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Post by dasgeneral on Jan 9, 2012 19:15:58 GMT -8
So what were the state's estimates for the rebuild of Olympic vs. the rebuild for the Rhododendron? I know that Rhody ran over the estimates and ate up the existing funds for the Olympic, but just how much did the state low-ball the estimates? Were the upgrades for the Olympic as extensive as those on the Rhododendron? Was the amount of interior/structural degradation as extensive as that on the Rhody?
Also, I seem to remember some interior shots of the Olympic from a few years ago after the interior was repainted. Does anyone know where I could find those? I'd love to see how Olympic looks after twenty years.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 17, 2012 17:38:40 GMT -8
Is the Oly still just sitting at Ketron Island then? No plans for her future yet?
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Post by FNS on Aug 19, 2013 22:50:25 GMT -8
OLYMPIC update as of Monday, August 19, 2013: The OLYMPIC was on the beach at Ketron Island as viewed from Amtrak Train 500 this morning.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Aug 20, 2013 0:04:20 GMT -8
Looks like the ol' girl has been beached.
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Post by Mike C on Aug 20, 2013 0:58:11 GMT -8
She's been on the beach since at least February, when I traveled on Amtrak Cascades to Portland for a seminar. I suspect this has been, and will continue to be a long-term solution to prevent seawater corrosion.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Aug 20, 2013 2:01:39 GMT -8
It's a real pity none of us are financially endowed enough to where one or a combination of any of us could buy the Olympic.
Having worked on and owned diesel-powered vehicles, a diesel engine can go a long time sitting idle and then start right up. It may take work, but I think at least this ol' girl might be worthy of something.
/wishful thinking.
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Post by FNS on Sept 14, 2014 5:49:03 GMT -8
Maryland Public Television has done a good video of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and ferries and was online as of the time of this posting: video.mpt.tv/video/2365236730/(Hope the above link works on your computers.) I'm providing only two screenshots of the video. These show the OLYMPIC in her youthful years operating on her original waterways and sporting her original name. ALL ABOARD! This shows you why her bows had a greater radius than the usual seen aboard most of the Puget Sound ferries. The bow meets at the same level as the boarding ramp shown here. This is the same aboard New York City's ferries. That countersink hole was where the rudder locking pin was lowered into. I've seen the pin action done many times aboard this ferry on the Columbia Beach and Keystone runs. Her bows would be sharpened with the installation of extensions in 1984. A youthful ferry. You'll need to see the full video for more ferry action and bridge building.
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Jun 7, 2015 15:03:23 GMT -8
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Post by northwesterner on Sept 27, 2015 20:17:11 GMT -8
Thanks for the new view of a vessel we just don't have many photos of in service. She looks weird to me in this photo ... probably because she only operated in the rainbow scheme for a few years (though it shouldn't be that odd... after all, she is still wearing this paint).
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Post by EGfleet on Dec 10, 2018 6:35:32 GMT -8
So I was flying around on Google Earth last night and was disappointed to find that it appears that the Olympic is slowly being pulled apart. Here's the first photo from 2014. The north-facing part of the cabin/wheelhouse on the right side of the photo is still intact. This if from this spring. Note the pile of debris on the deck. (The distortion is caused by Google Earth.) This photos shows the missing areas aft of the wheelhouse, and the cut out of steel from under the wheelhouse itself. I'm not sure what they're doing or why they're going about it in this fashion--or if doing this kind of demolition work is even legal, given that there's probably still asbestos and for certain layers of lead paint still onboard.
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Post by FNS on Dec 10, 2018 18:25:00 GMT -8
Sad to see the OLYMPIC being torn apart. It looks like her galley has been removed and the officer staterooms as well. The other end had storage space, another officer stateroom and the heads for the men and ladies.
It would be interesting to know where she was during the summer of 1973? 1973 was a year of a major vessel shuffle when the then new 1972 Jumbos came out of Todd Shipyards.
The first shuffle came when the new SPOKANE replaced the KALEETAN on the Winslow run. KALEETAN went to Kingston replacing the TILLIKUM. TILLIKUM went to the North Vashon triangle run.
Then, the new WALLA WALLA replaced the VASHON at Anacortes. The VASHON replaced the OLYMPIC at Columbia Beach for the summer. The OLYMPIC returned to CB after what likely was the closing of the Keytone run for the winter. I traveled on the Columbia Beach run weekly during that time.
Now, did the SAN DIEGO or the OLYMPIC serve Keystone during the summer of 1973?
Here's the roster for the summer of 1973:
San Juans
WALLA WALLA (new) (replaces VASHON)
EVERGREEN STATE KLICKITAT NISQUALLY
Keystone ?
Columbia Beach KULSHAN (no galley)
RHODODENDRON (galley was open)
VASHON (replaces OLYMPIC for the summer, OLYMPIC returned for the fall) (galley was closed)
Kingston KALEETAN (replaces TILLIKUM) ILLAHEE
Winslow SPOKANE (new) (replaces KALEETAN) ELWHA
Bremerton HYAK YAKIMA
North Vashon TILLIKUM KLAHOWYA QUINAULT
Tahlequah HIYU
MV OLYMPIC, where were you during the summer of 1973? I wish we could access her logbooks or WSF's vessel assignment list archives to find out.
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Post by Barnacle on Dec 11, 2018 16:19:51 GMT -8
Sad to see the OLYMPIC being torn apart. It looks like her galley has been removed and the officer staterooms as well. The other end had storage space, another officer stateroom and the heads for the men and ladies.
It would be interesting to know where she was during the summer of 1973? 1973 was a year of a major vessel shuffle when the then new 1972 Jumbos came out of Todd Shipyards. The VASHON replaced the OLYMPIC at Columbia Beach for the summer. The OLYMPIC returned to CB after what likely was the closing of the Keytone run for the winter. I traveled on the Columbia Beach run weekly during that time.
