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Post by chokai on Jun 10, 2012 14:38:08 GMT -8
Yeah I was noticing that while they always had a few with them, many turned around and returned to the piers when the boat reached cruising speed outbound. After all you can't get to far away from the fries at Ivar's.... :-)
It's curious that Kitsap has that problem to a lesser extent, I wonder if it has something to do with the lesser amount of exterior space on the boats meaning less people out doors feeding them and less spots to roost.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Jun 11, 2012 0:09:41 GMT -8
It's curious that Kitsap has that problem to a lesser extent, I wonder if it has something to do with the lesser amount of exterior space on the boats meaning less people out doors feeding them and less spots to roost. Ya hit the nail on the head. Although the last time I was on the Kitsap, a few seagulls decided to roost on the picklefork decks and rails. Still nowhere near the amount of seagulls that the Kaleetan sees on an "escort"... And even the Walla Walla for that matter, really doesn't have that many. Which is weird. |
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Post by chokai on Jun 11, 2012 14:59:03 GMT -8
Well I guess in that case you can at least approve of the Seagulls taste in ferry boats. :-)
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Post by lar on Jul 29, 2012 15:47:24 GMT -8
Hi folks, Maybe others have tried this, but I decided to see if I could get very high resolution ferry shots using pano methods. Here's a link to my first experiment; a ~16,000 x 3800 pixel image of the Kaleetan which I've uploaded to the Photosynth website as a panorama of sorts. If anyone was onboard for the 10:00 am sailing to Bremerton on Saturday, you might even be able to spot yourself in the image. photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=b00edf74-5369-4955-b49e-cb07ddcc4997This pano is not quite up to what I normally strive for, but at least it's close. :-) It's not quite rectilinear in places where it should be for example. There's a second one up there too, but the exposure is off. Unfortunately you have to have Microsoft Silverlight (the MS version of Flash) installed on your computer to see the pano. When saved as a .jpg the file is 12 mb, so it's not practical to upload in that format. Anyway, I hope at least a few people can take a look. :-) Larry |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 19:24:23 GMT -8
Kaleetan is going to at Eagle Harbour from October 25 to November 17.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Sept 24, 2012 3:08:57 GMT -8
While aimlessly browsing YouTube for old news clips I stumbled across this old news clip promo from KING5.
Features footage of a pre-rebuild Steel Electric and the Kaleetan.
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Post by FNS on Sept 24, 2012 9:56:04 GMT -8
While aimlessly browsing YouTube for old news clips I stumbled across this old news clip promo from KING5. Features footage of a pre-rebuild Steel Electric and the Kaleetan. Great find!  The Steel-Electric shown was the KLICKITAT arriving Anacortes as seen in this freeze-frame capture from the video above. The video shows people boarding the KLICKITAT there next to the docked KALEETAN and on a trip to the San Juans. This also was in the year of program changes of WSF that returned the VASHON to the San Juans and sent the NISQUALLY down to Kingston and the ILLAHEE from Kingston to Columbia Beach. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 16:35:46 GMT -8
Kaleetan is going to at Eagle Harbour from October 25 to November 17. is going to be on the Anacortes to San Juans Islands from October 25 to November 17. |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Sept 28, 2012 19:48:34 GMT -8
Are you serious??? ooh Another Anacortes trip might be in the works for me then as I have yet to get on the Kaleetan! I thought she was only on t he Bremerton route?
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Sept 29, 2012 12:43:17 GMT -8
Are you serious??? ooh Another Anacortes trip might be in the works for me then as I have yet to get on the Kaleetan! I thought she was only on t he Bremerton route? According to the latest maintenance schedule from WSF, that appears to be the case. Sad panda is sad.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 12:52:39 GMT -8
Is the Kaleetan finally going back to Anacortes to San Juan Islands route?
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Sept 29, 2012 12:59:12 GMT -8
I would hope not, although I think the reason it's heading up there is to take the place of the Yakima. At least I can still get my Super fix from the Hyak, though!  And while we're on the topic... Here's a photo I snapped the other night of the Kaleetan from the picklefork deck of the Kitsap on a night crossing out of Seattle.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 13:05:58 GMT -8
I would hope not, although I think the reason it's heading up there is to take the place of the Yakima. I bit the Kaleetan is going to stay up on the Anacortes to San Juan Islands route for rest of her life. |
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Sept 29, 2012 13:13:13 GMT -8
I would hope not, although I think the reason it's heading up there is to take the place of the Yakima. I bit the Kaleetan is going stay up on the Anacortes to San Juan Islands for rest of her life. Nah. The Kaleetan is based out of Seattle and the Hyak/Elwha operations are based out of Anacortes. If you've actually paid attention to the forums for as long as I've been around, there's been much talk of making the Kaleetan a dedicated Bremerton boat primarily because that's where the Kaleetan spend most of its operating time. It would be foolish to remove the Kaleetan off the Bremerton run. For one, the Issaquah-class arrangement (either putting the Kitsap or Chelan on the run) there now is not liked by passengers and crew. Even a tollbooth worker agreed with me when I said "We need to get the Kitsap off of this run!" the other night when I was on a return leg from a trip to Gold Bar to pick up a motor-driven telescope base. Secondly, the Jumbo class boats are too large, with a lot of wasted/unused car deck space even at peak times. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 14:11:29 GMT -8
I bit the Kaleetan is going stay up on the Anacortes to San Juan Islands for rest of her life. Nah. The Kaleetan is based out of Seattle and the Hyak/Elwha operations are based out of Anacortes. If you've actually paid attention to the forums for as long as I've been around, there's been much talk of making the Kaleetan a dedicated Bremerton boat primarily because that's where the Kaleetan spend most of its operating time. It would be foolish to remove the Kaleetan off the Bremerton run. For one, the Issaquah-class arrangement (either putting the Kitsap or Chelan on the run) there now is not liked by passengers and crew. Even a tollbooth worker agreed with me when I said "We need to get the Kitsap off of this run!" the other night when I was on a return leg from a trip to Gold Bar to pick up a motor-driven telescope base. Secondly, the Jumbo class boats are too large, with a lot of wasted/unused car deck space even at peak times. I mean when the first two of the Olympic Class are on-line. |
