WSF. I like the line in the article about the chairs in the cabin being designed so passengers could square dance. While square dances occasionally occurred on Anacortes-San Juan crossings, I kind of doubt that was the original thought and intent behind installing movable chairs in the end lounges. I could be wrong, though. The Hyak, last I heard, is scheduled to be decommissioned (though not necessarily surplussed) in 2018. It was put out in a news article about vessel placement some time ago, actually.
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Post by R30A on Mar 20, 2017 17:14:34 GMT -8
So decommissioned like the Evergreen state was in 2014 😋. (I wonder how she will perform on the triangle...) On a more serious note, I really hope they don't get rid of a boat they so clearly need.
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MV Hyak
Apr 15, 2017 3:08:57 GMT -8
Post by Steve Rosenow on Apr 15, 2017 3:08:57 GMT -8
I like the line in the article about the chairs in the cabin being designed so passengers could square dance. While square dances occasionally occurred on Anacortes-San Juan crossings, I kind of doubt that was the original thought and intent behind installing movable chairs in the end lounges. I could be wrong, though. One of my mom's cousins was on the Hyak for its maiden crossing in Bremerton back in '67 and has vivid memories of crossing that run a number of times on the Kalakala. She has said that she remembers square dancing numerous times on the Hyak in its early days. It used to be a quite common occurrence.
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MV Hyak
Jun 12, 2017 10:43:37 GMT -8
Post by SS San Mateo on Jun 12, 2017 10:43:37 GMT -8
Uh oh...
This happened last week as well.
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 12, 2017 12:11:44 GMT -8
It looks like both Yakima and Hyak are having ongoing issues right now, but they've managed to keep Yakima going. With Kitsap also out, and Tokitae out for its annual Coast Guard Inspection and Maintenance, I'm curious which vessels will be available when the summer schedule commences.
Hopefully, Olympic #5 will get approved, and Olympics 6 & 7 better be right on its heels. The Supers are not holding up well.
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MV Hyak
Jun 12, 2017 13:17:16 GMT -8
Post by Olympic Ferries on Jun 12, 2017 13:17:16 GMT -8
It looks like both Yakima and Hyak are having ongoing issues right now, but they've managed to keep Yakima going. With Kitsap also out, and Tokitae out for its annual Coast Guard Inspection and Maintenance, I'm curious which vessels will be available when the summer schedule commences. Hopefully, Olympic #5 will get approved, and Olympics 6 & 7 better be right on its heels. The Supers are not holding up well. The Spokane is also out so that doesn't make the problem better.
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Post by Sammy Sam Samish on Jul 27, 2017 16:17:08 GMT -8
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MV Hyak
Dec 18, 2017 19:25:41 GMT -8
Post by PNW_ferrynerd on Dec 18, 2017 19:25:41 GMT -8
so why is the Hyak replacing the Walla Walla and not the Puyallup replacing the Wally
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MV Hyak
Dec 18, 2017 19:28:32 GMT -8
Post by PNW_ferrynerd on Dec 18, 2017 19:28:32 GMT -8
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MV Hyak
Dec 18, 2017 19:58:39 GMT -8
Post by old_wsf_fan on Dec 18, 2017 19:58:39 GMT -8
The Walla Walla and the Wenatchee are both out of service at the same time, and the Hyak is the only large capacity vessel available at the moment. At this time of year, this route is less travelled so there is less of an impact, save for weekends. Not saying that there will not be longer lines and wait times, it is just not as bad at this time of year. If the Wenatchee wasn't at Eagle Harbor, she would be back at BI and the Puyallup would be at Edmonds. Except for extreme emergencies, you will always see at least a Jumbo at BI.
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MV Hyak
Dec 19, 2017 13:03:31 GMT -8
Post by R30A on Dec 19, 2017 13:03:31 GMT -8
The Hyak was on Bainbridge for about a month about a year ago. (Maybe two now, don't remember the exact timeframe)
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MV Hyak
Dec 19, 2017 17:16:23 GMT -8
Post by crashlament on Dec 19, 2017 17:16:23 GMT -8
The Hyak was on Bainbridge for about a month about a year ago. (Maybe two now, don't remember the exact timeframe) It was December 2015 when that happened, I remember. It was there while the Issaquah was at Bremerton. I rode both of them exactly 2 years ago yesterday, it was super fun!
