Koastal Karl
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 20, 2012 20:57:38 GMT -8
What are the chances of not finding parking at Bainbridge Island on a Friday morning???
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Post by Kahloke on Jul 21, 2012 5:34:50 GMT -8
What are the chances of not finding parking at Bainbridge Island on a Friday morning??? There's always parking available at Bainbridge. The Diamond lot next to the terminal is very large, and there are some other smaller lots, too. |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 21, 2012 6:57:11 GMT -8
ok that's cool then. I might just go out of Bainbridge and do the triangle route then instead of driving to Bremerton. Bainbridge looks a bit easier to find my way around. lol!
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 13, 2012 22:43:13 GMT -8
Does anybody knows if the big jetty kind of thing (all that land enclosed by those rusty walls) across the bay from the terminal is open to the public?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2012 8:02:58 GMT -8
That is the old" creosote plant" where they treated logs from the early 1900's until 1988. That point is still considered a superfund site and the public is prohibited from entering it. However, Pritchard Park is just down from there which has great views of the Bainbridge ferry terminal and the maintenance facility. That area also has the Japanese American Memorial which honors the Japanese American Bainbridge residents who were told by the government to leave the island on March 30, 1942. The Eagledale ferry dock was located where the memorial is and it was the M/V Kahloken's sad duty to take them to Seattle that day to be relocated to internment camps.
On the other side of the harbor is Hawley Cove which gives you an impressive view of the ferry going in and out of the harbor. It's a great place to go and watch the Bainbridge Island 4th of July fireworks display.
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 14, 2012 13:19:48 GMT -8
That is the old" creosote plant" where they treated logs from the early 1900's until 1988. That point is still considered a superfund site and the public is prohibited from entering it. However, Pritchard Park is just down from there which has great views of the Bainbridge ferry terminal and the maintenance facility. That area also has the Japanese American Memorial which honors the Japanese American Bainbridge residents who were told by the government to leave the island on March 30, 1942. The Eagledale ferry dock was located where the memorial is and it was the M/V Kahloken's sad duty to take them to Seattle that day to be relocated to internment camps. On the other side of the harbor is Hawley Cove which gives you an impressive view of the ferry going in and out of the harbor. It's a great place to go and watch the Bainbridge Island 4th of July fireworks display. So Pritchard Park is right between that Cresote plant and the Eagledale marina, right? And Hawley Cove is the northernmost point of Eagle Harbor East of the ferry terminal, right? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2012 18:10:23 GMT -8
Yes you are correct. Pritchard Park is right between the old Creosote Plant and the Eagledale marina.
Hawley Cove is on the northernmost point (Wing Point) of Eagle Harbor just east of the ferry terminal. If you are on the ferry preparing to dock it's directly to the right.
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 14, 2012 21:04:01 GMT -8
Yes you are correct. Pritchard Park is right between the old Creosote Plant and the Eagledale marina. Hawley Cove is on the northernmost point (Wing Point) of Eagle Harbor just east of the ferry terminal. If you are on the ferry preparing to dock it's directly to the right. Is the beach between the ferry dock and Hawley cove publicly accessible? And for the one between the ferry dock and EHVMC, do you think I would get in trouble if I went in front of Eagle Harbor condos? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2012 13:42:12 GMT -8
The beach between the ferry dock and Hawley Cove is mostly private. If you walk straight up the hill from the ferry terminal building (towards the Harbor Square Condos) there is a sign showing how to access the beach trail to Hawley Cove. I have walked the trail beach trail many times.
I would not try to access the beach in front of the Eagle Harbor condos. It is marked as "No Tresspassing. Private Property". You can get a pretty good view of the maintenance facility from the Waterfront Park.