Now, did the SAN DIEGO or the OLYMPIC serve Keystone during the summer of 1973?
I wish we could access her logbooks or WSF's vessel assignment list archives to find out.
The OLYMPIC may have been a "spare" boat during summer of 1973. We already know that Olympic Ferries was still on the Keystone-PT run that summer and I believe EvergreenFleet has an article from August of that year listing the San Diego being for sale... Marine Digest, I think. The Fall 1973 WSF schedule lists OFI as the operators through Oct. 15 of that year, and intended to be back in service April 15, 1974. The Winter/Spring 1973-74 and late Winter/Spring 1974 schedules (#69 and 70) also said "service suspended until April 14" and mentioned OFI as the operators. By Summer Schedule 1974 (issue #71) WSF had taken over by June 7. So, in all likelihood, the OLY was a relief vessel in summer of 1973. The CHETZEMOKA was also the Sunday boat at Vashon, sending the QUINAULT to Edmonds to help with overloads, according to Michael Skalley's The Ferry Story. He also places the OLYMPIC at Columbia Beach that summer as third boat on weekends, with the VASHON working weekdays as third boat. Sounds like an over-complicated plan to me, but... ...oh, and I don't know if a "vessel assignment archive" even exists at WSF. But, I promise that if I DO ever find such a document exists, I'll share.
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Post by EGfleet on Dec 12, 2018 7:15:06 GMT -8
Sad to see the OLYMPIC being torn apart. It looks like her galley has been removed and the officer staterooms as well. The other end had storage space, another officer stateroom and the heads for the men and ladies.
It would be interesting to know where she was during the summer of 1973? 1973 was a year of a major vessel shuffle when the then new 1972 Jumbos came out of Todd Shipyards. The VASHON replaced the OLYMPIC at Columbia Beach for the summer. The OLYMPIC returned to CB after what likely was the closing of the Keytone run for the winter. I traveled on the Columbia Beach run weekly during that time.
Now, did the SAN DIEGO or the OLYMPIC serve Keystone during the summer of 1973?
I wish we could access her logbooks or WSF's vessel assignment list archives to find out.
The OLYMPIC may have been a "spare" boat during summer of 1973. We already know that Olympic Ferries was still on the Keystone-PT run that summer and I believe EvergreenFleet has an article from August of that year listing the San Diego being for sale... Marine Digest, I think. The Fall 1973 WSF schedule lists OFI as the operators through Oct. 15 of that year, and intended to be back in service April 15, 1974. The Winter/Spring 1973-74 and late Winter/Spring 1974 schedules (#69 and 70) also said "service suspended until April 14" and mentioned OFI as the operators. By Summer Schedule 1974 (issue #71) WSF had taken over by June 7. So, in all likelihood, the OLY was a relief vessel in summer of 1973. The CHETZEMOKA was also the Sunday boat at Vashon, sending the QUINAULT to Edmonds to help with overloads, according to Michael Skalley's The Ferry Story. He also places the OLYMPIC at Columbia Beach that summer as third boat on weekends, with the VASHON working weekdays as third boat. Sounds like an over-complicated plan to me, but... ...oh, and I don't know if a "vessel assignment archive" even exists at WSF. But, I promise that if I DO ever find such a document exists, I'll share. I do! Here it is: This is from 25 August, 1973. So the San Diego was on the run for the summer of 1973.
Spring of 1974 brought this news clipping from Steamboat Bill:
The fall 1974 Steamboat Bill documents the first season Washington State Ferries operated the run, starting on June 7th, 1974 with the Olympic.
Service did shut down that fall. The summer 1975 Steamboat Bill notes:
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Post by fors43 on Feb 26, 2020 8:59:02 GMT -8
HI all, just passed the MV Olympic on the train, its still there on Ketron island. Any status update on its fate? I thought Coast Guard and DNR were long ago demanding it be removed...
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Post by admiralted on Jul 3, 2020 14:34:53 GMT -8
As far as I know the owner of Olympic, Tom Palmer, just ignored the Coast Guard. I believe her fate is slowly being dismantled.
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Post by admiralted on Jul 3, 2020 14:51:03 GMT -8
Here's the Olympic on May 24, 2020 Attachments:
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Post by Neil on Jul 3, 2020 20:26:19 GMT -8
As far as I know the owner of Olympic, Tom Palmer, just ignored the Coast Guard. I believe her fate is slowly being dismantled. An admittedly uninformed Canadian outsider wonders how it can be legal to disassemble, if that's what is being done, a large vessel like the Olympic, on a teeny rural island like Ketron. Hard to imagine it would be done right down to cutting apart and removing the hull...
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Post by admiralted on Jul 3, 2020 23:12:21 GMT -8
Well he owns it and it's pretty legal, I'm not sure if he can dismantle it anymore really the dude is kinda old. And if you have any questions ask away.
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Post by firewolf95 on Nov 30, 2021 14:13:07 GMT -8
Well he owns it and it's pretty legal, I'm not sure if he can dismantle it anymore really the dude is kinda old. And if you have any questions ask away. OK, I'll bite. My question is just more of a request for an update on her condition, if you're still able to. It has been over a year.
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Post by elwharust on Sept 13, 2022 18:26:18 GMT -8
Well he owns it and it's pretty legal, I'm not sure if he can dismantle it anymore really the dude is kinda old. And if you have any questions ask away. OK, I'll bite. My question is just more of a request for an update on her condition, if you're still able to. It has been over a year. i was down there in July and it didn't look like anything had changed from the previous picture.
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