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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 30, 2014 11:52:55 GMT -8
Here's a view of the Port Townsend - Keystone route, from onboard the Salish. - in the afternoon on July 16, 2014
I will also be editing a similar trip video done in the evening. Same route, but different lighting and different scenery focus.
But the arrival/departure scenes from both Keystone and Port Townsend are always dramatic: - Keystone for the narrow confines - P.T. for the architectural backdrop.
...so I have no problem giving a bit of overload to those nice scenes.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 4, 2014 7:38:08 GMT -8
Here's the evening round-trip video on Port Townsend - Keystone route. - July 16, 2014.
The start of this video shows how slow it is to load a KdT. Lots of sputter starts & stops in the process. Not smooth at all.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 12, 2014 10:52:13 GMT -8
Port Townsend's holding compound on a summer evening in July 2014. - ready for the final round-trip of that Wednesday night.
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 9, 2014 19:29:58 GMT -8
Port Townsend Ferry Terminal from above - 5-Oct-2014:
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Dec 10, 2014 18:28:09 GMT -8
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Post by SS San Mateo on Dec 11, 2014 9:40:57 GMT -8
From the Kitsap Sun Facebook page:
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Post by WettCoast on May 7, 2015 8:54:50 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 14:13:28 GMT -8
Port Townsend Ferry Terminal from above - 5-Oct-2014: Great shots!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 8:28:31 GMT -8
I was on the MV Kennewick from Port Townsend to Coupeville and Coupeville to Port Townsend. Both times, my aunt was in the car behind us and she was closer to the front and got off first. Why is this? I thought the DOT operated "first on, first off".
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 6, 2015 8:38:11 GMT -8
I was on the MV Kennewick from Port Townsend to Coupeville and Coupeville to Port Townsend. Both times, my aunt was in the car behind us and she was closer to the front and got off first. Why is this? I thought the DOT operated "first on, first off". That route, in particular, never operates on a first-on, first-off basis. I've never really figured out the crew's procedure for how they determine the loading and unloading process on those ferries. Because the KD-T's are narrow and have an asymmetrical car deck layout, I'm sure that plays heavily into how they load and unload those vessels. The San Juans are another place where the order in which you load is not necessarily the order in which you disembark. Typically, the center tunnel gets unloaded first, then the lower wings, and finally, the upper wings. On the Central Sound routes like Seattle-Bainbridge, they tend to unload in the order that vehicles were loaded, more-or-less. The front half of the tunnel gets unloaded first, followed by the lower wings, then upper wings, and finally, the aft half of the tunnel.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 5:28:40 GMT -8
It's all over for the shore based remnants of years past activity at the Quincy Street dock in Port Townsend. The revitalization is virtually complete. The transfer span is gone. New walkways are in place. The lane numbers are now covered over. The "approach" is still "there". It's good the old wingwalls/slips are still there. I thought Port Townsend had one main and one auxiliary slip?? This one shows only one slip!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2015 16:27:39 GMT -8
Before the Salish started, Thursdays were awful. There was so much traffic boarding the boat at Keystone. It's sooo nice to have the Salish in service. I was at Keystone on that day...or at least my truck was =) FYI, so are Wednesdays.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2015 16:29:37 GMT -8
Port Townsend seen on July 16, 2014 From onboard Salish: Full lot for an evening sailing (reserved is in the lot, stand-by is still on the street) PT Blast-off ---------- View from the Tides-Inn motel that's a CROWDED terminal. Was this during the afternoon commute?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 11, 2015 18:37:34 GMT -8
Port Townsend seen on July 16, 2014 From onboard Salish: Full lot for an evening sailing (reserved is in the lot, stand-by is still on the street) that's a CROWDED terminal. Was this during the afternoon commute? I direct you to the 3rd line of my original comment, above.
