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Post by northwesterner on Oct 15, 2012 22:09:51 GMT -8
She ran Seattle-Bremerton...
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Post by SolDuc on Oct 16, 2012 17:40:17 GMT -8
These pictures were of her last departure for Bremerton - 12:20 on Sunday
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 20:09:06 GMT -8
Pictures I took yesterday of the Cathlamet at Seattle and with the Wenatchee: Hope you enjoyed... Nice photo, dude!
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Post by SolDuc on Oct 17, 2012 19:29:58 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Nov 3, 2012 12:16:49 GMT -8
Some pics of Cathlamet on 02-Nov-2012: Approaching Clinton Cathlamet's cabin
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 4, 2012 18:55:45 GMT -8
Some pictures of the Cathlamet from August 27th: ============ [moderator edit: to add that all-important hard-return between the 2nd & 3rd photo]
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2012 19:01:43 GMT -8
Some pictures of the Cathlamet from August 27th: Were those photos taken? It seems like a good place to view vessel on the Mukilteo-Clinton route. Was it a good?
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 4, 2012 19:09:06 GMT -8
Were those photos taken? It seems like a good place to view vessel on the Mukilteo-Clinton route. Was it a good? These pictures were taken at Mukilteo Lighthouse park, just south of the ferry landing. You can get some good shots of Mukilteo, the route and Clinton if you have a good zoom. It also has those boat launch floating pontoons to get an extra 15 meters or so into the sea. Do not go too far in heavy seas or you might get splashed (happened to me once, I'm glad I didn't have the camera).
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 25, 2012 22:15:45 GMT -8
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Post by zargoman on Feb 2, 2013 1:29:39 GMT -8
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Feb 7, 2013 19:51:52 GMT -8
Why don't they allow access up on the upper deck on the Issaquahs, I looked at all the Issaquah classes pages and I can't find it.
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Mar 8, 2013 19:58:35 GMT -8
Some photos of the Cathlamet taken last Sunday. Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr Cathlamet by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Mar 8, 2013 20:30:40 GMT -8
One of these days I'm gonna go up there and hitch a round trip ride on the Kit-Cat. That'd round out a SuperSlam of the Issaquah-class Sextuplets. Those are awesome pix!
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Post by SolDuc on Apr 9, 2013 17:51:41 GMT -8
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 24, 2013 19:57:44 GMT -8
I noticed that the Cathlamet's stack pipes are taller than the other Issaquah boats. Why are the pipes taller?
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Post by SolDuc on Sept 13, 2013 22:28:58 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 13, 2013 22:45:53 GMT -8
Thanks for the nightmares.
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Post by trillium on Sept 25, 2013 10:44:40 GMT -8
Over in the Olympic class thread, it is quoted: "When a newly constructed 144-car ferry is added to the Mukilteo-Clinton route, a 124-car ferry that currently sails on that route, the Cathlamet, will be reassigned to the triangle route, likely replacing the 87-car Klahowya. The ferry shuffle will leave the Vashon route with two 124-car ferries and one 87-car ferry, rather than the current configuration of one one larger boat and two smaller boats." www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/225113932.htmlI'm a bit surprised that the Cathlamet, with its display on the Olympic, would be chosen to move to Vashon, over the Kittitas. Does anyone have insight into why it might be? Lance Gleich, Toronto ON
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Sept 25, 2013 15:05:36 GMT -8
Over in the Olympic class thread, it is quoted: "When a newly constructed 144-car ferry is added to the Mukilteo-Clinton route, a 124-car ferry that currently sails on that route, the Cathlamet, will be reassigned to the triangle route, likely replacing the 87-car Klahowya. The ferry shuffle will leave the Vashon route with two 124-car ferries and one 87-car ferry, rather than the current configuration of one one larger boat and two smaller boats." www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/225113932.htmlI'm a bit surprised that the Cathlamet, with its display on the Olympic, would be chosen to move to Vashon, over the Kittitas. Does anyone have insight into why it might be? Lance Gleich, Toronto ON I don't know, but it's a disappointment. I was really hoping the Kittitas would be displaced.
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Post by chokai on Sept 25, 2013 15:39:16 GMT -8
As a pretty regular Mukilteo rider I much prefer the Kittitas over the Cathlamet and have since the late 80's. Sad to see either go though. Kit in my opinion vibrates less and has had better upkeep. She also has a nicer and I think easier to keep clean interior, albiet Cat is more "colorful" the Kit is more muted and will likely both hold up better over the years under the wear and tear. Like many I'm a huge fan of the venerable Olympic as my family enters our 50th year on the island in some form, but I won't really miss the display per-say. :-)
Of course I'm intentionally overlooking much of the Cat's "colorful" history of dock eating and so on as that's not really relevant anymore, but it has been my impression over the years that Kittitas is also the more reliable of the two and remains to this day.
That said until the new terminal is finished a 144 is a blatant waste at Mukilteo. They won't have time to fully load the boat before they have to leave if they want to hold the schedule. Tokitae should be sent elsewhere until 20167 when the new terminal is done.
