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Post by QoNW Fan on Aug 23, 2023 22:01:50 GMT -8
Oh no, the Coastal Inspiration is also having mechanical trouble. Hopefully this is just minor and quickly (and fully) resolved. Issued at: 9:01 pm The Coastal Inspiration departed 31 minutes behind schedule for the 8:15 pm sailing from Duke Point (Nanaimo) due to a mechanical issue which is currently being resolved. Engineers are investigating the extent of the issue. Not that I like the situation, but this shows just how quickly BC Ferries needs to get moving with newbuilds. It's funny how the Coastal class, of all classes, is the class showing us how much need there is for the newbuilds right now..
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 24, 2023 13:53:02 GMT -8
... shows just how quickly BC Ferries needs to get moving with newbuilds. I said it before & will say it again. They need not just replace the older major vessels, but they need more. Where as there are now 11 major ships, they need 13. And they need them ASAP. They need two additional vessels before any of the old majors are retired. Alternatively they need larger vessels with car carrying capacity at least as great as the Spirit class. For a variety of reasons they need not order more Coastal class vessels.
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Post by paulvanb on Aug 24, 2023 21:31:24 GMT -8
... shows just how quickly BC Ferries needs to get moving with newbuilds. I said it before & will say it again. They need not just replace the older major vessels, but they need more. Where as there are now 11 major ships, they need 13. And they need them ASAP. They need two additional vessels before any of the old majors are retired. Alternatively they need larger vessels with car carrying capacity at least as great as the Spirit class. For a variety of reasons they need not order more Coastal class vessels. Ideally, all they need to do is build new ships similar to the Surrey and Oak Bay long enough to hold as many cars as the Spirit Class, possibly with a larger or second cafeteria to serve everyone in a timely manner. Nothing fancy, but sturdy enough to get the job done.
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Post by QoNW Fan on Aug 24, 2023 21:38:07 GMT -8
I said it before & will say it again. They need not just replace the older major vessels, but they need more. Where as there are now 11 major ships, they need 13. And they need them ASAP. They need two additional vessels before any of the old majors are retired. Alternatively they need larger vessels with car carrying capacity at least as great as the Spirit class. For a variety of reasons they need not order more Coastal class vessels. Ideally, all they need to do is build new ships similar to the Surrey and Oak Bay long enough to hold as many cars as the Spirit Class, possibly with a larger or second cafeteria to serve everyone in a timely manner. Nothing fancy, but sturdy enough to get the job done. Oh just imagine shorter wait times for the cafeteria. I've heard of people waiting nearly the entire ferry ride just to get food. I don't actually take the ferries that often so I haven't had to experience this yet.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Aug 24, 2023 22:58:30 GMT -8
I said it before & will say it again. They need not just replace the older major vessels, but they need more. Where as there are now 11 major ships, they need 13. And they need them ASAP. They need two additional vessels before any of the old majors are retired. Alternatively they need larger vessels with car carrying capacity at least as great as the Spirit class. For a variety of reasons they need not order more Coastal class vessels. Ideally, all they need to do is build new ships similar to the Surrey and Oak Bay long enough to hold as many cars as the Spirit Class, possibly with a larger or second cafeteria to serve everyone in a timely manner. Nothing fancy, but sturdy enough to get the job done. I don’t think the design is problem, I think motors and driver trains are problems on Coastal and BC Ferries can easily get a different supplier or maker for those things.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 5, 2023 0:43:40 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration to Tsawwassen for route 1 service from Duke Point.
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Post by Ollie on Oct 5, 2023 17:18:42 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration in Active Pass, today
+ Broken horn:
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Post by Ollie on Oct 8, 2023 15:11:05 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration in Active Pass, today
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 10, 2023 21:56:15 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration was using the normal Spirit Class outbound routing to Tsawwassen today.
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Post by Charles on Oct 23, 2023 9:56:47 GMT -8
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Post by Ollie on Nov 20, 2023 22:25:15 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration departing Tsawwassen Berth 3, November 19 2023
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Post by cbachmeier on Nov 23, 2023 16:19:04 GMT -8
I cant officaly tell but I believe this is the Costal Inspiration and when she was departing for Duke Point eariler in November I again came across another weird BC Ferries whistle thing.
Listen to this:
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Post by Ollie on Dec 8, 2023 20:48:10 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration departing Tsawwassen, December 5 2023.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 3, 2024 0:48:09 GMT -8
Coastal Inspiration has taken over for Spirit of British Columbia during her refit period.
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Post by gordon on Jan 3, 2024 14:00:06 GMT -8
The Coastal Inspiration is on Rt #1 today her Eastbound sailings go around Saturna Island wheras the westbound sailings transit active Pass why the difference?