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Post by PNW_ferrynerd on Dec 28, 2017 0:24:37 GMT -8
got the hyak's horn
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Post by EGfleet on Jan 27, 2018 9:33:12 GMT -8
A ferry tale ending | The Hyak to be decommissioned in 2018
HAYLEY DAY Thu Jan 25th, 2018 1:30amNEWS After roughly half a century of service, one of Washington State Ferries’ oldest vessels may set sail for the final time this year. “It’s always sad when boats are decommissioned,” said Retired WSF Captain Jon Tegnell of San Juan Island, “but you have to make room for the new ones.” According to Justin Fujioka, with the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Hyak could sail its last run by this fall or the summer of 2019. The 51-year-old vessel was originally slated to be replaced by the newest WSF ship, the Suquamish, in 2018 to keep the Hyak as a relief vessel, which would expedite maintenance on other ships. That requires additional state funds, said Fujioka, that the department has yet to receive. The M.V. Hyak has been sailing the Salish Sea and Puget Sound ever since President Lyndon Johnson was in office and “The Graduate” first hit theaters. Today, it has the most backlogged repairs of any of the WSF 22-vessel fleet at $37 million, according to Fujioka. You can tell the roughly 382-foot vessel’s age by a line — not a wrinkle per say — but the gold strip on its stack, which it received last year, to symbolize 50 years of service. What makes the Hyak special, said Jon Tegnell, who retired from WSF last June after 30 years, is the way the vessel moves. “It’s ability to stop is very good,” he said. “There’s more of a human element in there.” The manpower in the ship’s mobility is just that — engine room workers who alter the boat’s speed and direction by hand instead of captains doing so with automated machinery. Modern ships don’t have equipment like this. You might recall one of these Engine Order Telegraphs in the film “Titanic,” when crewmen crank a brass lever on the bridge to commands like “slow” and “full speed,” which the engine room staff reads below and follow the orders. Docking with this equipment requires faith, said Jon Tegnell’s wife Donna. “That’s the old-fashioned way to stop,” she said. “There has to be a lot of trust in a telegraph landing.” Donna should know — she worked on the Hyak just last week as a second mate. She’s been with WSF for 15 years and intermediately worked on the vessel, which she admits is a bit rusty by now. Yet, when the Hyak debuted, it was a pristine model of a modern vessel, just like its sister super class ships; the Elwha, Yakamia (sic) and Kaleetan, which also came out in 1967. The Hyak first set sail from San Diego that year and primarily served the Anacortes to the San Juans route in the 1990s. Currently, it’s on the Edmonds to Kingston run but has also served the Seattle to Bainbridge route and as a maintenance relief vessel, when others are not in operation. The Hyak’s beige, vinyl chairs can even be moved for public activities. Jon Tegnell recalls about a dozen times when passengers moved them, often to square dance, “back in the old days.” It was around that time when he met his wife, while she was working in the galley and he on the deck, before they married in 1998. According to WSF, the Suquamish will begin sea trials in mid-2018 and start carrying passengers in the fall. This newest ferry will be on the Mukilteo to Clinton route in the summer and serve as a relief vessel in the winter. Yet, as far as when the Hyak will actually make its final docking, said Jon Tegnell, that’s as fluid as the sea. “Nothing about the schedule of the Hyak is set in stone,” he said. “This boat is leaving, that one is coming, but you never know for sure until it happens.” www.islandssounder.com/news/a-ferry-tale-ending-the-hyak-to-be-decommissioned-in-2018/
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MV Hyak
Jan 27, 2018 10:24:43 GMT -8
Post by Kahloke on Jan 27, 2018 10:24:43 GMT -8
A ferry tale ending | The Hyak to be decommissioned in 2018
Old news to us ferry geeks, but I'm sure there are readers of the Islands Sounder that this may first time news for them. Hyak, and her vintage 1967 cabin, will be missed, but I'm also thrilled to have a new ferry join the fleet. Suquamish will be a fine addition, despite the "pseudo-1967" bland interior. Like the Supers started to differ over the years, perhaps the Olympic Class vessels will eventually gain more individual identities as they age.
