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Post by EGfleet on Dec 4, 2005 17:52:43 GMT -8
Discovered this online.... www.kleamanmarine.com/tugs2.htmScroll down a bit and you'll find the listing for the Olympic. Some people from Chesapeake Bay contacted me several months back about the possibility of bringing her back home, so I was sure to send the link to them...anything other than seeing the old boat just wasting away in Eagle Harbor like that.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Dec 5, 2005 12:50:54 GMT -8
Looks like someome gave the interior a new paint job recently.
-- LB
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Post by SS Shasta on Feb 2, 2006 12:23:57 GMT -8
Any updates on the status of MV Olympic? I fondly remember her as a nice vessel to ride, especially on the Port Townsend-Keystone run. It is sad to see her rusting away at Eagle Harbor.
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Post by Quinsam on Feb 2, 2006 13:22:46 GMT -8
I hope someone from BC buys her, it would be fascinating to see that floating to Swartz Bay!
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Post by Mike C on Feb 2, 2006 15:32:06 GMT -8
I would buy it, if I had the money.They're selling it for the same price as Albert.
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Post by Quinsam on Feb 2, 2006 15:46:16 GMT -8
Albert? You mean Albert J Savoie?
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Post by Mike C on Feb 2, 2006 18:30:19 GMT -8
Yeah. Albert is a slang term, when meaning Albert J Savoie. You know, like Coq, and Cow, etc.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 2, 2006 19:15:29 GMT -8
I would buy it, if I had the money.They're selling it for the same price as Albert. The same price maybe, but the AJ is in CDN Funds, and the Olympic is in US Funds. So WSF works out to be a bit more than the AJ. I think I would take the AJ over the Olympic. Alot less work and money to fix up.
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Post by Mike C on Feb 3, 2006 19:24:13 GMT -8
Yeah, I would to. The AJ is smaller, and cheaper, and newer. It is also a lot less of a hassel to try and keep it from sinking...
I would buy the Albert, so I can take my car across the strait to my vacation home. It is located about a 1min car ride from Little River terminal. So I would unload my car while the QOB is not there, and then moor it on the dock next to the berth. I would of course gain permission from BCF to dock my ferry there.
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Oct 5, 2006 21:21:03 GMT -8
I was going through old posts and was wondering if the Oly was still at Winslow Harbor, sold or scrapped....
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Post by Electric Thunderbird on Oct 27, 2006 11:58:29 GMT -8
Still at Winslow harbor in August. Notice the sale listing on that website is no longer there.
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 29, 2006 19:30:36 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on Nov 16, 2006 21:45:06 GMT -8
Here's an aerial shot of the Olympic from Google Earth
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Post by SS San Mateo on Dec 5, 2006 11:49:03 GMT -8
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Post by old_wsf_fan on Jun 13, 2007 16:43:44 GMT -8
It is too bad the Oly could not have been in better shape when it came time to decide whether or not to retire her. WSF could sure use her right now.
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 13, 2007 21:27:36 GMT -8
I dunno... she had her foibles, like the direct-reversing engine. That brief moment of silence while the rack was flipping over into reverse could be pretty scary, I'm told. Not to mention you only had enough air for about four starts on the engine before the tank was empty and you'd better be backing out into the stream when that went. ;D
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Post by Mirrlees on Jun 13, 2007 23:46:46 GMT -8
Were the old engines on the Coho direct-reversing like on the Olympic?
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Post by EGfleet on Jun 14, 2007 5:15:40 GMT -8
I dunno... she had her foibles, like the direct-reversing engine. That brief moment of silence while the rack was flipping over into reverse could be pretty scary, I'm told. Not to mention you only had enough air for about four starts on the engine before the tank was empty and you'd better be backing out into the stream when that went. ;D Let's not forget she still had a rudder pin too. I think she was the last ferry in the fleet to have one.
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Post by FNS on Jun 14, 2007 11:34:53 GMT -8
I dunno... she had her foibles, like the direct-reversing engine. That brief moment of silence while the rack was flipping over into reverse could be pretty scary, I'm told. Not to mention you only had enough air for about four starts on the engine before the tank was empty and you'd better be backing out into the stream when that went. ;D Let's not forget she still had a rudder pin too. I think she was the last ferry in the fleet to have one. Does the RHODY still use rudder locking pins? Or is she steered by new machinery that doesn't require pins?
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 15, 2007 7:38:32 GMT -8
No, the Rhody's rudder-pin days are long gone (assuming she ever had them, something I wouldn't swear to). The steering system was replaced in 1992 along with... well, along with most of the rest of the boat.
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Post by SS Shasta on Apr 18, 2008 10:01:28 GMT -8
That was an interesting article posted today (18 April) about MV Olympic being offered for sale by Pacific Boat Builders. The sales announcement describes MV Olympic as being "fully re-plated from the waterline down." Hmmmmm, and they could not replate the Steels?
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Post by SS San Mateo on Apr 18, 2008 12:55:58 GMT -8
That was an interesting article posted today (18 April) about MV Olympic being offered for sale by Pacific Boat Builders. The sales announcement describes MV Olympic as being "fully re-plated from the waterline down." Hmmmmm, and they could not replate the Steels? I wonder when that was done. I'm going to assume you aren't being serious about the comment about the steel electrics.
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Post by Barnacle on Apr 18, 2008 13:43:47 GMT -8
That was an interesting article posted today (18 April) about MV Olympic being offered for sale by Pacific Boat Builders. The sales announcement describes MV Olympic as being "fully re-plated from the waterline down." Hmmmmm, and they could not replate the Steels? Last I heard, the owner also thinks that, despite 14 years of neglect, it's worth 3 1/2 times what he paid for her. I'm also going to assume you aren't being serious about the comment about the Steel-Electrics.
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Post by EGfleet on Apr 18, 2008 14:11:51 GMT -8
That was an interesting article posted today (18 April) about MV Olympic being offered for sale by Pacific Boat Builders. The sales announcement describes MV Olympic as being "fully re-plated from the waterline down." Hmmmmm, and they could not replate the Steels? *slams head against wall* The never said they couldn't. In fact, if they want to replate the bloody hulls of the Steel Electrics they could. What *has* been said repeatedly is that if the did replate the hulls of the Steel Electrics, they'd lose their "grandfather" status with the Coast Guard and wouldn't be able to use them on the Port Townsend-Keystone run. I too can only assume you aren't serious either, or perhaps you're just traveling down that big river in Egypt. The Steel Electrics are gone. Time to move on.
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Post by SS Shasta on Apr 23, 2008 14:35:11 GMT -8
Well, if I had my way, WSF would bring back and restore the SS Shasta and SS San Mateo . Those were beautiful vessels and bring back fond memories of childhood.
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