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Post by Mike C on Jul 13, 2010 17:05:45 GMT -8
here's some shots for you guys coming off the new camera:  a sad truth...   |
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Post by Kahloke on Jul 13, 2010 17:46:39 GMT -8
here's some shots for you guys coming off the new camera: Burnaby's looking pretty sad - giving Hyak some competition in the rust department! |
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 13, 2010 18:11:56 GMT -8
here's some shots for you guys coming off the new camera: Burnaby's looking pretty sad - giving Hyak some competition in the rust department! And winning...  |
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Post by Balfour on Jul 13, 2010 19:46:31 GMT -8
I'd hate to say it, but she's looking worse than the Esquimalt was when she retired in 2008...
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 1, 2010 15:24:40 GMT -8
The Queen of Burnaby, from Little River Terminal.  Note how they keep her aft doors open for the entire sailing, and how far back the gate is situated on the ship.  A perfectly symmetrical shot of her stern.   Queen of Burnaby sailing to Powell River, which is visible near the right side of the shot. |
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Post by FNS on Aug 10, 2010 18:39:17 GMT -8
Time to say goodbye to another old pier. This was used by the MV QUEEN OF BURNABY when she was on the Seattle to Victoria run in disguise as MV ROYAL VICTORIAN and MV PRINCESS MARGUERITE III.  Pier 48's building is being leveled. The QUEEN OF BURNABY was the last ferry to use this facility. WSDOT photo. The BURNABY landed with her bow in Seattle. All vehicles disembarked through the bow and did a U-turn and drove into the warehouse where US Customs officers met the arrivals. They all exited through a doorway at the east end of the building. There was a main lobby at the east end of the dock. Passengers waited in a spacious room. A series of walkways led passengers up to the plank, which spanned across to the BURNABY's Swartz Bay/Departure Bay gate. Prior to the QUEEN OF BURNABY's usage of this dock, BC Stena used it for their Victoria services as well as the Alaska Marine Highway. AMH now uses Bellingham as their southern terminus these days. Across the other side is Pier 46. On the north side of that pier, the MV VASHON used it as her last moorage in Seattle before she went to Alaska in the late spring of 1986. She was to be a sport fishing lodge on Moira Sound. With the QUEEN OF BURNABY in full command of the Comox to Powell River run, and no foreseeable auto ferry to Victoria from Seattle, there's no more need for this facility at Pier 48. I guess it's time for this dock to be used for another purpose. Hate to see Pier 48's building go. |
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 10, 2010 18:47:32 GMT -8
Time to say goodbye to another old pier. This was used by the MV QUEEN OF BURNABY when she was on the Seattle to Victoria run in disguise as MV ROYAL VICTORIAN and MV PRINCESS MARGUERITE III. I guess it's time for this dock to be used for another purpose. Hate to see Pier 48's building go. I'd love to see Colman Dock expand over to this pier. I know, it's wishful thinking, but WSF can really use the dock space for vehicle staging, and perhaps reconfigure the exits to include a longer egress for the purpose of keeping disembarking vehicles from backing up onto the vessels, the way they do now. |
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Aug 10, 2010 19:01:22 GMT -8
A series of walkways led passengers up to the plank, which spanned across to the BURNABY's Swartz Bay/Departure Bay gate. An interesting note....there was also an overhead walkway gate installed on the sundeck (deck 5 directly above the aforementioned Swartz Bay/Deparure Bay gate on deck 4) that was used when the tide required it. I guess the pier's ramp didn't have enough leeway in its adjustment range. I disembarked from the sundeck on 2 of my 3 trips that I was fortunate enough to take on that route. |
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Post by FNS on Aug 10, 2010 21:22:40 GMT -8
It was rather neat to see this ferry from Colman Dock. I did this several times. One thing that really made the QOB's Sea-Vic trips a BC Ferries - like operation was the flashing of the warning strobe lights at the foot passenger boarding locations. These were turned on just before departure. That's one fun thing to look forward to in seeing when a BC ferry leaves a terminal. I stood atop a set of these aboard the QUEEN OF COQUITLAM when I did my recent trip to Langdale during the ParaOlympics. I watched these turn on and they started spinning and flashing away. Then, they were turned off at the last minute before departure. I wish WSF could have these!  |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 10, 2010 22:15:52 GMT -8
I have been wondering where the Queen of Burnaby used to dock in Seattle! I took her once on that run but couldent remember where in Seattle she docked! I know it was past Colemon Dock though!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 11, 2010 7:21:58 GMT -8
I have been wondering where the Queen of Burnaby used to dock in Seattle! I took her once on that run but couldent remember where in Seattle she docked! I know it was past Colemon Dock though! see reply #34 in this thread........from yesterday evening. |
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 11, 2010 11:06:26 GMT -8
Wow. I just saw Canadian Vikings photos of the Burnaby a few posts up for the first time. She looks awful.