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Post by FNS on Sept 7, 2015 14:57:17 GMT -8
Here's something you don't see every day in Port Townsend these years: A Jumboferry in Port Townsend!That's right. This was a scene taken in 1979 after the Hood Canal Bridge sank (half of it, that was). WSF made quick fixes to the little old Quincy Street Dock. After some dredging was done and dolphins added, the deeper draft KALEETAN made the first trip to Edmonds a few weeks after the February 13 wind-caused bridge disaster. Here, we see either the SPOKANE or WALLA WALLA departing Quincy Street Dock while the shallow draft Keystone ferry RHODODENDRON waited for her turn to land. The detour was a delightful trip to take. In my opinion, those jumbos were more geared for 90-minute runs rather than the quick half hour trips they would be assigned to then. After leaving Port Townsend, the ferry would round Marrowstone Point and join the southbound traffic lanes. After a few course changes, it would be a straight shot from Point No Point to Edmonds. On a decent day, you would see the Olympic Mountains off the west side of the ferry and Lagoon Point, Bush Point, the house-filled Mutiny Bay, Double Bluff, and Useless Bay off the east side as well as the Cascades. I'm very lucky to have taken a few rides on this route, which was more like a cruise than a typical ferry crossing. A closeup of this post card, which was postmarked in 1984. Union Wharf had buildings on it then. It was reported that the PRINCESS MARGUERITE had to make a medical emergency stop at this pier once or twice during her career (I never kept the news stories, though). As the detour ran round-the-clock, the RHODY made fast at Keystone at FWE time at night to keep the Quincy Street Dock open. The Quincy Street Dock would be replaced by the new double-slip Harrison Street Dock in 1984.
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Post by sounder on Sept 7, 2015 18:42:36 GMT -8
Here's something you don't see every day in Port Townsend these years: A Jumboferry in Port Townsend!That's right. This was a scene taken in 1979 after the Hood Canal Bridge sank (half of it, that was). WSF made quick fixes to the little old Quincy Street Dock. After some dredging was done and dolphins added, the deeper draft KALEETAN made the first trip to Edmonds a few weeks after the February 13 wind-caused bridge disaster. Here, we see either the SPOKANE or WALLA WALLA departing Quincy Street Dock while the shallow draft Keystone ferry RHODODENDRON waited for her turn to land. The detour was a delightful trip to take. In my opinion, those jumbos were more geared for 90-minute runs rather than the quick half hour trips they would be assigned to then. After leaving Port Townsend, the ferry would round Marrowstone Point and join the southbound traffic lanes. After a few course changes, it would be a straight shot from Point No Point to Edmonds. On a decent day, you would see the Olympic Mountains off the west side of the ferry and Lagoon Point, Bush Point, the house-filled Mutiny Bay, Double Bluff, and Useless Bay off the east side as well as the Cascades. I'm very lucky to have taken a few rides on this route, which was more like a cruise than a typical ferry crossing. A closeup of this post card, which was postmarked in 1984. Union Wharf had buildings on it then. It was reported that the PRINCESS MARGUERITE had to make a medical emergency stop at this pier once or twice during her career (I never kept the news stories, though). As the detour ran round-the-clock, the RHODY made fast at Keystone at FWE time at night to keep the Quincy Street Dock open. The Quincy Street Dock would be replaced by the new double-slip Harrison Street Dock in 1984. [ A very rare sight indeed! Thanks for posting FNS, I remember landing at the old Quincy street dock aboard the Klickitat around two weeks prior to the New Harrison terminal opening. I thought The Klickitat was a big boat for the Quincy dock. A Super or Jumbo must have looked gigantic in that terminal. As I recall the Quincy dock was a single lane slip I believe. I have wondered what the dwell time must have been if the Jumbo ferry was fully loaded? Also having to stage that amount of traffic for a jumbo on the streets in Pt. Townsend must have taken a little creativity. According to a book that came out in 1983, "A Ferry Story" The Evergreen Fleet In Profile written by Michael Skalley. He has the Kaleetan as the super class ferry that started on the Edmonds/Pt. Townsend by making five round trips in each twenty one hour "day" The Spokane is the jumbo ferry that took over for the Kaleetan according to that author.