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Post by SolDuc on Aug 14, 2013 0:44:28 GMT -8
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Aug 14, 2013 15:24:30 GMT -8
How were you able to get down to that beach? I know there is Pritchard Park on the opposite end and there is a public viewing down the Harbor Trail going into a neighborhood
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Post by SolDuc on Aug 16, 2013 20:08:33 GMT -8
How were you able to get down to that beach? I know there is Pritchard Park on the opposite end and there is a public viewing down the Harbor Trail going into a neighborhood Haha! Similar to how you got down to the beach at Southworth: take the trail on the south side of the terminal (just before the condos) then go under the terminal and get there. It only works at low tide though. |
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Post by FNS on Jan 5, 2014 23:50:20 GMT -8
Got myself a vintage postcard of the Winslow ferry dock recently.  This is the Winslow ferry dock as seen in the 1950s. The QUINAULT was in the dock. This was after WSF took over PSN's operations and 80% of its ferries in 1951 and when the QUINAULT still had her big car deck windows and before she was lifted and widened in 1958.  A closer look at the QUINAULT in the dock at Winslow. Decades later, this terminal was renamed Bainbridge Island. I like Winslow better. |
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Post by SolDuc on Jan 7, 2014 17:56:53 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 9, 2014 19:27:55 GMT -8
Aerial view of Bainbridge ferry terminal and Eagle Harbor VMC - 5-Oct-2014:  |
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Oct 13, 2014 9:31:35 GMT -8
Do they ever use the Tie-Up slip (Slip 3) at the ferry terminal?
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Post by FNS on Oct 13, 2014 10:11:02 GMT -8
Do they ever use the Tie-Up slip (Slip 3) at the ferry terminal? They do sometimes when the VMC is filled with ferries. If you look back at the Steel Electrics' post-retirement photos, you'll see one of them at the Winslow dock's third slip. It's good to have a few extra slips around the Evergreen Fleet to store ferries when the VMC has a "No Vacancy" sign lit at its facility. |
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Apr 10, 2015 7:35:21 GMT -8
A video from Yesterday showing Bainbridge Departure.
Does anyone know what is being done at Slip 1?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -8
A video from Yesterday showing Bainbridge Departure. Does anyone know what is being done at Slip 1? Was it cool being in slip 2? I think it's cool to be in the other slip. |
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Post by Cascadian Transport on Aug 4, 2015 19:41:22 GMT -8
A video from Yesterday showing Bainbridge Departure. Was it cool being in slip 2? I think it's cool to be in the other slip. Was kind of neat. Made for a somewhat unique video. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 7:53:28 GMT -8
Thanks for posting this video! One of my parents who takes the Winslow ferry a lot told me there was a crane in Slip 1 but I didn't know what it was like.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Aug 7, 2015 16:00:37 GMT -8
If you become a regular commuter on any of the routes, it is just a hiccup that you do not notice much of but it does perk the curiosity. They used the 2nd slip back about 8-9 years ago when I did my usual two round trips from Bremerton and Bainbridge. These slips are going to be the new way to do it.
The old ones use a counterweight system which are those blocks on the sides of the bridge that raise and lower the ramps. There is also bars on the side of the ramp to lock it in place once raised or lowered to prevent the bridge from falling in. These new ones use hydraulics like the 2nd generation overhead ramps at Bremerton, Edmonds, and Kingston. No need to worry about topping out during a king tide ever again. We had that issue once when I was younger and we had to board via the car deck since the passenger ramp could not go high enough.
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Post by Neil on Aug 7, 2015 22:37:38 GMT -8
What strikes me about the video that 'snowy ferries' posted is how fast WSF crews get vessels out after loading has finished- something I've also noticed in the San Juans. No way you'd ever see it that quick in BC, no matter what the size of the vessel. Must be a difference in safety procedures.
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Post by Barnacle on Aug 8, 2015 3:51:26 GMT -8
What strikes me about the video that 'snowy ferries' posted is how fast WSF crews get vessels out after loading has finished- something I've also noticed in the San Juans. No way you'd ever see it that quick in BC, no matter what the size of the vessel. Must be a difference in safety procedures. You make it sound like we aren't as safe as BCF... I'd have to watch a departure up your way to see what the differences are, if any; I'm told BCF's safety management program was based off of ours, but there may or may not be truth to that. But, for starts, we don't have all the shenanigans that come with dual-ramp loading. |
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Post by Neil on Aug 8, 2015 9:49:57 GMT -8
What strikes me about the video that 'snowy ferries' posted is how fast WSF crews get vessels out after loading has finished- something I've also noticed in the San Juans. No way you'd ever see it that quick in BC, no matter what the size of the vessel. Must be a difference in safety procedures. You make it sound like we aren't as safe as BCF... I'd have to watch a departure up your way to see what the differences are, if any; I'm told BCF's safety management program was based off of ours, but there may or may not be truth to that. But, for starts, we don't have all the shenanigans that come with dual-ramp loading. Absolutely no concerns on my part about your safety procedures, relative to BC Ferries. I've just noticed the lack of ceremony with which you get into and out of dock. |
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