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Post by Neil on May 30, 2012 17:23:50 GMT -8
A couple more to add to the one Zargoman posted. Is that a new propeller, not even out of the store wrap from Props-r-Us?
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Post by Steve Rosenow on May 31, 2012 15:50:14 GMT -8
I have a question about the Issaquah and Kitsap... What is with the grating on the upper deck cutouts? I've always wondered why only the Issy's have them and none of the other ferries do.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2012 17:09:50 GMT -8
I'll take a guess and say that I bet it has something to do with those openings being directly under the rescue boat. They probalby don't want the rescue boat to hit any cars if the ferry takes a roll.
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 3, 2012 9:28:51 GMT -8
A couple more to add to the one Zargoman posted. Is that a new propeller, not even out of the store wrap from Props-r-Us? Nope. They're protecting it from the fresh paint being applied to the hull.
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 3, 2012 9:35:18 GMT -8
I have a question about the Issaquah and Kitsap... What is with the grating on the upper deck cutouts? I've always wondered why only the Issy's have them and none of the other ferries do. It took me a bit of time to figure out what you were referring to, as many of the photos in my collection just didn't show said grating. I'd go with mcc's guess on the port screens, though I'm thinking it's more for the protection of the rescue boat than the cars--they're inflatable and would possibly snag a pontoon and puncture it, rendering it useless. (I won't swear to it, but on most of the boats I think the first port is actually at the ramp, so there would be a great challenge in hitting any cars.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 19:14:34 GMT -8
Issaquah is going to be out for maintence from November 1 to November 15 at Eagle Harbour.
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Post by SolDuc on Oct 16, 2012 17:37:17 GMT -8
Pictures of the Issy I took in August: With the Sealth: With the Kaleetan: As seen from the Space Needle:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 20:05:46 GMT -8
Pictures of the Issy I took in August: Nice photos, dude!
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 18, 2012 10:23:01 GMT -8
24 March, 1978: "Architects drawing show profiles of deisgns submitted by two shipyards competing to build six Washington State ferries. The state's specification called for designs similar to Evergreen State-class vessels such as the Tillikum and Klahowya. Marine Power & Equipment of Seattle offered the enclosed deck version. (top) Equitable Shipyards of New Orleans proposed the open deck version (bottom.) Equitable is challenging the State Transporation Commission decision to award a $105 million contract for the new boats to Marine Power and Equipment. Trial of the case is to begin Monday in Thurston County Superior Court." The Equitable design looks like they based it off the San Diego. Political shenanigans with the awarding of the contract aside, it's no wonder it was rejected.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2012 14:18:33 GMT -8
I'm glad the state took the top one of the photo posted by EGfleet because the button of the photo posted by EGfleet looks funny and not that safe for Anacortes to Sindney BC and most routes that the Issaquah class design
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Oct 18, 2012 15:29:58 GMT -8
I would love to see a full-size version of those plans. Wow. I wonder what they would've looked like when built!
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 18, 2012 16:22:37 GMT -8
I thought that a certain Scandinavian former forum member drew a picture of it...
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Post by FNS on Oct 18, 2012 23:35:28 GMT -8
24 March, 1978: "Architects drawing show profiles of deisgns submitted by two shipyards competing to build six Washington State ferries. The state's specification called for designs similar to Evergreen State-class vessels such as the Tillikum and Klahowya. Marine Power & Equipment of Seattle offered the enclosed deck version. (top) Equitable Shipyards of New Orleans proposed the open deck version (bottom.) Equitable is challenging the State Transporation Commission decision to award a $105 million contract for the new boats to Marine Power and Equipment. Trial of the case is to begin Monday in Thurston County Superior Court." The Equitable design looks like they based it off the San Diego. Political shenanigans with the awarding of the contract aside, it's no wonder it was rejected. I remember seeing this in the newspaper here in Seattle. The Equitable ferries sure would have gotten "Rated X" for nudity. ;D Also, notice the propulsion the Equitable ferries would have had. Equitable's ferries would have been similar to Boeing's NORTH VANCOUVER FERRY NO 4 with the open car deck sides. www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/6800?Lang=1&accessnumber=6800Defeated on their effort in winning the WSF project, Equitable got a consolation prize in building two 310-foot passenger ferries for New York City that could carry 6000 passengers each. Passengers have seating areas on three decks on those non-car ferries. These are the BARBERI and NEWHOUSE.