However, I like those new gates they have at the stern. The look like they're hinged at the ends of the doors, as opposed to being hinged where the doors themselves are hinged. On the Nanaimo, chains are strung around the stern, for when stores are lifted up to Deck 4, via the crane at the stern.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 11, 2010 11:24:12 GMT -8
This is my first test of my Flickr Account. So I'll be using it to show off pictures I took aboard the Burnaby on the 5th when the forest fire smoke was looming over the south coast. Boarding the ship, I found parts of the wall were tarped up.  This was the same on the opposite side of the ship.   Departure  A lot of emergency windows were opened for air conditioning   One of the things I noticed is that not all signage aboard the Burnaby is 'rebranded'. This was the info for the evacuation chutes.   The sun shines through. This concludes that half of the trip...  Just to give you an idea of what the advantages are of having the emergency windows open.  According to this, you're on the 'Que n o Bu naby.' Or is there an 'r' in 'Que n'  Unlike the morning, the evening brought in thick fog or I guess it was Smog.   Now the odd thing that day was that this fixture was set up on the way back. I have no idea if this had to do with the orange tarp or not, but I wonder what it was for? Maybe they're fixing that rust.  Through the Stairs.  That is all. |
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 11, 2010 11:51:31 GMT -8
Oh my ferry-god, she's looking horrible! Those tarps are probably in use because of the asbestos, and they didn't want it getting out into the outside passenger deck, and I wouldn't be surprised if the windows were all open for the same reason, so any junk in the air could drain out...
Boy, they got a lot of smog up there! It wasn't that bad when I went up there a few weeks ago; you could see all the way across the strait from the top of Mt. Washington.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 11, 2010 13:13:13 GMT -8
That is aweful! BC Ferries letting their ships get like that! Not good! Any word on the Cafeteria situation??? I wonder if it will be up an running by the time she goes on route 9??? I would hope it would be cause I know alot of people use the Cafeteria on that route! Is the Gift Shop on the Burnaby open or is that closed too???
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 11, 2010 13:28:07 GMT -8
That is aweful! BC Ferries letting their ships get like that! Not good! Any word on the Cafeteria situation??? I wonder if it will be up an running by the time she goes on route 9??? I would hope it would be cause I know alot of people use the Cafeteria on that route! Is the Gift Shop on the Burnaby open or is that closed too??? Wasn't the Gift shop on deck 5? It's closed off to everyone now... and from what someone said earlier this year, it should be condemned... |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 11, 2010 15:07:50 GMT -8
Wasn't the Gift shop on deck 5? It's closed off to everyone now... and from what someone said earlier this year, it should be condemned... The gift shop is currently on Deck-4, the main passenger deck. - It is located in a nook, next to the cafeteria's cashier. |
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Post by Curtis on Aug 11, 2010 15:26:17 GMT -8
Any word on the Cafeteria situation??? Last thing I heard was the asbestos tests came back negative so the cafeteria/gift shop have been up and running like they normally would. |
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Aug 11, 2010 19:32:25 GMT -8
Thanks, I guess  , for posting those pics of the Burnaby. I say "I guess" because it's so sad to be reminded of what a pathetic state she's in  . The last time I travelled on her was at the end of March and at that time I was talking to a deckhand about her condition. The good news is that her next refit is tentatively scheduled to be quite a long one....between 2 and 3 months. The bad news is it's not slated until fall 2011!!! I hope they can do some cosmetic touch-ups between now and then. And what's with all the open windows for air conditioning? Is her mechanical AC system not operational? |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Aug 11, 2010 19:45:47 GMT -8
It really is sad seeing the Queen of Burnaby as she is now. I'm not saying the crew is doing a terrible job on her, but it's the usual wear and tear, and the unfortuante abestos scenario in the Cafeteria/Gift Shop. Going down on route 9 might even make it worse, with the weather down on the South Coast, adding more rust to her exterior.
