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Post by Steve Rosenow on Jun 15, 2022 5:48:22 GMT -8
Within seconds, I heard a large *CRACK* of plastic shearing off my car. The sound was my passenger side door mirror being ripped off by a steel post welded to that bulkhead, just adjacent the elevator shaft. I just bought the car two months ago, but hey.. Had to inaugurate its first trip on a ferry with a need to replace a mirror! LOL Before I take my car aboard a KDT ferry, I retract my side mirrors (they fold in alongside my car). They're extended (folded out for rear viewing) either before disembarking or just after (depending on where I'm placed aboard the 274' ferry). My 1996 Explorer (RIP, died last December in a wreck) had that option, but a 2005 Ford Focus does not, sadly.
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Post by rusty on Jun 15, 2022 18:28:37 GMT -8
The Salish went out-of-service today (6/15/22) after it's 11 am trip out of Port Townsend on the way to the Coupeville dock and returned to Port Townsend. It would seem to be a propulsion issue with the #2 end, which is the bow for Coupeville arrivals. On returning to the Port Townsend dock the boat end-for-ended making the #2 end the bow in order to facilitate vehicle egress in Port Townsend. Observed from the cardeck was a noticeable and unusual vibration at the #2 end while making the landing approach back in PT. No word from WSDOT about this issue, and the route is still down. (She's back in service for the 20:30 out of PT) .
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Post by SeahawkNERD8275 on Jan 9, 2023 19:32:51 GMT -8
Why is the Salish working as inter island not the sealth
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 9, 2023 19:55:13 GMT -8
Why is the Salish working as inter island not the sealth Looks like Chelan is out of service for her annual refit, coast guard inspection, and/or some other planned maintenance. Sealth may be the only vessel available right now to replace her. Having Sealth as a mainline boat and Salish as the inter-island is not ideal, but at least it's January when traffic levels should be at the lowest levels for the year.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 25, 2023 19:09:33 GMT -8
Currently onboard the 1900 Edmonds Kingston aboard Salish tonight, and I'll say: what a very strange experience. We're running the route about 11 knots, and they did manage to get the overhead loading gates ready for this route, which is nice! And she's running alongside the Wenatchee - what a strange world.
Crew all seems a bit fuddled with how to do things like load the boat of course, but since it's only Wednesday night, it's nice to have brought this boat in early. Definitely have my issues with these ferries, but it's nice to have ridden a KDT ship on every route except Bainbridge Island - nice accomplishment.
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MV Salish
Apr 12, 2023 15:31:15 GMT -8
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Post by elwharust on Apr 12, 2023 15:31:15 GMT -8
Was pleasantly surprised to see my favorite ferry at Point defiance today, man she needs a repaint
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MV Salish
Aug 2, 2023 12:12:17 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Aug 2, 2023 12:12:17 GMT -8
Salish went from Point Defiance to Port Townsend.
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MV Salish
Aug 29, 2023 14:14:47 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Aug 29, 2023 14:14:47 GMT -8
Salish has been "immediately removed from service" due to a documentation issue - any thoughts as to what might've happened?
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MV Salish
Sept 17, 2023 13:01:38 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Sept 17, 2023 13:01:38 GMT -8
Salish currently returning to service at... Seattle/Bainbridge? Odd choice but does bring the route back to the 2 boat schedule staring at 3p today.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Sept 19, 2023 18:22:17 GMT -8
Apparently the Salish didn't work out well on the Bainbridge route...
Ferry Alert: Edm/King - Salish Replaces Puyallup Wednesday, Sept. 20
Tomorrow, the 64-vehicle Salish will need to move from Seattle/Bainbridge to Edmonds/Kingston to replace the 202-Vehicle Puyallup. While technically safe, the Salish is not appropriate for operation on the Bainbridge route, specifically at Bainbridge, where it doesn’t fit well in the slip. To address this, tomorrow morning the Salish will move to the Edmonds/Kingston route, where it can operate more easily.
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 21, 2023 7:10:30 GMT -8
Apparently the Salish didn't work out well on the Bainbridge route... Ferry Alert: Edm/King - Salish Replaces Puyallup Wednesday, Sept. 20Tomorrow, the 64-vehicle Salish will need to move from Seattle/Bainbridge to Edmonds/Kingston to replace the 202-Vehicle Puyallup. While technically safe, the Salish is not appropriate for operation on the Bainbridge route, specifically at Bainbridge, where it doesn’t fit well in the slip. To address this, tomorrow morning the Salish will move to the Edmonds/Kingston route, where it can operate more easily. It might be better than on the Bainbridge route, but it's still a huge mismatch. It would be like assigning Quadra Queen II or Tachek to Route 1 or Route 2. As evidence, here is today's alert: wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/bulletin.aspx
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Sept 21, 2023 8:48:54 GMT -8
Apparently the Salish didn't work out well on the Bainbridge route... Ferry Alert: Edm/King - Salish Replaces Puyallup Wednesday, Sept. 20Tomorrow, the 64-vehicle Salish will need to move from Seattle/Bainbridge to Edmonds/Kingston to replace the 202-Vehicle Puyallup. While technically safe, the Salish is not appropriate for operation on the Bainbridge route, specifically at Bainbridge, where it doesn’t fit well in the slip. To address this, tomorrow morning the Salish will move to the Edmonds/Kingston route, where it can operate more easily. It might be better than on the Bainbridge route, but it's still a huge mismatch. It would be like assigning Quadra Queen II or Tachek to Route 1 or Route 2. As evidence, here is today's alert: wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/bulletin.aspxWould it have been better to leave the Salish at San Juan Interisland and pull the Sealth for Edmonds or elsewhere? Feel like it may be the more capable ship.