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darkdragon4
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i have a model of the M/V Hyak a newer model
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MV Hyak
Feb 3, 2018 13:33:28 GMT -8
Post by darkdragon4 on Feb 3, 2018 13:33:28 GMT -8
i made a model of the hyak I have it on craigslist
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MV Hyak
Feb 6, 2018 10:24:15 GMT -8
Post by Steve Rosenow on Feb 6, 2018 10:24:15 GMT -8
I don't think she'll be scrapped this year. Decommissioned, yes. Scrapped. no.
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MV Hyak
Feb 6, 2018 16:36:50 GMT -8
Post by R30A on Feb 6, 2018 16:36:50 GMT -8
I still think they are nuts to even think of decommissioning the Hyak before Olympic 5 comes in.
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Post by EGfleet on Mar 10, 2018 9:10:13 GMT -8
Wow, in a rare bit of common sense from Olympia: State supplementary transportation budget would keep Hyak afloat
Christian Vosler, christian.vosler@kitsapsun.com OLYMPIA — A supplementary transportation budget approved by the Legislature this week includes funds to keep the ferry Hyak in service and other improvements to the Washington State Ferries system. The Hyak, which started service in 1967 and is the state’s only vessel without a refurbished interior, was set to be retired this year. The budget allocates $2 million to keep it on the water. “That was really pushed by constituents,” Senator Christine Rolfes, D- Bainbridge Island, said. “The pragmatism of doing that brought that to everybody's attention.” The supplementary budget is an increase of $826 million over the current budget. Most of that is reallocated funds from Connecting Washington, the $16 billion transportation package passed in 2015. WSF asked the Legislature for funding to preserve the Hyak so that it could serve as a backup vessel when the M/V Tokitae and M/V Samish are taken out of service this year for scheduled repairs. “We do have a relief vessel available, but this just allows us to have more breathing room in case we have emergencies or unexpected maintenance problems,” WSF spokesman Justin Fujioka said. The $2 million won’t be used to fix the Hyak — which has a backlog of $37 million in maintenance — but will pay for operating costs to extend its service life until June 2019. The Hyak will likely ply the Anacortes and Bremerton routes, Fujioka said. WSF is also considering converting its Jumbo Mark II ferries — the Puyallup, Wenatchee and Tacoma — from diesel to hybrid electric power. The supplementary budget, if signed by Gov. Jay Inslee as expected, includes $600,000 to begin that process. “This is primarily for data-gathering and getting more information,” Fujioka said. WSF recently completed two studies that examined the feasibility of on-shore charging stations and what it would take to convert the vessels. According to one study, the three Jumbo Mark IIs use 26 percent of the fuel in the WSF fleet. Looking further out, the budget also includes placeholder funding for a fifth Olympic-class ferry in the Legislature’s 16-year transportation plan. With the fourth Olympic-class vessel, the Suquamish, set to be finished this year, Rolfes said legislators wanted to wait for WSF’s long-range plan to be finished before moving forward. The goal is to wait and see how ferry technology evolves before committing funding to a new vessel. "It's literally just a placeholder to remind everybody that we're going to have to invest in ferries," Rolfes said. The full supplemental transportation budget can be read here. www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/03/09/state-supplementary-transportation-budget-would-keep-hyak-afloat/412632002/
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MV Hyak
May 18, 2018 8:13:51 GMT -8
Post by PNW_ferrynerd on May 18, 2018 8:13:51 GMT -8
When is the hyak retireing, isn't it October this year?
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MV Hyak
May 18, 2018 8:20:09 GMT -8
Post by PNW_ferrynerd on May 18, 2018 8:20:09 GMT -8
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MV Hyak
May 19, 2018 8:06:55 GMT -8
Post by R30A on May 19, 2018 8:06:55 GMT -8
When is the hyak retireing, isn't it October this year? Not anymore. She's got assigned runs as far out as we have assignments. (start of Summer 2019)
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MV Hyak
Jun 15, 2018 14:24:32 GMT -8
via mobile
Post by rwbsparks on Jun 15, 2018 14:24:32 GMT -8
When was the Hyak’s green stripe fixed? Everything is previously read indicated that it was fixed rather quickly but perusing online I just found a picture of a brand new Goodtime III (built in 1978 if memory serves correct) with Hyak in the background with the green stripe too high. Virginia V is also featured in the photo.
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