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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2012 16:11:23 GMT -8
The Chelan will be on the Anacortes to Sidney, BC route from November 12 to November 30. Check the vessel watch. She's in service right now.  Ah. But the schedule says she isn't. But I do believe you. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2012 16:20:02 GMT -8
Is the Chelan top heavy compared to the other 124 car Issaquah class? Since, she is SOLAS certificate and the other 124 car Issaquah class are not SOLAS certificate.
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Post by Barnacle on Nov 11, 2012 9:54:34 GMT -8
Is the Chelan top heavy compared to the other 124 car Issaquah class? Since, she is SOLAS certificate and the other 124 car Issaquah class are not SOLAS certificate. Not noticeably, no. As for the maintenance schedule, do note they're approximate on their dates as they are only marked in one-week increments. There's bound to be a touch of flex in there. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2012 13:54:50 GMT -8
Is the Chelan top heavy compared to the other 124 car Issaquah class? Since, she is SOLAS certificate and the other 124 car Issaquah class are not SOLAS certificate. [1]Not noticeably, no. [2]As for the maintenance schedule, do note they're approximate on their dates as they are only marked in one-week increments. There's bound to be a touch of flex in there. 1. OK. Does she handle turning and heavy weather the same or different compared to the other 124 car Issaquah class? 2. What are you talking about? |
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 11, 2012 14:44:53 GMT -8
[2]As for the maintenance schedule, do note they're approximate on their dates as they are only marked in one-week increments. There's bound to be a touch of flex in there. 2. What are you talking about? He's saying that because the maintenance schedule is not written day by day but week by week, it is not extremely precise so dates are approximates. So the dates that you give may differ by one or two days. |
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Post by Barnacle on Nov 11, 2012 16:10:09 GMT -8
1. OK. Does she handle turning and heavy weather the same or different compared to the other 124 car Issaquah class? 2. What are you talking about? 1. I've never noticed a difference. 2. Brasegaliwa already covered that.  |
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Post by zargoman on Feb 1, 2013 22:32:02 GMT -8
Here's the Chelan from the Wenatchee.  And then, the lower level view  |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 10, 2013 15:49:08 GMT -8
The Chelan is currently southbound at the entrance of Puget Sound, about to meet the Kennewick. She's going at a little more than 17kn (on average) and should be at Seattle in about 2 hours. She'll probably replace the Kaleetan starting with the 7:55 out of Seattle. I'm speculating that the Kaleetan will replace the Puyallup on the 10:00 out of Kingston and 10:45 out of Edmonds tonight.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Mar 10, 2013 16:00:42 GMT -8
The Chelan is currently southbound at the entrance of Puget Sound, about to meet the Kennewick. She's going at a little more than 17kn (on average) and should be at Seattle in about 2 hours. She'll probably replace the Kaleetan starting with the 7:55 out of Seattle. I'm speculating that the Kaleetan will replace the Puyallup on the 10:00 out of Kingston and 10:45 out of Edmonds tonight. Yep. An alert went out a couple days ago on WSF's Vessel Alerts page saying the same. Gonna be a fun week on that run. Thank God I don't have any cross-sound voyages to make! |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 10, 2013 16:18:35 GMT -8
Gonna be a fun week on that run. Thank God I don't have any cross-sound voyages to make! Actually I don't think it that alarming. The boats never run full (talking cars) in the winter and even though the passenger space is less the commuters can stand it. There were not a whole lot of complaints when the Sealth was on the route earlier and she has less car space than the Chelan. But for us ferry nerds it's something that's pretty rare now, so I'll probably do a trip on her! |
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Mar 10, 2013 17:21:10 GMT -8
Gonna be a fun week on that run. Thank God I don't have any cross-sound voyages to make! Actually I don't think it that alarming. The boats never run full (talking cars) in the winter and even though the passenger space is less the commuters can stand it. There were not a whole lot of complaints when the Sealth was on the route earlier and she has less car space than the Chelan. But for us ferry nerds it's something that's pretty rare now, so I'll probably do a trip on her! I've been on quite a few winter crossings on the Chelan two years ago when it was on the Bremerton run, most of them were packed or standing room only. |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 10, 2013 18:36:23 GMT -8
Chelan is now at Colman dock slip 1, with the Kaleetan probably heading for 2 and the Wenatchee probably heading for 3.