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Post by northwesterner on Sept 21, 2023 12:21:22 GMT -8
It might be better than on the Bainbridge route, but it's still a huge mismatch. It would be like assigning Quadra Queen II or Tachek to Route 1 or Route 2. As evidence, here is today's alert: wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/bulletin.aspxWould it have been better to leave the Salish at San Juan Interisland and pull the Sealth for Edmonds or elsewhere? Feel like it may be the more capable ship. That's the obvious move. Requires a lot of shuffling but Walla Walla will be out for at least a month. Might be best to assign Sealth in place of an Issaquah-130 and move that to Edmonds-Kingston.
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 21, 2023 16:55:39 GMT -8
Would it have been better to leave the Salish at San Juan Interisland and pull the Sealth for Edmonds or elsewhere? Feel like it may be the more capable ship. That's the obvious move. Requires a lot of shuffling but Walla Walla will be out for at least a month. Might be best to assign Sealth in place of an Issaquah-130 and move that to Edmonds-Kingston. For the amount of time they're expecting Big "W" to be out of service, it seems like a vessel swap among the routes is called for, but I don't know what vessel moves are planned right now. I would hope having Salish at Edmonds-Kingston is a very temporary thing, like no more than a week, but who knows? Yes, I think Salish should go back to SJI inter island, maybe send Sealth to Vashon, and Kittitas or Cathlamet to Kingston, but then again, F-V-S only has two boats, so losing capacity there isn't ideal, either. There is no quick fix here. Probably the least costly option in terms of moving vessels is to simply switch out Salish for Sealth at Kingston. Glad I don't have to make those decisions!
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MV Salish
Sept 21, 2023 19:16:07 GMT -8
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Post by lavalamp on Sept 21, 2023 19:16:07 GMT -8
It takes 2 days (and 2 boat move crews) to move a boat into or out of Friday Harbor, and WSF clearly felt a sense of urgency to get a second boat back at Bainbridge. As it was they had to use the idle Bainbridge crew to move Salish because it was short notice on a weekend. So, bad luck that Sealth had just gotten to Friday Harbor a couple days prior, but to move Sealth they would’ve had to wait until Monday to initiate the move.
Moving anything now requires taking something out of service since there is no relief vessel to cover a route while a boat is making an out of service movement. That will complicate any additional moves.
If they make any move I would anticipate a direct swap of Salish and Sealth.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 21, 2023 19:24:02 GMT -8
It takes 2 days (and 2 boat move crews) to move a boat into or out of Friday Harbor, and WSF clearly felt a sense of urgency to get a second boat back at Bainbridge. As it was they had to use the idle Bainbridge crew to move Salish because it was short notice on a weekend. So, bad luck that Sealth had just gotten to Friday Harbor a couple days prior, but to move Sealth they would’ve had to wait until Monday to initiate the move. Moving anything now requires taking something out of service since there is no relief vessel to cover a route while a boat is making an out of service movement. That will complicate any additional moves. If they make any move I would anticipate a direct swap of Salish and Sealth. Could WSF put addition stops on San Juan Islands for a day while they move the two vessels around?
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Sept 21, 2023 19:38:14 GMT -8
It takes 2 days (and 2 boat move crews) to move a boat into or out of Friday Harbor, and WSF clearly felt a sense of urgency to get a second boat back at Bainbridge. As it was they had to use the idle Bainbridge crew to move Salish because it was short notice on a weekend. So, bad luck that Sealth had just gotten to Friday Harbor a couple days prior, but to move Sealth they would’ve had to wait until Monday to initiate the move. Moving anything now requires taking something out of service since there is no relief vessel to cover a route while a boat is making an out of service movement. That will complicate any additional moves. If they make any move I would anticipate a direct swap of Salish and Sealth. A4 (currently the Sealth) does a deadhead run to Anacortes on Friday nights. In theory, it should be possible for the Sealth to tie up there tomorrow night and for the A4 watch to then jump over to the Kitsap for the 23:00 sailing back to FRH. That would mean, effective 23:00 Friday night, Sealth would be A2 and Kitsap would be A4. Theoretically then, on Saturday, it should be possible (albeit far from ideal, but so to is their current situation) to put Edmonds on a 1-boat schedule while an E2 or relief watch moves the Salish to Friday Harbor, where it could replace the Kitsap for the 14:15 interisland sailing. That same watch could then, in theory, move the Kitsap back to Kingston, where the evening E2 watch could then potentially take over to run their final couple sailings of the night. 2-boat service on the Edmonds route is restored Saturday night or Sunday under this scenario, with a twice-as large and capable ferry in the E2 position. Just a thought- That seems to me to be the best course of action here given the available resources. We shall see what happens...
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