The Open Windows are simply open to give passengers more air for air conditioning. If the crew doesn't want to operate her AC for some reason, they just open up her emergency windows. This also happened a lot on the Queen of Vancouver in the past, and it used to be done on the Queen of New Westminster. I'm unaware if the crew still does that today on the QNW.
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 11, 2010 20:55:46 GMT -8
I'm not looking forward to people's reactions of the smaller ship coming on rte. 9. Are they going to open the upper passenger deck for the duration of the refit? There's still a few chairs up there, and other than that, it could be a 'standing area' just to reduce human traffic around the rest of the ship...
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Aug 11, 2010 21:00:24 GMT -8
I'm not looking forward to people's reactions of the smaller ship coming on rte. 9. Are they going to open the upper passenger deck for the duration of the refit? There's still a few chairs up there, and other than that, it could be a 'standing area' just to reduce human traffic around the rest of the ship... I don't really think we can say the Burnaby is "smaller" than the Nanaimo. Remember that apart from the summer season and other peak times, the Nanaimo's deck 5 sundeck lounge is closed, giving her the same interior deck space as the Burnaby. And the Burnaby actually has more seating than the Nanny in her midship lounge due to the lack of a generous-sized gift shop. |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Aug 11, 2010 21:06:26 GMT -8
I'm not looking forward to people's reactions of the smaller ship coming on rte. 9. Are they going to open the upper passenger deck for the duration of the refit? There's still a few chairs up there, and other than that, it could be a 'standing area' just to reduce human traffic around the rest of the ship... I don't really think we can say the Burnaby is "smaller" than the Nanaimo. Remember that apart from the summer season and other peak times, the Nanaimo's deck 5 sundeck lounge is closed, giving her the same interior deck space as the Burnaby. And the Burnaby actually has more seating than the Nanny in her midship lounge due to the lack of a generous-sized gift shop. Agreed. The only difference Route 9 travellers will really notice is that the gift shop is significantly smaller, and obviously the name of the ship  Aside from that, the Queen of Burnaby should handle just as well as the Queen of Nanaimo does on Route 9. |
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 11, 2010 21:39:35 GMT -8
Those are passenger lounge air intake fans that are covered up. There's obviously a problem with the fan ventalation on there, which would explain why all of the escape windows are open. The fans and ducts are probably being cleaned, or there is a problem with the fan itself.
People on Route 9 will hardly notice a difference. The sundeck lounge on the Nanaimo is closed off whenever the ship is not running on an 'A' license, which would be 98% of the time in the off season. There's no other real interior passenger space on Deck 5, other than the little alleyway between the two solariums that is accessable to passengers. In the winter months, not a lot of people would use the solariums anyways.
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Aug 11, 2010 22:00:05 GMT -8
People on Route 9 will hardly notice a difference Hopefully people WILL notice a difference, and a positive one at that! The Burnaby has fully enclosed ceilings in all passenger lounges and also has more carpeting in the lounge areas than the Nanaimo does, which I find tends to muffle the usual din of footsteps, loud conversations, screaming children etc, making the voyage a bit more peaceful. We forum members should be able to add a lot more photos of the Burnaby to this site when she does her upcoming stint on route 9! |
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, for posting those pics of the Burnaby. I say "I guess" because it's so sad to be reminded of what a pathetic state she's in 
. The last time I travelled on her was at the end of March and at that time I was talking to a deckhand about her condition. The good news is that her next refit is tentatively scheduled to be quite a long one....between 2 and 3 months. The bad news is it's not slated until fall 2011!!! I hope they can do some cosmetic touch-ups between now and then.