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 10, 2013 18:45:39 GMT -8
Colman dock is full right now. Chelan at berth 1, Kaleetan at 2, Wenatchee at 3 and the Melissa Ann and Rachel Marie at the POF dock. I expect the Kaleetan to depart anytime soon.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Mar 11, 2013 20:27:04 GMT -8
2. You're viewing the spring schedule. And as Compdude would say, it's like a long term weather forecast. Here's what I expect to happen when the transition to the summer schedule is made, if the maintenance schedule stays the same. - The E-State is done with her maintenance at EH for the schedule transition, she goes up in the SJs for the II and passes the torch of maintenance to the Sealth. - The Sealth comes down to F-V-S and passes the torch to the Chelan - The Chelan goes up in the SJs to become the Sidney boat, the Elwha moves to domestic service only. Remember that when the summer schedule begins, a boat is added to the SJs. Look at this. Look at the following vessels; Chelan, Tillikum, Evergreen state and the Sealth. |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 11, 2013 20:37:13 GMT -8
2. You're viewing the spring schedule. And as Compdude would say, it's like a long term weather forecast. Here's what I expect to happen when the transition to the summer schedule is made, if the maintenance schedule stays the same. - The E-State is done with her maintenance at EH for the schedule transition, she goes up in the SJs for the II and passes the torch of maintenance to the Sealth. - The Sealth comes down to F-V-S and passes the torch to the Chelan - The Chelan goes up in the SJs to become the Sidney boat, the Elwha moves to domestic service only. Remember that when the summer schedule begins, a boat is added to the SJs. Look at this. Look at the following vessels; Chelan, Tillikum, Evergreen state and the Sealth.There. On June 16th: - E-State is done with maintenance - Sealth moves from II to FVS - Chelan FVS to Sidney * - Elwha Sidney/SJs to SJs only * *=If those moves are not made, the SJs will lack one boat and be obliged to keep the Spring schedule, which will greatly impact traffic. And later: Tilikum comes back after trials, put on standby Wenatchee comes back at BI, Puyallup to Ed-Ki, Walla Walla to Bremerton, Kitsap to FVS, Klahowya to standby. |
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Post by Mike C on Mar 17, 2013 19:11:57 GMT -8
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Post by SolDuc on Jun 1, 2013 21:05:14 GMT -8
MV Chelan unloading, reloading and spinning at Southworth. Shot from right next to the passenger building.
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Post by Mike C on Jun 2, 2013 0:30:25 GMT -8
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Post by zargoman on Jun 2, 2013 7:46:51 GMT -8
Sun shining through the Chelan's cabin   |
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Post by SolDuc on Jun 2, 2013 18:39:07 GMT -8
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Post by compdude787 on Jul 18, 2013 22:22:34 GMT -8
Those of you who have a laptop will probably know what I'm talking about: Ever gotten halfway thru a photo post, then you accidentally touch the trackpad and click on a link and then you have to start your post over again? Well that just happened to me, so I'll keep this short and only post a few good pictures because I don't feel like copy/pasting all the pics again. Anyway, I went on a trip to Lopez Island last week, from Monday to Thursday, so I got a lot of photos of ferries. These ones of the Chelan are just a few of the photos I got. I took pics of all the San Juan ferries. We got up super-early (4am) on Monday so we could get up to Lopez as early as possible. Getting to Anacortes at 6am, the ferries were just waking up. Here the Chelan is moving from the tie-up slip where she slept to slip 2 at Anacortes to eat her morning breakfast of tasty cars.   Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr Passenger cabin:  Chelan passenger cabin by compdude787, on Flickr  Chelan passenger cabin by compdude787, on Flickr Galley:  Chelan galley by compdude787, on Flickr Thatcher Pass we are approaching:  Thatcher Pass, seen from the ferry Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr Surprised to see a sailboat out at 6:30 on Monday morning. Anyway, this is a potential flagship entry:  Sailboat passing the Chelan in Thatcher Pass by compdude787, on Flickr The sun rises over Blakely Island and the Chelan:  Sunrise over the Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr Pilothouse:  Chelan pilothouse by compdude787, on Flickr Passenger cabin in the early-morning sunlight:  Chelan passenger cabin by compdude787, on Flickr Just in case liferings are the theme of a future banner contest, I'll have this to enter:  Lifering on the Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr The only ferry photo I took on the second day of my trip was this one. Taken from Lopez Village where my friend's cabin is:  Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr Chelan, Sealth, and the beach:  Chelan and Sealth by compdude787, on Flickr This is a good comparison shot showing the differences between the Issaquah-100 and -130 class:  Sealth and Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr Chelan distorted by lots of heat waves:  Chelan by compdude787, on Flickr That's all of the Chelan. I will post pics of the other four San Juan ferries tomorrow. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 5, 2013 18:53:44 GMT -8
A couple of views of Chelan, taken from Sidney BC at noon today. - I'm on the public walkway, south of the terminal. This one is taken from beside the boat ramp. It gives a nice almost unobstructed view.  This one from a bit further south, to give a good angle of the ship, Sidney Spit, and Mount Baker.  --------------- I was there to shoot video of the ship's loading and departure. I'll edit and post that sometime in the coming weeks. ps: the sailing was pretty full today. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 10, 2013 22:46:39 GMT -8
Here's my video of Chelan at Sidney BC.
- August 5, 2013 at Noon.
She finishes unloading, then loads for her noon departure. Then she departs...
- funny moment at 0:37 of the video, where a guy walks down the beach, under the loading bridge.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 16, 2013 17:44:40 GMT -8
Some more of Chelan with Mt. Baker, shot from Sidney BC at Noon on August 5, 2013. Plenty of marine traffic for Chelan to pass through, on her way to the end of the spit  The tip of Sidney Spit; it's part of Gulf Islands National Park  Behind the spit   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 18, 2013 18:25:49 GMT -8
My final set of Chelan at Sidney, at noon on August 5, 2013. - photos are from the public walkway, south of the terminal. This is a good spot to see the ferry. (north side is nice too) The pickle-forks fill up fast, when that's the only outside space. - cameo by Mt. Baker   The terminal is next to a public boat ramp, hence the small boat in the right-side of this photo.  Sidney Island in the background  |
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