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Post by FNS on Sept 27, 2015 23:07:39 GMT -8
Here was the post Hood Canal Bridge sinking 1979 schedule for the Edmonds - Port Townsend run:
Normal service with a Super or Jumbo serving (90 minute voyage):
Leave Edmonds 0515 0930 1345 1800 (would meet the southbound PRINCESS MARGUERITE during her seasonal operations) 2230
Leave Port Townsend 0730 1145 1600 2015 0030
The 0030 sailing would arrive Edmonds at 0200, giving the ferry only about three hours to refresh and get ready to load for the first of another five round trips. The Number One End touched Edmonds for this service (the galley end touched Port Townsend).
The 1800 sailing from Edmonds would meet the southbound PRINCESS MARGUERITE during the summer season. At that time, if I'm not mistaking, BCSS tried out a return sailing that would sail from Victoria earlier than the normal 1730 departure time, providing passengers a mostly daylight southbound voyage.
Yes, in my observations, this service ran tardy occasionally due to heavy traffic and/or fog. During fog, the Whidbey shores heard the Spaulding two tone whistles from the Jumbo, not heard since then until the TOKITAE arrived on the Columbia Beach run last year (except maybe from Alaska ferries and the COHO in foggy passages).
As mentioned before, the TILLIKUM phased out this run after the Lofall and South Point docks began vehicle activities again. Trip duration was two hours:
Leave Edmonds 0530 1030 1500 2000
Leave Port Townsend 0800 1245 1730 2215
Ditto the vessel orientation for the TILLIKUM like what the bigger ferries did. I took the 1030 sailing from Edmonds on the last day of service in the spring of 1980.
It was a good and scenic run.
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Post by FNS on Jul 6, 2016 20:09:41 GMT -8
I had lunch at the Keystone Cafe today. We see this photo of Fort Casey mounted on one of the walls of this excellent eatery I have been to since 1971: This was how Fort Casey looked like in 1932. It was taken years before Keystone Harbor was dug out for ferry service. Historical images are wonderful to look at!
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Oct 23, 2016 17:17:11 GMT -8
Managed to get some free time to take a weekend trip to Port Townsend. Recorded this video from the MV Salish (obviously, ) for her 1315 sailing from Coupeville.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Oct 23, 2016 17:18:49 GMT -8
Here's the evening round-trip video on Port Townsend - Keystone route. - July 16, 2014. The start of this video shows how slow it is to load a KdT. Lots of sputter starts & stops in the process. Not smooth at all. Why does loading a KdT vessel take so long? I didn't experience any trouble, even onboard the Kennewick at Mukilteo on a Friday afternoon.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Dec 31, 2016 14:15:49 GMT -8
I was able to get a good video on our trip from Coupeville to Port Townsend on October 21. Hope you enjoy.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 31, 2016 14:35:15 GMT -8
I was able to get a good video on our trip from Coupeville to Port Townsend on October 21. Hope you enjoy. I like the part where the school bus loads up at the end. The sun was trying hard to shine on that day. For that route, arriving at Port Townsend with the Jefferson County courthouse in the background is one of the nicest ferry views that I've experienced. A great town to see.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 1, 2017 13:06:39 GMT -8
I was able to get a good video on our trip from Coupeville to Port Townsend on October 21. Hope you enjoy. I like the part where the school bus loads up at the end. The sun was trying hard to shine on that day. For that route, arriving at Port Townsend with the Jefferson County courthouse in the background is one of the nicest ferry views that I've experienced. A great town to see. Thank you, I appreciate it. The sun eventually did come out for about an hour around 5-ish that day but was much better on Sunday rather than this Friday.
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Post by FNS on May 14, 2017 13:23:09 GMT -8
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!Mother's Day also brings two vessel service back to the Port Townsend to Keystone run. The KENNEWICK and SALISH are reunited again for the summer. Image source: enjoypt.com/port-townsend-web-cam/Good cam to see what it's like in Port Townsend via streaming video.
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Jun 30, 2018 12:07:12 GMT -8
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