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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 17, 2010 19:31:07 GMT -8
C'Inspiration photos from October 15, 2010: C'Inspy headed up the strait in the morning light.  I like the mountain background.  With Mt. Garibaldi in right-background:  A tale of 2 funnels  In the dark at Duke Point at 8:00pm. - oh my, the days are a getting shorter. 
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Post by shipchandler on Oct 27, 2010 5:24:47 GMT -8
Hello everyone, good to be back ,i have been sick [3rd heart attack] for a while,it`s nice to see you guys are still at it............... s/c
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 7, 2010 20:45:52 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Nov 11, 2010 23:31:09 GMT -8
Just thought I'd put this out there for people who haven't been on the Inspiration in the last week. Due to a malfunction with her #2 End doors at some point last week, she was rotated 180 degrees and placed #1 end in at Duke Point to get all vehicle traffic off...backwards. Since this happened, the CI has not changed back to her normal position and she most likely won't because I have heard that having her #1 End facing Duke Point is what the crew wanted from the start. This will be an easy adjustment for Route 1 regulars as the #2 End of the C-Cel does face Tsawwassen
For quick reference, her #1 End is the Sitka Coffee Bar/SeaWest Lounge area (Pacific Buffet on the C-Cel), her #2 End is the Coastal Cafe which did face Duke Point up until recently.
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 12, 2010 6:34:23 GMT -8
Are you sure that her number 1 end hasn't faced Duke Point before? I remember going up to deck 6, sitting in my favorite spot in the Sitka Lounge (Starboard front), and being able to see everything that was coming towards us. Could I be right?
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Post by Dane on Nov 12, 2010 8:53:56 GMT -8
The CI has rotated before, just as the CCell did. Not sure about the CR, though.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 12, 2010 8:55:34 GMT -8
I remember going up to deck 6, sitting in my favorite spot in the Sitka Lounge (Starboard front), and being able to see everything that was coming towards us. Could I be right? You are right in that for 1/2 of the day's sailings, if you sit in the Sitka Lounge, you will be able to see everything that is coming towards you. - exceptions: when it's dark outside. - caveat: "everything that was coming towards us" is not specific to a specific destination. ;D |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 12, 2010 12:24:01 GMT -8
C'Inspiration photos from November 11, 2010: The Sitka-end is facing Duke Point terminal. This is a change...  The empty upper vehicle deck, on the 5:15am sailing on this holiday.  More evidence of German construction. - in German grammar, the number-sign is placed after the numeral.  C'Inspy leaving Tsawwassen's berth-5, on her 7:45am sailing back to Duke Point.  With a faint image of C-Cell in the background:   C'Inspy again at Tsawwassen berth 5, ready for her 5:45pm sailing on a cold Autumn evening.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 12, 2010 15:31:43 GMT -8
More evidence of German construction. - in German grammar, the number-sign is placed after the numeral.  Also, notice in the height-restriction sign, they use a comma instead of a period as the decimal division. The only place this would be done in Canada is Québec, so this is obviously a European touch. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 12, 2010 18:03:41 GMT -8
Re the door script: - Luke's old picture of the C-Celebration shows the numeral after the #. Maybe because C-Cell was the last ship built, that by then someone here noticed the non-Canadian way on the other 2 ships, and suggested a change? |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 14, 2010 18:47:47 GMT -8
For the Coastals (and any other enclosed car deck ferries), do you think that the animal-codes really help the average traveler to easier find their vehicle on the car-deck, or to better find their way around the ship? I always find these silly, but I wonder if the average user finds them helpful or even depends on them?  |
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Post by Dane on Nov 14, 2010 19:37:28 GMT -8
My mother would be a lost soul without those animals.
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Post by Mike on Nov 14, 2010 20:09:25 GMT -8
For the Coastals (and any other enclosed car deck ferries), do you think that the animal-codes really help the average traveler to easier find their vehicle on the car-deck, or to better find their way around the ship? I always find these silly, but I wonder if the average user finds them helpful or even depends on them? I usually remember what staircase I used to go upstairs from the vehicle deck, and magically it leads me back to my family's car. Works every time. ;D |
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Post by Mirrlees on Nov 14, 2010 20:24:58 GMT -8
I remember by taking note of where the car is placed, Port, Starboard, Fore, Aft or Mid-ship. It's a system that works for me.
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Nov 14, 2010 21:20:18 GMT -8
I just remember what elevator or stair the vehicle is placed, and I take note of whether its forward,mid-ship or aft stairs/elevators. It never fails.
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Post by fargowolf on Nov 15, 2010 7:28:58 GMT -8
A little of both actually. The animal helps me easily find the particular stairway, then it's just a matter of remembering which vehicle deck, as well as which side of the ferry. I've never had a problem, unlike some other people... Like my Mom...  |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Nov 15, 2010 8:15:22 GMT -8
99.9% of the time I just remember where I park, whether in a multilevel parkade/garage, shopping mall, or ferry. The ferry is easy as I usually arrive early and park near the front of the upper deck. And to show you how my brain does or doesn't work  , I have more trouble remembering the animal, number or symbol. Every now and then I will remember where I parked last time and go there first, and then have to recompute and go where my car is this time. |
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Post by Curtis on Nov 20, 2010 21:38:26 GMT -8
The Inspiration's funnel in the Twilight of Remembrance Day 2010.  |
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Post by gordon on Dec 3, 2010 14:22:56 GMT -8
The CI is running 27 minutes late( RBI says Mechanical Difficulties with vessel) and is seemingly only able to go a max of 18 knots. I wonder what her problem is?
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Post by Mirrlees on Dec 3, 2010 14:30:18 GMT -8
Enough of an issue that she's being swapped out with the Coastal Renaissance for the remainder of the day.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 3, 2010 14:41:47 GMT -8
The CI is running 27 minutes late( RBI says Mechanical Difficulties with vessel) and is seemingly only able to go a max of 18 knots. I wonder what her problem is? She started the day off 46 minutes late... |
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Post by Nickfro on Dec 3, 2010 15:01:45 GMT -8
The CI is running 27 minutes late( RBI says Mechanical Difficulties with vessel) and is seemingly only able to go a max of 18 knots. I wonder what her problem is? I notice that the ferries on Route 30 typically operate around 18 knots in normal conditions. It's Route 2 that operates around 20 knots. This was probably an issue that arose early in the morning, but it takes half a day to get a crew and a resting ferry up and into action. |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 3, 2010 16:30:18 GMT -8
The Renaissance still has not entered the berth at Duke Point for the 3:15 PM sailing... She has been holding off Duke Point for over an hour waiting for the Inspiration to vacate the berth... 
Late Edit: 4:39 PM - Coastal Inspiration has finally vacated the berth. En route to Departure Bay. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 11, 2010 21:40:19 GMT -8
Here the voice of Helga....
- we know that she inhabits all 3 Coastal ships, but I've chosen to put this in the C'Inspy thread.
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Post by fargowolf on Dec 12, 2010 7:49:39 GMT -8
More evidence of German construction. - in German grammar, the number-sign is placed after the numeral. Also, notice in the height-restriction sign, they use a comma instead of a period as the decimal division. The only place this would be done in Canada is Québec, so this is obviously a European touch. The sign is a UN (Vienna Convention) sign. They are prevalent on Marine Atlantic vessels as well. |
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, I have more trouble remembering the animal, number or symbol. Every now and then I will remember where I parked last time and go there first, and then have to recompute and go where my car is this time.
