|
|
Post by Mike on Apr 28, 2014 18:34:28 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 8, 2014 11:49:44 GMT -8
SOBC arriving at Tsawwassen to end her service day. June 6, 2014. - seen from deck-7 of Coastal Inspiration.  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:33:33 GMT -8
Looks like the Spirits are getting LNG (unimportant text removed)
-From the Business Opportunities page on the BCF website.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 21:42:12 GMT -8
Another stupid move by BC Ferries.
Lets tear out the engines the ship came with and replace them with untested engines not made for that ship.
I smell a cluster **** that will undoubtedly result in the "new engines" being torn out and replaced with the old ones after a year or 2 of nothing but problems.
And yet people keep voting for the lie berals
|
|
Nick
Voyager 
Chief Engineer - Queen of Richmond
Posts: 2,080 
|
Post by Nick on Jul 19, 2014 4:10:03 GMT -8
Another stupid move by BC Ferries. Lets tear out the engines the ship came with and replace them with untested engines not made for that ship. I smell a cluster **** that will undoubtedly result in the "new engines" being torn out and replaced with the old ones after a year or 2 of nothing but problems. And yet people keep voting for the lie berals Dual fuel engines are hardly "un-tested". They have been used for decades in the oil and gas industry. It is a routine part of the lifespan of a vessel to be re-engined. The V-class were all re-engined in the early 1980s, the New West had new engines installed at the time of lifting, and many of the smaller ships have had new engines installed at some point. It's actually really easy on a car ferry... you just cut a hole in the car deck, lift the old engine out, drop the new one in and re-weld the deck. Most ships you have to lift it out of the water and cut a hole in the side to access the engine room. The CCGS Amundsen had 6 new propulsion generators installed like this 2 years ago. If you consider that the Spirits have been operating 16 hours a day for the past 20 years, with a conservative average of 300 days per year, that amounts to about 96,000 hours of operation. That's equivalent to you driving your car for 2,880,000 km at 30 km/h average speed. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 17:17:51 GMT -8
Spirit of British Columbia meeting the SoVI, as seen from Deck 7:   |
|
|
|
Post by Curtis on Sept 11, 2014 18:09:32 GMT -8
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 16:56:06 GMT -8
Looks like the SoBC has made a hard-to-port turn just past Otter Bay and is now returning to Swartz Bay.
|
|
|
|
Post by Kahloke on Sept 26, 2014 17:36:36 GMT -8
Looks like the SoBC has made a hard-to-port turn just past Otter Bay and is now returning to Swartz Bay. Service notice says it was a medical delay |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Oct 16, 2014 8:55:21 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 1, 2014 19:55:37 GMT -8
Here's a log barge that kind of looks like a Spook ferry, in silhouette profile. - seen November 1, 2014 at Campbell River. The tug is General Jackson.  |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Nov 1, 2014 20:33:13 GMT -8
Perhaps we could have this as a forum flag ship theme - barges that look a lot like BC Ferries, or ferries that look a lot like barges  . |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Nov 2, 2014 22:03:58 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 2, 2014 22:15:22 GMT -8
So Mr horn, in which view does she look most barge-like, the front or the rear? It's the other way around. The log barge, at a particular angle, resembled the spook. It was the forward part of the log barge that looked like a spook bow, with set-back superstructure. And the log barge's crane was similar to a ferry's mast. ...the spook herself doesn't look barge-like to me. But if I look at a side profile of a spook, I can probably imagine the log barge. |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Dec 27, 2014 18:16:52 GMT -8
Sisters, #1 for the holidays...  Spirit of British Columbia (closer) & Spirit of Vancouver Island in Active Pass - 27 December 2014 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Jan 14, 2015 10:31:23 GMT -8
Spirit of British Columbia, coming through Miners Bay while north bound in Active Pass with the 9 AM sailing from Swartz Bay - 27 December 2014.  © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
|
|
Koastal Karl
Voyager
Been on every BC Ferry now!!!!!