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Post by rusty on Oct 19, 2012 8:56:30 GMT -8
From what I heard at the time, the Issaquah design, as far as the hull, was commissioned by WSDOT. MP&E was allowed to use those plans, and designed, or contracted out, the rest of the boat.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 17:47:43 GMT -8
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Post by SolDuc on Jan 10, 2013 18:09:00 GMT -8
Best o' Issaquah: MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah and MV Kaleetan - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah and MV Klahowya - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah, MV Salish and MV Rhododendron - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr MV Issaquah - Washington State Ferries by Brasegali, on Flickr
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Post by zargoman on Feb 2, 2013 0:57:48 GMT -8
Issaquah headed towards Fauntleroy while the sun sets The sun shining brightly and showing precisely where the auto deck windows were before the second level was added. Issaquah during a real neat sunrise Morning shot of the Issaquah sailing below the Olympic Mountains Issaquah and Rainier
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 11, 2013 7:14:53 GMT -8
Launch of the Issaquah.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Feb 11, 2013 13:31:16 GMT -8
Launch of the Issaquah. Am I looking at that correctly, is that the rescue boat sitting inside the picklefork deck? When were they relocated to the solaria?
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Post by maximase86 on Feb 11, 2013 14:37:36 GMT -8
Not sure when they moved...perhaps during their rebuilds when they added the 2nd car deck. I found a picture of Kittitas with the same setup moored alongside Colman dock: pauldorpat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/COLMAN-dock-70s-KITTITASweb.jpgThe older pics of the issaquahs on evergreen fleet's page shows different rescue boat davits on the pickle fork (ala Evergreen class). Something tells me the original locations were probably pretty problematic. S
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 11, 2013 14:49:05 GMT -8
From what I can remember it was done sometime in the 2nd half of the 1980s.
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Post by rusty on Feb 11, 2013 19:18:54 GMT -8
The older pics of the issaquahs on evergreen fleet's page shows different rescue boat davits on the pickle fork (ala Evergreen class). Something tells me the original locations were probably pretty problematic. S Yes they were. One day a USCG inspector wanted to witness davit operation. The boat was in operation, so they held the cars back, swung the davit over the car deck and lowered the rescue boat, with the inspector standing on the car deck looking up. The davit broke and fell to the car deck and almost crushed the inspector. At that point the Captain directed his crew to throw the davit overboard.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Feb 11, 2013 19:59:54 GMT -8
The older pics of the issaquahs on evergreen fleet's page shows different rescue boat davits on the pickle fork (ala Evergreen class). Something tells me the original locations were probably pretty problematic. S Yes they were. One day a USCG inspector wanted to witness davit operation. The boat was in operation, so they held the cars back, swung the davit over the car deck and lowered the rescue boat, with the inspector standing on the car deck looking up. The davit broke and fell to the car deck and almost crushed the inspector. At that point the Captain directed his crew to throw the davit overboard. Damn! That would've been scary! Also, another thing I've noticed, and I also noticed it with the Kittitas photo, too, is that the guard used to be the same height around the entire shell of the car deck. When did they trim down the ends and angle them downward?
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Feb 12, 2013 18:49:50 GMT -8
Not sure when they moved...perhaps during their rebuilds when they added the 2nd car deck. I found a picture of Kittitas with the same setup moored alongside Colman dock: pauldorpat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/COLMAN-dock-70s-KITTITASweb.jpgThe older pics of the issaquahs on evergreen fleet's page shows different rescue boat davits on the pickle fork (ala Evergreen class). Something tells me the original locations were probably pretty problematic. S I know the Issaquah got her second deck in 1989
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 14, 2013 6:08:26 GMT -8
Also, another thing I've noticed, and I also noticed it with the Kittitas photo, too, is that the guard used to be the same height around the entire shell of the car deck. When did they trim down the ends and angle them downward? Can you provide a comparison shot of that which you speak? I can't see any changes to the guard height. What I *can* see is that the green paint appears to rise slightly higher than the rainbow racing stripes did.
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