dave2
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Post by dave2 on Sept 6, 2024 12:56:50 GMT -8
You are absolutely correct. All 3 entered service in 1996. It's almost as if they were using the ages the ships will be at the time of their planned retirement. If they were all built in 1976 and are being retired 1 per year starting in 2029 then this would be the case. Yes, that must be it. For what it’s worth they’ve corrected the press release, it now says “including the almost 50-year-old Queens of Alberni, Coquitlam and Cowichan.” |
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Post by Ollie on Sept 6, 2024 20:12:57 GMT -8
Queen of New Westminster getting her stern worked on at Tsawwassen, today.
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Post by northwesterner on Sept 7, 2024 12:01:20 GMT -8
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Post by Ollie on Sept 7, 2024 12:06:41 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 7, 2024 12:11:21 GMT -8
Six months is long time hopefully no others major vessels have a problems this year. |
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Post by northwesterner on Sept 7, 2024 12:16:23 GMT -8
It’s good to know, however, that BCFS feels they are getting their money’s worth... many may recall the rather daunting amount of cash and work put into the MLU a little over a decade ago. It's tough to use "daunting" in a sentence and have it be an understatement. But somehow, in this context, you pulled it off. The rebuild took an insane amount of cash. And while she seems to still be humming along (though I think she'd be better placed on a different route), we've seen what happens when the clock strikes 60 on ferries just a few hours south of the border. I can't imagine that somehow, even after the extensive rebuild she received, she continues to escape the ravages of time as each additional year passes. Just poasting like Nostradamus into the void on WCFF. |
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Sept 7, 2024 17:19:16 GMT -8
It looks like they're exploring every option for replacing some of the ' New Westminster's sailings by the end of September. Hopefully, the refit season can be re-jigged. With the fall schedule, they have some vessels not in service, but maybe not as easily pressed into service as the public might think. |
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QoNW Fan
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Post by QoNW Fan on Sept 7, 2024 21:14:31 GMT -8
Six months is long time hopefully no others major vessels have a problems this year. Jokes aside, yeah any further issues during this long repair could cause some very major issues. Especially during the holiday season. |
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Post by Ollie on Sept 7, 2024 23:16:00 GMT -8
Six months is long time hopefully no others major vessels have a problems this year. Jokes aside, yeah any further issues during this long repair could cause some very major issues. Especially during the holiday season. If a Coastal breaks now, they might put the Alberni on route 1! |
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Post by chinook2 on Sept 8, 2024 12:44:28 GMT -8
Hmmm Alberni on route 1. Mv homecoming queen?
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 8, 2024 13:10:26 GMT -8
Hmmm Alberni on route 1. Mv homecoming queen? I would say it’s highly unlikely because another Cowichan Class would probably join the Queen of Alberni on route 30 sending the Coastal Class vessel to route 1. |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Sept 8, 2024 15:06:17 GMT -8
PRQ and Bowen Queen could always be pressed back into service!  |
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Post by chinook2 on Sept 8, 2024 17:39:23 GMT -8
Hmmm Alberni on route 1. Mv homecoming queen? I would say it’s highly unlikely because another Cowichan Class would probably join the Queen of Alberni on route 30 sending the Coastal Class vessel to route 1. If they haven't deployed a C since 1992 despite the times the capacity was needed to cover these sorts of things, ain't gonna happen now imho. |
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anderpz
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Post by anderpz on Sept 8, 2024 19:32:20 GMT -8
PRQ and Bowen Queen could always be pressed back into service! Queen of Burnaby preparing for her revenge tour |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 9, 2024 12:06:15 GMT -8
I would say it’s highly unlikely because another Cowichan Class would probably join the Queen of Alberni on route 30 sending the Coastal Class vessel to route 1. If they haven't deployed a C since 1992 despite the times the capacity was needed to cover these sorts of things, ain't gonna happen now imho. But the Province does say Queen of Alberni could service route 1 in extreme circumstances. |
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Post by cbachmeier on Sept 9, 2024 13:17:00 GMT -8
Hmmm Alberni on route 1. Mv homecoming queen? Im not %100 sure but I dont believe the Alberni is even certifed/allowed to travel through Active Pass. Especially since the accident of August 9th 1979. |
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Post by Ollie on Sept 9, 2024 13:30:15 GMT -8
