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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 10, 2017 21:43:02 GMT -8
Here's a video that I think is of Today's trip on Carrier Princess from Tilbury to Nanaimo downtown. February 10, 2017.
A unique view of that everyday journey.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 11, 2017 12:03:29 GMT -8
Another Carrier Princess voyage timelapse, this time from Tilbury to Swartz Bay.
- and I think it sees the Bowen Queen in the strait.
Thanks for videographer & mariner Michon Yardley for this.
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Post by FNS on Feb 16, 2017 12:54:51 GMT -8
 The SEASPAN RELIANT anchored in Long Beach Harbor this morning, 02-16-2017. |
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Post by mybidness459 on Feb 17, 2017 13:07:24 GMT -8
Notice she has her first glance at a "Queen" Which is the largest Queen she will ever see and will probably live well past the last days of our Queen ferries. I would assume that crews on the Reliant would have catch a glimpse of the Queen Mary inbound even if its just the top of the vessel.  |
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Post by FNS on Feb 17, 2017 23:38:01 GMT -8
Notice she has her first glance at a "Queen" Which is the largest Queen she will ever see and will probably live well past the last days of our Queen ferries. I would assume that crews on the Reliant would have catch a glimpse of the Queen Mary inbound even if its just the top of the vessel. ... And, if they have good hearing, they may hear the QUEEN MARY's mighty whistle sounding each hour during the daytime, if she still does this. I heard it a few times when staying aboard her for the night and touring her during the day back in the spring of 1975. Go to YouTube.com and search for Queen Mary whistle. One of her three whistles was transferred to the newer QUEEN MARY 2 (that's why you see the whistle missing on her amidships funnel). I call the big high pressure tuba stop of the Seattle Symphony's pipe organ the " Queen Mary Stop". Such a penetrating sound, just like what you hear from that ocean liner! |
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 21, 2017 12:45:23 GMT -8
We know that the Seaspan Swift is in service, and has been for about a month now. Do we know whether its propulsion system is operating as intended as a dual fuel hybrid? The S Swift has the claim to fame, I am fairly sure, of being the first LNG fuelled vessel to operate on Canada's west coast.
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Post by grk on Feb 23, 2017 17:00:53 GMT -8
Seaspan Reliant is boarding a pilot off Victoria on Saturday at 07:00. River pilot change off Steveston at 11:00. Quite firm as ordered by agent, rather than the ship"s Master.
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Post by FNS on Feb 25, 2017 1:09:15 GMT -8
 The SEASPAN RELIANT is now entering the Strait of Juan De Fuca. Her days on the open ocean seas are drawing to a close. If anyone is awake early Saturday morning, tap into the Race Rocks website to see her pass by on the Race Rocks webcam: www.racerocks.ca/video-cameras/ |
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Post by FNS on Feb 25, 2017 5:33:08 GMT -8
The SEASPAN RELIANT was off Race Rocks at the time of this posting.
No pics to display as she appeared as a tiny white dot.
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Post by kampuniform on Feb 25, 2017 11:39:40 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 12, 2017 7:38:04 GMT -8
Princess Superior arrives in Nanaimo under a moon-lit sky: - this is 7:20pm on March 10, 2017.  . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr  . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 31, 2017 17:19:03 GMT -8
News regarding the old Seaspan berth & ramp at the Wellcox rail yard in Nanaimo: "SVI" is Southern Railway Vancouver Island. Seaspan Ferries will soon be operating exclusively from Duke Point, for their Nanaimo traffic. - How soon precisely, I'm not sure. from HERE |
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 31, 2017 17:32:49 GMT -8
Both companies are of course Washington group companies. That is worth noting. Will the SVI compete for business with Seaspan Ferries? It seems unlikely ...
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Post by Neil on Mar 31, 2017 21:58:40 GMT -8
News regarding the old Seaspan berth & ramp at the Wellcox rail yard in Nanaimo: "SVI" is Southern Railway Vancouver Island. Seaspan Ferries will soon be operating exclusively from Duke Point, for their Nanaimo traffic. - How soon precisely, I'm not sure. from HEREThe March issue of Western Mariner mentioned the new berth at Seaspan's Duke Point facility as operational 'mid 2017'. |
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Post by mybidness459 on Apr 1, 2017 14:16:11 GMT -8
Seaspan Reliant goes into Service:
I have been looking at the Seaspan Ferry Sched and the Seaspan Reliant is to enter service on April 17 with the 23:00 departure from Tilbury to Swartz Bay. She is to deapart Swartz Bay at 04:30 back to Tilbury. (Early Morning April 18)
So Far the Swift and the Reliant are not Sched for Nanaimo Service.
Look on the April 10-17 Sched.
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Post by Chris City on Apr 1, 2017 18:36:33 GMT -8
So Far the Swift and the Reliant are not Sched for Nanaimo Service. I read somewhere they won't be used on the Nanaimo run. They will go to Duke Point when the terminal there is finished. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 1, 2017 19:13:06 GMT -8
Swift and Reliant are too large to fit in the Nanaimo downtown berth.
If/when we see them in Nanaimo, it will be at the new Duke Point berth.
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Post by mybidness459 on Apr 2, 2017 12:16:14 GMT -8
That is a bummer, especially when one does not have a car to get to Jack Point Park to get pictures of them heading for Duke Point. I guess Descanso Bay RDN Park on Gabriola will be my best Hope of getting a pictures, or If I am lucky enough to be on the Quinsam when they arrive or depart.
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Post by Mike on Apr 15, 2017 21:03:15 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Apr 15, 2017 23:05:47 GMT -8
Seaspan Greg keeping company with barges along the bank of the Fraser River. April 14, 2017. Mike- where exactly was the location of the above shot? |
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Post by Mike on Apr 16, 2017 11:48:05 GMT -8
Seaspan Greg keeping company with barges along the bank of the Fraser River. April 14, 2017. Mike- where exactly was the location of the above shot? It was taken from the side of River Road, where River Road turns towards Highway 17 and becomes 96 Street. |
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Post by Chris City on Apr 16, 2017 19:56:07 GMT -8
Seaspan Greg keeping company with barges along the bank of the Fraser River. April 14, 2017. Mike- where exactly was the location of the above shot? Annacis Island in the background. |
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Post by Chris City on Apr 17, 2017 15:11:51 GMT -8
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Post by mybidness459 on Apr 18, 2017 14:21:12 GMT -8
AAwesome!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 22, 2017 9:52:22 GMT -8
Our WCFF Facebook page today includes a link to Jason Senebald's photos of the Carrier Princess' final trip on April 22, 2017. She is now retired. This Page on April 22 2017 |
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