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Post by Ollie on Jan 3, 2024 14:22:39 GMT -8
The Coastal Inspiration is on Rt #1 today her Eastbound sailings go around Saturna Island wheras the westbound sailings transit active Pass why the difference? Is the Inspiration also broken like the Celebration? That would mean all of the Coastals are broken right now...
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Post by Charles on Jan 3, 2024 16:10:50 GMT -8
The Inspiration is over an hour late for her 3pm departure from Tsawassen, the SOBC is moored at berth 4 and berth 1 and 2 are busy. Do the spirits ever dock in Berth 3, because the SOVI might have to if the Inspiration is delayed much longer.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 3, 2024 17:39:46 GMT -8
The Inspiration is indeed running way behind schedule. BC Ferries gives on today's arrivals/departures page at BCF.com the following as one reason for this: The Inspiration is now slower than the SoBC?
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Post by Ollie on Jan 3, 2024 18:00:25 GMT -8
The Inspiration is indeed running way behind schedule. BC Ferries gives on today's arrivals/departures page at BCF.com the following as one reason for this: The Inspiration is now slower than the SoBC?
Why don't they use the Queen of New Westminster instead? It is not being used right now and it's faster than these broken Coastals. They are both Tsawwassen based so there shouldn't be any problems with the crewing.
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Post by Ollie on Jan 3, 2024 18:19:47 GMT -8
I think I know why the Inspiration is doing this weird route. last year when it was doing route 1 it would turn around when departing Swartz Bay and go through Active Pass always with the "notched end" facing back, and then turn around again at Tsawwassen to get the vehicles facing the right direction.
With doing the current weird route, it can still only go through Active Pass facing one direction, and it is probably quicker for it to completely avoid Active Pass than to turn around twice to get the good end facing forward in Active Pass.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 3, 2024 19:12:48 GMT -8
I think I know why the Inspiration is doing this weird route. last year when it was doing route 1 it would turn around when departing Swartz Bay and go through Active Pass always with the "notched end" facing back, and then turn around again at Tsawwassen to get the vehicles facing the right direction.
With doing the current weird route, it can still only go through Active Pass facing one direction, and it is probably quicker for it to completely avoid Active Pass than to turn around twice to get the good end facing forward in Active Pass.
Maybe the 'Super C's', just like the 'un-Super C's', are not well suited to 'do' Active Pass. Is it that single-ended vessels are best suited for routine passage through Active Pass?
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Post by Charles on Jan 3, 2024 20:09:38 GMT -8
Maybe it means we need more bespoke single ended vessels built for route one . Maybe a modern interpretation of the Spirit's 🤩. Ollie is right however, the Inspiration has been using one end only and has been avoiding active pass all day.
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Post by 1foot2ships on Jan 3, 2024 20:33:32 GMT -8
Ollie , wow. thnx for pointing out that quirk to the rest of us. Charles hmmmm... u make a really great point. personally, i hope u are right cause im totally a spirit/spaulding fanboy and a coastal hater. i understand the utilitarian advantages of a double end, but im crossing my fingers there really is a handicap serious enough to banish them from rt1.
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Post by Mike C on Jan 3, 2024 21:36:42 GMT -8
The Inspiration is indeed running way behind schedule. BC Ferries gives on today's arrivals/departures page at BCF.com the following as one reason for this: The Inspiration is now slower than the SoBC?
Why don't they use the Queen of New Westminster instead? It is not being used right now and it's faster than these broken Coastals. They are both Tsawwassen based so there shouldn't be any problems with the crewing. I would suspect the reason is capacity - the CI is a fair bit larger than the QNW and offers a capacity that is closer to what one would expect on the odd-hour sailings. But you do have to wonder what the trade-offs are given the significant operational constraints currently put on the Coastals on Route 1. Late edit, just checking Current Conditions and Marine Traffic, it appears she's running about 100 minutes behind at the moment. It looks like she did transit Active Pass on this trip. It looks like she's taking about 110 minutes on each sailing. The delays will continue until morale improves!
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Post by Ollie on Jan 3, 2024 21:48:45 GMT -8
Why don't they use the Queen of New Westminster instead? It is not being used right now and it's faster than these broken Coastals. They are both Tsawwassen based so there shouldn't be any problems with the crewing. I would suspect the reason is capacity - the CI is a fair bit larger than the QNW and offers a capacity that is closer to what one would expect on the odd-hour sailings. But you do have to wonder what the trade-offs are given the significant operational constraints currently put on the Coastals on Route 1. Late edit, just checking Current Conditions and Marine Traffic, it appears she's running about 100 minutes behind at the moment. It looks like she did transit Active Pass on this trip. It looks like she's taking about 110 minutes on each sailing. The delays will continue until morale improves! I think people would prefer to have quicker on time sailings instead of slightly more capacity. If they want to continue using the Inspiration on Route 1 they will probably need to adjust the schedule.
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