Hmmm Alberni on route 1. Mv homecoming queen? Im not %100 sure but I dont believe the Alberni is even certifed/allowed to travel through Active Pass. Especially since the accident of August 9th 1979. There's nothing stopping the Alberni from doing the route around Saturna like a broken Coastal. |
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Post by cbachmeier on Sept 9, 2024 13:39:14 GMT -8
Im not %100 sure but I dont believe the Alberni is even certifed/allowed to travel through Active Pass. Especially since the accident of August 9th 1979. There's nothing stopping the Alberni from doing the route around Saturna like a broken Coastal. yeah thats a good point I forgot about that, could just go around Saturna, would add about 15 minutes of time to the sailing though. |
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Post by chinook2 on Sept 9, 2024 18:34:24 GMT -8
There's nothing stopping the Alberni from doing the route around Saturna like a broken Coastal. yeah thats a good point I forgot about that, could just go around Saturna, would add about 15 minutes of time to the sailing though. That would be the likely scenario. Don't know if it still is allowed but iirc the C's were allowed at one time to run active pass only in something called mode 2 or 3 or such that involved props at both ends working together. Early press releases about the coastals project had two of them deployed on rt 2, one on 30, which would leave a C and the new on rt 1, but that plan seemed to change early on, so I assume they didn't see a C in active as practical or efficient. Someone must know more specifics on this. |
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Post by Charles on Sept 9, 2024 18:53:38 GMT -8
yeah thats a good point I forgot about that, could just go around Saturna, would add about 15 minutes of time to the sailing though. That would be the likely scenario. Don't know if it still is allowed but iirc the C's were allowed at one time to run active pass only in something called mode 2 or 3 or such that involved props at both ends working together. Early press releases about the coastals project had two of them deployed on rt 2, one on 30, which would leave a C and the new on rt 1, but that plan seemed to change early on, so I assume they didn't see a C in active as practical or efficient. Someone must know more specifics on this. It's been discussed at length throughout the different threads. It is possible from what I remember but highly unlikely they will do that. |
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 9, 2024 18:59:49 GMT -8
The Alberni continued to do route 1 after its infamous 1979 grounding. It did so until the Queens of Vancouver & Victoria had been lifted and the brand new Queen of Oak Bay was placed on the route in 1981. I don't believe the Alberni has done route 1 since that time, however.
There is also a pretty good chance of seeing a Salish class on route 1 or another of the major routes during the upcoming refit season.
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Post by princessofvanfan on Sept 10, 2024 13:07:32 GMT -8
The Alberni continued to do route 1 after its infamous 1979 grounding. It did so until the Queens of Vancouver & Victoria had been lifted and the brand new Queen of Oak Bay was placed on the route in 1981. I don't believe the Alberni has done route 1 since that time, however.
There is also a pretty good chance of seeing a Salish class on route 1 or another of the major routes during the upcoming refit season.
The Alberni took the southern route around Saturna after the accident in 1979 without too much of a delay due to her amazing speed. She was FAST in her pre-lifted days. |
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 10, 2024 15:05:16 GMT -8
The Alberni continued to do route 1 after its infamous 1979 grounding. It did so until the Queens of Vancouver & Victoria had been lifted and the brand new Queen of Oak Bay was placed on the route in 1981. I don't believe the Alberni has done route 1 since that time, however.
There is also a pretty good chance of seeing a Salish class on route 1 or another of the major routes during the upcoming refit season.
The Alberni took the southern route around Saturna after the accident in 1979 without too much of a delay due to her amazing speed. She was FAST in her pre-lifted days. No, she did not. Look at the 80 minute sailing time for the summer of 1980. |
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Post by chinook2 on Sept 11, 2024 16:02:29 GMT -8
The Alberni took the southern route around Saturna after the accident in 1979 without too much of a delay due to her amazing speed. She was FAST in her pre-lifted days. No, she did not. Look at the 80 minute sailing time for the summer of 1980. Queen of oak Bay used active pass on route 1 and afaik so did the Coquitlam when the latter was 3rd Swartz Bay boat for a summer in early 90s. |
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Post by Ollie on Sept 20, 2024 23:19:31 GMT -8
I have noticed that the Coastal Cafe configuration on the Queen of New Westminster is vastly inferior to the Queen of Nanaimo and Burnaby. Is there any reason why the tables cannot line the windows?
The window space is completely wasted in its current configuration.
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