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Sept 29, 2012 15:56:11 GMT -8
Nah. The Kaleetan is based out of Seattle and the Hyak/Elwha operations are based out of Anacortes. If you've actually paid attention to the forums for as long as I've been around, there's been much talk of making the Kaleetan a dedicated Bremerton boat primarily because that's where the Kaleetan spend most of its operating time. It would be foolish to remove the Kaleetan off the Bremerton run. For one, the Issaquah-class arrangement (either putting the Kitsap or Chelan on the run) there now is not liked by passengers and crew. Even a tollbooth worker agreed with me when I said "We need to get the Kitsap off of this run!" the other night when I was on a return leg from a trip to Gold Bar to pick up a motor-driven telescope base. Secondly, the Jumbo class boats are too large, with a lot of wasted/unused car deck space even at peak times. I mean when the first two of the Olympic Class are on-line. The first two Olympic-class ferries aren't going anywhere near the Bremerton/Seattle run. The first two are being built to replace two of the Evergreen State-class boats. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 20:35:02 GMT -8
I mean when the first two of the Olympic Class are on-line. The first two Olympic-class ferries aren't going anywhere near the Bremerton/Seattle run. The first two are being built to replace two of the Evergreen State-class boats. One of the first two Olympic Class vessel are going to do two different routes which are the Bremerton and the San Juan Island. Like this Bremerton fall, winter, spring, and San Juan Islands summer. Or have they switch from the long term plan? |
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 29, 2012 20:59:25 GMT -8
OK, it appears that this needs to be repeated again: the long range plan was published 3 years ago. A lot has happened in those 3 years. Any vessel deployment plans written in the long range plan are NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. It is likely that one of them will be assigned to Mukilteo-Clinton, and also likely that one of them will see duties in the San Juans. And, yes, Bremerton is also a possibility. As to which order that happens, or which routes get picked, is anyone's guess that this point. I'm not taking too much stock in any conjecture until it actually happens, and then becomes fact.
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 30, 2012 6:51:21 GMT -8
The scuttle has been for years that both the San Juans and Bremerton are getting the first one, so nothing solid is in the works as for placement.  Mukilteo is also on the board for getting one, but I think that is contingent upon the boats being faster to load than the capacity-equivalent Supers. I don't expect that to be an issue, given that the Olyboats are considerably beamier. |
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Post by EGfleet on Sept 30, 2012 8:30:20 GMT -8
The scuttle has been for years that both the San Juans and Bremerton are getting the first one, so nothing solid is in the works as for placement. Mukilteo is also on the board for getting one, but I think that is contingent upon the boats being faster to load than the capacity-equivalent Supers. I don't expect that to be an issue, given that the Olyboats are considerably beamier. What's going to be interesting is how this place hob with operations: SUPER CLASS VESSELS PROPULSION GENERATOR REFURBISHMENT
CONTRACT NO. 00-8326
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Washington Department of Transportation, Ferries Division, operating as Washington State Ferries (hereinafter called "WSF"), requests proposals from firms who wish to be considered for the following described project: A contract to refurbish ten (10) 1525 KW Propulsion Generators from WSF’s Super Class ferries M.V. Kaleetan and Yakima, including two (2) spare generators. The refurbishment will include: armature reconditioning; field frame conditioning; testing,transportation and other related work, as specified in the RFP Technical Specifications. Due to WSF’s operating needs, work will be scheduled so that the Contractor willrefurbish only two (2) generators at a time, at its facility. WSF estimates the work will be performed during the period of October, 2012 – February, 2014. |
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Post by Barnacle on Sept 30, 2012 18:03:26 GMT -8
I'd estimate that swapping out the generators will take about a week of yard time per pair, assuming that the swap-out doesn't happen during regular yard time (and that the refurbishment shop can turn them around quickly).
So, the Kaleetan and Yakima will either disappear for a week at a time, or the generator swap-out will get buried in other yard time. It's entirely possible that the Yakima and Kaleetan might platoon for each other.
As for the Kaleetan home-porting back in Anacortes any time soon, forget it. It's a Seattle boat. The other three Supers are home-ported in Anacortes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2012 19:09:19 GMT -8
As for the Kaleetan home-porting back in Anacortes any time soon, forget it. It's a Seattle boat. The other three Supers are home-ported in Anacortes. Do you think the Kaleetan will ever be home-port again at Anacortes when the first or Second Olympic Class come on-line? Or never again in her life time for WSF? |
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Post by hergfest on Sept 30, 2012 20:00:28 GMT -8
One other thing to consider is that when the new Mukilteo dock is built it will have overhead loading, which will speed up the unloading/loading process on a heavy passenger commuter route. This will allow them to keep the 30 minute turnaround with the bigger boats.
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Post by Barnacle on Oct 1, 2012 6:11:00 GMT -8
One other thing to consider is that when the new Mukilteo dock is built it will have overhead loading, which will speed up the unloading/loading process on a heavy passenger commuter route. This will allow them to keep the 30 minute turnaround with the bigger boats. Except I've been hearing about this new Mukilteo terminal for fifteen years, and the terminal has been expanded and remodeled in its existing location during that time, so I'm not taking any "new terminal" talk even remotely seriously until the bid is opened up. |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 6, 2012 21:46:43 GMT -8
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