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Post by FNS on Sept 25, 2013 20:09:06 GMT -8
As a pretty regular Mukilteo rider I much prefer the Kittitas over the Cathlamet and have since the late 80's. Sad to see either go though. Kit in my opinion vibrates less and has had better upkeep. She also has a nicer and I think easier to keep clean interior, albiet Cat is more "colorful" the Kit is more muted and will likely both hold up better over the years under the wear and tear. Like many I'm a huge fan of the venerable Olympic as my family enters our 50th year on the island in some form, but I won't really miss the display per-say. :-) Of course I'm intentionally overlooking much of the Cat's "colorful" history of dock eating and so on as that's not really relevant anymore, but it has been my impression over the years that Kittitas is also the more reliable of the two and remains to this day. That said until the new terminal is finished a 144 is a blatant waste at Mukilteo. They won't have time to fully load the boat before they have to leave if they want to hold the schedule. Tokitae should be sent elsewhere until 201 67 when the new terminal is done. The big TOKITAE should be able to hold onto the schedule as she'll have a handsome speed. Also, if Mukilteo must be closed for some reason, TOKITAE will do well on the detour to Edmonds, just add another vessel to supplement the KITTY. Back in the spring of 1982, we had the reroute as Mukilteo was being permanently upgraded for the deeper draft I-Class (the wing walls, tower, and transfer span were moved out over deeper waters). The ILLAHEE and NISQUALLY had said goodbye to this route when the CATHY and KITTY arrived at Columbia Beach to begin the reroute. We had the HYAK one weekend on the detour. Then, the reopening of Mukilteo. The I-Class have been steady workers on the run, except for a few rare downgrades during vessel assignment crisis episodes in the Evergreen Fleet. We haven't seen three vessel service since the arrival of the I-Class on this run. In addition, we had two tie up slips at Columbia Beach besides the two service slips as we had rare four vessel services on this run before 1973. The third slip was home to the OLYMPIC, which was used as a dock for a passenger ferry service to Mukilteo during the 1982 reroute (the plank of the third slip was upgraded to one more suited for public use). The fourth slip was occupied by the KULSHAN, in storage then before her final assignment at Tahlequah and her big voyage to the east coast via the Panama Canal.
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Post by chokai on Sept 25, 2013 21:19:25 GMT -8
The big TOKITAE should be able to hold onto the schedule as she'll have a handsome speed. Also, if Mukilteo must be closed for some reason, TOKITAE will do well on the detour to Edmonds, just add another vessel to supplement the KITTY. Assuming she proves to be 2 knots faster than an Issy and discounting time spent on maneuvering and docking over 2 1/2 miles 2 knots will gain you less than one minute of crossing time, in that one minute you will have to move at least 20 additional cars. Or 40 or more if she's running full both ways. Plus pick the 10 cars up that they are leaving at Mukilteo today when it's busy. It'll work a bit better during the commute when the water front is quieter and during the winter when it's mostly locals who know the "system". WSF felt that overhead loading and moving the terminal would reduce time spent at Mukilteo by almost 40% or 5 to 6 minutes. I want a new shiny boat as much as the next person, but I have to say she needs to spend her younger years somewhere else to be best used. Besides lets let another route break her in for us and work out any kinks. ;-)
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 26, 2013 6:29:43 GMT -8
Assuming she proves to be 2 knots faster than an Issy and discounting time spent on maneuvering and docking over 2 1/2 miles 2 knots will gain you less than one minute of crossing time, in that one minute you will have to move at least 20 additional cars. Or 40 or more if she's running full both ways. Plus pick the 10 cars up that they are leaving at Mukilteo today when it's busy. It'll work a bit better during the commute when the water front is quieter and during the winter when it's mostly locals who know the "system". WSF felt that overhead loading and moving the terminal would reduce time spent at Mukilteo by almost 40% or 5 to 6 minutes. I want a new shiny boat as much as the next person, but I have to say she needs to spend her younger years somewhere else to be best used. Besides lets let another route break her in for us and work out any kinks. ;-) Thank you--I didn't want to do the math this early in the morning. The TOKITAE is unlikely to be "two knots faster" than the Issaquah class boats--the Issaquahs aren't run at full speed at Mukilteo unless they're late. They're actually 16-17 knot boats. Even if the new Olympics ARE capable of 18-19 knots, they most likely wouldn't be run full speed at Mukilteo either, simply for economy (the far end of the fuel consumption curve on a diesel engine tends to be pretty steep). As for overhead loading... perhaps at the new Mukilteo facility, whenever it gets built. There isn't room at the existing one without knocking down either Losvar or Ivar's. But I agree, it would speed the load up tremendously. I've lost track (okay, I'm not paying attention); is there any noise going on about overhead footie loading in Clinton?
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Post by compdude787 on Sept 26, 2013 13:09:35 GMT -8
I originally thought that Tokitae should go to Mukilteo, but now I agree with chokai that it should go somewhere else until the new Mukilteo terminal is built. I'd definitely vote for sending it to Bremerton. It's not totally clear where it's going to start service. WSF can't seem to make up their mind about whether it will go to Bremerton or Mukilteo.
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Post by chokai on Sept 27, 2013 8:33:07 GMT -8
As for overhead loading... perhaps at the new Mukilteo facility, whenever it gets built. There isn't room at the existing one without knocking down either Losvar or Ivar's. But I agree, it would speed the load up tremendously. I've lost track (okay, I'm not paying attention); is there any noise going on about overhead footie loading in Clinton? Losvar is doing a pretty good job of knocking itself down, it's looking mighty tired these days. Especially thier boat dock. I haven't heard anything about overhead at Clinton (even just grumbling) since it was removed from the plans during the terminal rebuild in the late 90's early 2000's.
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