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Post by FNS on Oct 30, 2017 20:58:30 GMT -8
Tonight, we see a couple of changes at Deas.
The QUEEN OF NEW WESTMINSTER is back at Tsawwassen.
The QUEEN OF BURNABY must be getting really grumpy at her 192-car sister for getting a second career outside of BC. For this reason, the QUEEN OF NANAIMO is distancing herself from the BURNABY a little bit. That move occurred October 30. |
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Post by nannyman on Nov 1, 2017 22:33:55 GMT -8
Queen of Nanaimo/ Lomaiviti Princess V with her new name on her.   Photos Credit Nigel Davis - published with permission. |
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Post by FNS on Nov 1, 2017 23:37:31 GMT -8
Queen of Nanaimo/ Lomaiviti Princess V with her new name on her. Photos Credit Nigel Davis - published with permission. Great photos! It's interesting that Goundar is using about the same font used by BC Ferries. She has some good heavy duty towing chain on her bow. Is she going to be towed to Fiji, or is this in preparation for her "pull out" from Deas when the time comes for her sailing? |
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Post by arrrrmatey on Nov 3, 2017 6:31:05 GMT -8
More photos have been added to the Queen of Nanaimo site. www.queenofnanaimo.com/photos-dave-bartle/Thank-you very much Dave Bartle for these great photos! If anyone else would like to contribute their photos, pls pm me. Thanks for this link, I really appreciate the engine room photos. I wish I had gotten the chance to see it in person. Does she still have the original engines/generators or were they replaced mid-life? |
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Post by mybidness459 on Nov 3, 2017 13:13:41 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing those pictures.☺
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Post by Starsteward on Nov 9, 2017 8:10:35 GMT -8
Just wondering if anyone has any update(s) on the departure date for the 'Nanny' as she sets sail for her new home in Fiji?
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Post by FNS on Nov 9, 2017 10:27:06 GMT -8
Just wondering if anyone has any update(s) on the departure date for the 'Nanny' as she sets sail for her new home in Fiji? The LP5 has her pilot order:
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Post by Starsteward on Nov 9, 2017 12:32:41 GMT -8
Thanks for that 'FNS". Bon Voyage Lomaiviti Princess V! Fair winds and calm seas would do the old girl well as she treks her way across the Pacific to join her 2 ex-BCFS mates in the southern tropics. Godspeed!  |
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Post by mybidness459 on Nov 9, 2017 12:37:43 GMT -8
Sniff sniff😅.
Sad day, but at least her fate looks better than her younger sister.
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Post by Starsteward on Nov 9, 2017 16:45:41 GMT -8
Sniff sniff😅. Sad day, but at least her fate looks better than her younger sister. But alas, the older sister has yet to navigate her way safely to the grand reception and ball that awaits her in the land of sunshine and palm trees. Let us hope that elder sister's new haute couture is not marred by the loss of a 'slipper'  |
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Post by FNS on Nov 9, 2017 18:05:14 GMT -8
The name change is official on SiiTech:
The changeover took place this afternoon. |
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 13:58:22 GMT -8
The LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V has departed Deas and is heading down the Fraser River.
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 14:13:41 GMT -8
Off Steveston, the LP5 met the new SEASPAN SWIFT. |
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Post by mybidness459 on Nov 10, 2017 14:37:55 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 14:48:41 GMT -8
At 1440PST, the pilot boat PACIFIC NAVIGATOR relieved the LP5 of her Fraser River pilot. |
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 15:07:59 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 15:43:48 GMT -8
The LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V crossed the TSA - Active Pass lines at 1530PST. Meanwhile, the QUEEN OF COQUITLAM is northbound in Boundary Pass.
As not to jam this thread any further by position reports on my part, only two more updates will be provided until Race Rocks: East Point and pilot discharge off Victoria. |
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 10, 2017 15:48:17 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Nov 10, 2017 15:59:24 GMT -8
WindyTV shows that by Sunday afternoon, there will be some nasty wave heights out in the Pacific, perhaps on the LP5's south west course... I hope they've got those bow doors extremely well reinforced and welded.
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 16:39:32 GMT -8
East Point.
What could be the last ever pic of these two BCF workmates together, the LOMAIVITI PRINCESS V (QUEEN OF NANAIMO) and the QUEEN OF COQUITLAM met off Saturna Island. From the East Point cam.
LARGE IMAGE HERE |
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Post by Scott on Nov 10, 2017 16:57:16 GMT -8
Good bye to the Nanaimo ... One of the people on the jetty on the right is George Goundar. You missed getting me in that shot by a minute. 😉 |
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Post by mrdot on Nov 10, 2017 17:15:24 GMT -8
You missed getting me in that shot by a minute. 😉 I (Jim) was just a little further up the river. I am now visiting my older brother & using his access to the forum ... I got lots of other photos ... |
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Post by FNS on Nov 10, 2017 18:51:03 GMT -8
The LP5 said goodbye to her pilot at 1835PST and is on her way out to the Pacific.
Any few of the pics I capture from Race Rocks will be displayed later tonight or tomorrow. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 10, 2017 19:04:45 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Nov 10, 2017 20:43:27 GMT -8
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