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Post by Kahloke on Jul 2, 2016 12:10:26 GMT -8
Couple of pics of Kitsap Transit's Carlisle II at Bremerton on July 1, 2016: "peek-a-boo, I see you" - Carlisle II passing behind Walla Walla as seen through Walla Walla's open car deck Carlisle II and Kaleetan arriving at Bremerton at the same time
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jul 2, 2016 13:19:40 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 13, 2016 15:33:29 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 7, 2016 9:29:52 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 9, 2016 20:18:37 GMT -8
Here timeline with the type of vessels used: The existing Kitsap foot ferry routes will also join the authority with the current vessels. The Bremerton route will start in 2017 with another vessel joining the route in 2019: 1. Rich Passage 1 which is already built will start the on service. 2. 2019 another 118 fast ferry with wake reduction technology will the join route. 3. In 2022 another 118 passenger ferry with reduction technology will join fleet with it being spare for Bremerton and Kingston. Kingston route will start in 2018: 1. With an 150 passenger fast ferry joins the fleet . 2. Spare vessels will include a spare for 2022 built spare Bremerton route vessel and 2021 built spare 250 bow loaded vessel for Southworth route. 3. Spirit of Kingston could also be used as spare on this route. Southworth route will start in 2020: 1. 250 passenger fast ferry with bow loading fleet. 2. Another spare 250 passenger fast ferry with bow loading will join. www.kitsaptransit.com/uploads/pdf/pof-presentation-10-25-16.pdfKingston and Southworth routes could operate similar types of vessels a high speed, bow loading capable 250 passenger ferries. Also all routes of new routes are plan to be contracted out to King Co. Water Taxi.
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Post by Mike C on Dec 10, 2016 19:41:55 GMT -8
The Bremerton route will start in 2017 with another vessel joining the route in 2019: 1. Rich Passenger 1 which is already built will start the on service. No doubt named after their favourite kind of passenger.
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 19, 2017 5:09:21 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on May 24, 2017 21:18:23 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jun 12, 2017 20:55:08 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jun 28, 2017 19:19:33 GMT -8
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Post by avgeekjoe on Jul 16, 2017 10:56:28 GMT -8
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Post by avgeekjoe on Jul 16, 2017 11:05:34 GMT -8
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jul 20, 2017 20:02:32 GMT -8
So a couple days ago I had the chance to ride the Rich Passage 1 from Bremerton to Seattle and I was really excited to see what the Bremerton route would be like when the crossing time was cut in half. It definitely didn't disappoint. It was one of the most fun ferry trips I've done in a while, and I'm glad to see that there is once again an option for commuters to shorten the crossing. It seems like the fast ferry is working well so far and I hope that it continues to go well for Kitsap Transit! Anyways, here's a video that I made that includes some boarding scenes, the departure and arrival and a timelapse of the crossing. (Sorry about the mediocre camera angle!)
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Post by avgeekjoe on Sept 3, 2017 20:21:43 GMT -8
I'm having growing concerns with the future of Kitsap Transit's Fast Ferries program. I covered the launch day of on my Flickr, put some photo products on my Fine Art America site and was publicly supportive. But now we have an e-mail that went out 3 September 2017 with this message:
Between this and ongoing powerplant issues, I'm really wondering how long this fast ferry adventure should go on. Issues with the low wake hull? No backup boat? At some point, you have to hope the Kitsap Transit Board (which should be directly elected but isn't) will ask can Kitsap Transit realistically resolve all of these engineering issues? That said, obviously the first ship in a class is going to have a host of issues. The problem is the private sector has no incentive to help defray the costs of making what was a prototype fast ferry that is effective at low wake wash make multiple, reliable daily runs as a regular fast ferry. At an absolute, bare minimum one would hope the Rich Passage 2 and Rich Passage 3 have engineered fixes - and Rich Passage 1 can be healed enough to hold on & serve as a backup ship. The alternative isn't going to make public transit advocates like me happy...
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 7, 2017 11:51:17 GMT -8
I'm having growing concerns with the future of Kitsap Transit's Fast Ferries program. I covered the launch day of on my Flickr, put some photo products on my Fine Art America site and was publicly supportive. But now we have an e-mail that went out 3 September 2017 with this message: Between this and ongoing powerplant issues, I'm really wondering how long this fast ferry adventure should go on. Issues with the low wake hull? No backup boat? At some point, you have to hope the Kitsap Transit Board (which should be directly elected but isn't) will ask can Kitsap Transit realistically resolve all of these engineering issues? That said, obviously the first ship in a class is going to have a host of issues. The problem is the private sector has no incentive to help defray the costs of making what was a prototype fast ferry that is effective at low wake wash make multiple, reliable daily runs as a regular fast ferry. At an absolute, bare minimum one would hope the Rich Passage 2 and Rich Passage 3 have engineered fixes - and Rich Passage 1 can be healed enough to hold on & serve as a backup ship. The alternative isn't going to make public transit advocates like me happy... Should we be supportive of a fundamentally redundant service?
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Post by avgeekjoe on Sept 10, 2017 22:22:50 GMT -8
I'm having growing concerns with the future of Kitsap Transit's Fast Ferries program. I covered the launch day of on my Flickr, put some photo products on my Fine Art America site and was publicly supportive. But now we have an e-mail that went out 3 September 2017 with this message: Between this and ongoing powerplant issues, I'm really wondering how long this fast ferry adventure should go on. Issues with the low wake hull? No backup boat? At some point, you have to hope the Kitsap Transit Board (which should be directly elected but isn't) will ask can Kitsap Transit realistically resolve all of these engineering issues? That said, obviously the first ship in a class is going to have a host of issues. The problem is the private sector has no incentive to help defray the costs of making what was a prototype fast ferry that is effective at low wake wash make multiple, reliable daily runs as a regular fast ferry. At an absolute, bare minimum one would hope the Rich Passage 2 and Rich Passage 3 have engineered fixes - and Rich Passage 1 can be healed enough to hold on & serve as a backup ship. The alternative isn't going to make public transit advocates like me happy... Should we be supportive of a fundamentally redundant service? I really wonder if taxpayers should be... Especially when the ferry in question looks like a larger yacht asked to run hard & fast: MV Rich Passage 1 at Bremerton Dock in Widescreen by Joe A. Kunzler, on Flickr
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jul 5, 2018 16:37:42 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Jul 8, 2018 6:04:50 GMT -8
I captured Rich Passage 1 heading to Bremerton a few days ago:
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 19, 2018 21:26:52 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 28, 2018 20:01:58 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 5, 2018 20:37:41 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 7, 2018 21:19:28 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 17, 2018 22:35:27 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 16, 2019 18:47:34 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Feb 9, 2019 20:40:35 GMT -8
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