Posts: 7,747
|
Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 18, 2015 9:10:11 GMT -8
I see there is a 10am from Tsawwassen today on the SOBC! It doesn't look like it will even be half full is it not possible to base her out of Swartz Bay if they need a 12pm from that side? What happens to the #2 crew that is usually based on the extra boat out of Swartz Bay?? Tsawwassen based boats have been based out of Swartz Bay before!
|
|
Nick
Voyager
Chief Engineer - Queen of Richmond
Posts: 2,080
|
Post by Nick on Jan 18, 2015 9:15:18 GMT -8
I see there is a 10am from Tsawwassen today on the SOBC! It doesn't look like it will even be half full is it not possible to base her out of Swartz Bay if they need a 12pm from that side? What happens to the #2 crew that is usually based on the extra boat out of Swartz Bay?? Tsawwassen based boats have been based out of Swartz Bay before! Most likely berth space requirements. The SOVI is currently tied up in berth 3 for alongside refit, Route 1 Coastals are using berth 2, and if the SOBC was tied up in berth 1, and only used for peak times that would only leave berths 4 and 5 for route 4, 5 and 5a ships. |
|
Koastal Karl
Voyager
Been on every BC Ferry now!!!!!
Posts: 7,747
|
Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 18, 2015 9:47:31 GMT -8
What is interesting is she deadheads back to Tsawwassen after the 6pm arrives at Swartz Bay but they feel the need to have a 10am from Tsawwassen and not deadhead over to Swartz Bay for the 12pm. Currently the 10am is like just over 10% full. I dont even think it will reach 20% But honestly that would be a nice quiet sailing to be on. Would they have crew getting on a Swartz Bay for the regular 2 round trips or would this just be a separate Tsawwassen crew???
|
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Jan 18, 2015 9:58:29 GMT -8
We discussed this last year and IIRC, the SoBC goes over to SWB with just a small Tsawwassen-based operating crew aboard. Once at SWB a complete catering, etc. crew is added & then the ship does its regular two round trips as if it was Swartz Bay-based. The 10 AM sailings from TSW & the 8 PM from SWB are both 'dead head' sailings, i.e. no passengers. This morning's 10 AM sailing listed on the BCFS site as 'in-service' may be a mistake. Otherwise there is a complete TSW-based crew aboard and they are doing a 12-hour shift.
|
|
Koastal Karl
Voyager
Been on every BC Ferry now!!!!!
Posts: 7,747
|
Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 18, 2015 10:14:15 GMT -8
well the SOBC did leave at 10am from Tsawwassen with passengers and it is listed on the schedules page too so obviously it's different this year as it's actually on the schedules. Now there is no 8pm sailing from Swartz Bay so that will probably be a deadhead. I assure you though the breakfast buffet I dont think would be open on the 10 with less than 20% capacity. Could they not just have a small crew going over on the 10am then have the rest board at Swartz Bay?? All they would need is the Cafeteria open they dont need the buffet or snack bar open, lol!
Leave Tsawwassen
10:00 am Jan 18, 23, 25 & Feb 7 only
|
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Jan 20, 2015 12:31:51 GMT -8
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 19:19:29 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Low Light Mike on May 24, 2015 12:37:22 GMT -8
Spirit of BC leaves Tsawwassen most days at 3:00pm, just before the 3:15pm Queen of Alberni sailing departs. ...On May 18, 2015, I was on Queen of Alberni, waiting to depart, and I saw SoBC leaving beforehand, as usual.  Spirit of British Columbia at Tsawwassen by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
|
|
|
Post by WettCoast on Jun 11, 2015 22:34:31 GMT -8
Spirit of British Columbia nearing the terminal at Swartz Bay with the 3 PM sailing from the mainland - 10 June 2015. This view is from the Skeena Queen which was also closing in on Swartz Bay (via Knapp Pass) at the same time.  © WCK-JST by JST, on Flickr
|
|
Spirit of British Columbia approaching Swartz Bay. by West Coast Photography, on Flickr
.
